He obtained his diploma at Istituto d’Arte in Cantu’ (CO), and he soon started his experience as a designer with Giorgetti SpA in 1968, where lately he assumed the direction of the Research Center. In 2006, he left Giorgetti to start his career as a designer. At present, he is the art director and designer of Penta Illuminazione. In 2011, he designed a collection for Giorgetti, thus returning as a designer. Now he designs for furniture companies like Arflex, Besana, Gruppo Industriale Busnelli, Ivano Redaelli, and Mobilidea. He has also realized stands and showrooms for companies in the furniture and fashion industries. These collaborations have formed Umberto Asnago as a personality capable of facing with professionalism the rapid evolutions of the furniture market.