lorenzo baraldi studied at the faculty of set design of the "istituto d'arte paolo toschi" in parma, italy, and attended the set decoration classes of the accademia di belle arti di brera in milan. he taught set decoration at the accademia di belle arti in viterbo from 1993 to 1995, at the "centro sperimentale di cinematografia" from 1994 to 1995, at the "accademia di costume e moda" in rome from 1995 to 1998, at the "associazione scenografi costumisti e arredatori" from 1998 to 1999, at the "istituto europeo di design" (i.e.d.) during the academic year 2005–2006, and in the campus for arts student of the "sannio film festival" in the years 2008 and 2009. he made a series of lectures on scenography and scenotechnics at the "istituto d'arte paolo toschi" in parma in winter 1996 and in 2000–2001.