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Lodovico Pignatti Morano was born in London, England.  He grew up predominantly in Australia, but also England, Italy and Switzerland.  After finishing high school in Sydney he moved to London to study Art.  In 2009 he graduated from Goldsmiths College (University of London) with a BA in Fine Art Practice, he subsequently moved to Italy to take a job with the legendary Italian bicycle brands Cinelli and Columbus.  In 2011 he left his job to pursue other areas of interest.  Since then he has written the short Milan-based identity thriller “Marco, Milan” (forthcoming, Semiotext(e), Fall 2013), the large-scale monograph “Cinelli, the art and design of the Bicycle” (Rizzoli New York, 2012), and served as the Consultant Editor of the first ever monograph dedicated to the Italian sportswear pioneer Massimo Osti, “Ideas from Massimo Osti” (Damiani, 2012) – as well as editing the 150 page loose-leaf “documentary” book included in the Limited Edition.