Flavio Caronni began his career in the 1970s, focusing on furniture and interior architecture, while Donato Bonanomi worked in textile design. The two met in the 1980s and began a collaboration that led to the founding of their joint studio in 1990, active in design, interiors, and architectural planning. For Desalto, they created emblematic pieces such as the Sail TV stand and the Helsinki series of tables and coffee tables—refined expressions of rigor and functionality.