Earning him the prestigious award was his invention made with recycled
carbon fiber, as it demonstrates that an industrial waste material can become ecological innovation . A creative action that can also clear customs of the idea that waste material
returns products of less value.
ADI, Association for Industrial Design, Lombardy section, together with Regione
Lombardia, has thus awarded Luca Gnizio for the first recycled carbon fiber sheet,
water-repellent, resembling marble from Belgium, but soft and for the first time
transparent.
The award was presented by Councillor for Tourism, Territorial Marketing and Fashion,
Lara Magoni, in the presence of Luciano Galimberti, president of ADI, Umberto Cabini, president
of Fondazione ADI Collezione Compasso d'Oro, and Andrea Rovatti, president of ADI Lombardia.