Matteo Cibic, Aldo’s nephew, learned the ropes in his uncle’s studio. Aside the last name, there are few similarities. Matteo is super active, with an explosive sense of invention that pushes him into the far reaches of design, from home collections to installations. He challenges himself with varied materials, and after having begun to produce his own creations, he quickly found collaborations with a large number of companies. He has passed from Scarlet Splendor, a full collection lasting two seasons, for an Indian businessman, to Bonotto Edizioni, a home collection for the company of the same name that offers Venetian fabric for wall and furniture coverings, pillows, lights and design objects, all featuring the company’s incredible variety of textures. Matteo is filled with original ideas, all new and surprising, and he is quite aware of their abundance. Two recent examples were his white and gold ceramic animal series that decorated Dodo’s storefront windows, and the dog-secretaire for Replay, with rumpled fur made of recycled jeans, standing outside the flagship store in Milan’s Piazza Gae Aulenti.