On the international scene, he’s known as the creative force behind  the most famous and original marks in the world. Over the years, he has  created corporate images and publicity campaigns for Esprit,  Chanel, Robe di Kappa, Fiorucci, Prenatal, Jesus, Inter, Snai, Toyota,  the Ministry of Work, the Ministry of Health, Artemide, Woolworth and  others. His latest projects include collaborating with the  Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry of Health, with the  Calabria Regional Authority, the Umberto Veronesi Foundation and some  campaigns of social interest and importance dedicated to road safety,  violence against women and the plight of stray animals. As a fashion  photographer, he’s worked and indeed still collaborates with  publications including Elle, Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Stern, Liberation and many others in the world at large.

From 1982 to 2000, he created the image, identity, communications strategy and online presence for United Colors of Benetton, transforming it into one of the best-known marks in the world. In 1990, he created and directed Colors, the first worldwide newspaper in history, and  in 1993 he conceived and directed Fabrica, a centre of research and  creativity in modern communication. From 1999 to 2000, he was creative  director of the monthly Talk Miramax in New York directed by Tina Brown.  Toscani was one of the founders of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, has  taught visual communication in various universities and has written  various books on communication. After nearly five decades of editorial  innovation, publicity, movies and TV, he’s now involved in creativity in communication applied to the various forms of media, and working with his studio produces editorial projects, books, TV shows and exhibitions. In 2007, Oliviero Toscani began Razza  Umana (Human Race), a photography and video project on the various  human morphologies and conditions, with the purpose of representing all  of humanity’s expressions, physical, somatic, social and cultural  characteristics, touching on some 100 Italian regions as well  as Israel, Palestine, Japan, Namibia and Guatemala. For nearly 30 years,  he’s been involved in New Italian Landscapes, a project opposing Italy’s degradation. His works have been shown at the Venice Biennale, in San Paolo in Brazil, at the Milan Triennale and in museums of modern and contemporary art throughout the world.

He has been awarded numerous prizes among which four Golden Lions, the UNESCO Grand Prix, two Grand Prix d’Affichage and many awards from the Art Directors Club throughout the world. He’s also won the Saatchi & Saatchi creative hero prize. The Urbino Accademia di Belle Arti awarded him the Sogno di Piero prize and the Florence Accademia delle Belle Arti granted him the title of Honorary Academic. Oliviero Toscani is also an honorary member of the Comitato Leonardo and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.