Born in Milan, Stefano Piontini inherited his passion for the world of architecture from his father, one of the pioneers of curtain walls in Italy. After graduating in 2011, he started his own business cooperating with important Milanese firms.
In 2013, Vudafieri Saverino Partners proposed him to develop its office in Shanghai. One month later, Stefano moves to China, where he began to follow the project of the first Christie’s auction house in Shanghai. In 2022 Stefano became partner of the firm, with a team of 10 designers developing projects in China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. The Shanghai office, with Stefano at the head, won three times the AD 100 prize (2019, 2023 and 2025), an important recognition to the work of the full team.
In 2014, he started supervising the main execution of different projects, in particular with fashion brands and high-end shopping malls. Notable projects in this list are Brioni Clocal architect and project management, Delvaux Iconcept design and project management, Burberry local architect, OTB group [store planning APAC), Roberto Cavalli [project management, SKP Select Woman, Men and Home at the SKP department stores of Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Wuhan (fuliconcept and design mission), CDF city duty free stores in Shenzhen and Chengdu (design concept, CR Land food court in Shanghai Mix shopping mail (design concept).
Stefano is now the Founder of asP…, a studio focused on designing experiences and emotions.
