Ambrogio Sala
Ambrogio Sala is the designer of Atollo for Pacini & Cappellini. The low table combines an ash-veneered structure with a sliding top and a concealed storage compartment, balancing a clean contemporary form with practical use.
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Antti Kotilainen
The Antti Kotilainen design studio was founded in Helsinki in 1997. Specialized in furniture design, it also deals with product design and complete visual concepts that combine graphic and spatial design. Kotilainen's design is characterized by an organic functionalism aimed at meeting contemporary requirements. At the base of his work there is the desire to perfect the problems and technical details, concerning both the manufacturing process and the applicability, until the desired aesthetic result is achieved, with the aim of obtaining a design that seems completely spontaneous. but at the same time essential. In keeping with the best of Scandinavian tradition, Kotilainen has also explored new ways of working with wood in many of his creations. Since 1993, he has collaborated with various Scandinavian furniture companies, such as Martela, Piiroinen, as well as with the American Knoll, Italian Arper and Lapalma. His works, widely recognized and presented in various Finnish and international exhibitions, have been used to furnish the public spaces of companies, universities and cultural sites in numerous European countries, the United States, Australia and Japan.
Atilla Kuzu
In every object so far, I try to provide a different approach by examining all previous examples and questioning their accepted practises and usages to capture a simple starting point for design. I then apply a form from the endless permutations possible in geometry. While I do this, important criteria regarding the corect relation of users to the product are formed in the effort to provide new ways of usage without alienating users. In general I try to ensure that products are contemporary, modern, and ageless, and that they bridge the time when they were desgined and the present, hoping the impact of their design and creation can be preserved for long periods.
Cesare Arosio
Cesare Arosio Cesare Arosio was born in 1985. His education took place at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, with prof. Michele Arnaboldi, as thesis supervisor. During his university years he worked with architects such as Farrel Mc Namara, Joseph Acebillo, Esteban Bonell and Ignacio Rubino, constantly enriching his professional profile with internships and work experiences of relief at the studios Ten Arquitectos in New York and Tawa-zen Abu Dhabi. This important inside in the international arena pushed him to combine the design tradition of his family and its territory with a view to most innovative job-oriented scenarios in the world. Arosio today dedicates to architectural design, with special attention to product design and interior design. Beatrice Fanchini Beatrice Fanchini graduated in 2010 with honors from the Politecnico of Milan, after attending the entire degree course in English. During the period of study, she chose to spend a year in Berlin to collaborate with the architecture studio of Klaus Theo Brenner, also taking part in the design of the interior spaces and new installations of the Bode Museum directed by Julien Chapuis. She returned to Italy with a new vision of the profession, in which precision and technique become the indispensable tools for her subsequent professional experiences. Beatrice, today, is interested in all the components of design, from product design to the “macro” aspects, more related to the building techniques. o
Cesare Arosio e Beatrice Fanchini
Cesare Arosio Cesare Arosio was born in 1985. His education took place at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, with prof. Michele Arnaboldi, as thesis supervisor. During his university years he worked with architects such as Farrel Mc Namara, Joseph Acebillo, Esteban Bonell and Ignacio Rubino, constantly enriching his professional profile with internships and work experiences of relief at the studios Ten Arquitectos in New York and Tawa-zen Abu Dhabi. This important inside in the international arena pushed him to combine the design tradition of his family and its territory with a view to most innovative job-oriented scenarios in the world. Arosio today dedicates to architectural design, with special attention to product design and interior design. Beatrice Fanchini Beatrice Fanchini graduated in 2010 with honors from the Politecnico of Milan, after attending the entire degree course in English. During the period of study, she chose to spend a year in Berlin to collaborate with the architecture studio of Klaus Theo Brenner, also taking part in the design of the interior spaces and new installations of the Bode Museum directed by Julien Chapuis. She returned to Italy with a new vision of the profession, in which precision and technique become the indispensable tools for her subsequent professional experiences. Beatrice, today, is interested in all the components of design, from product design to the “macro” aspects, more related to the building techniques. o
Cristian Li Voi
Cristian Li Voi, an Italian designer of Franco-Italian origin, works in the fields of product design, graphic design and computational design, developing an innovative and multidisciplinary design approach. He trained at L.A.B.A. – Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Rimini, where he obtained a degree in Product Design. In 2015, he began his professional career at the Denis Guidone Design studio in Milan, working as a designer and digital modeller on projects for major international brands, including Fontana Arte, Roche Bobois, Nava, Ichendorf Milano and Serax. At the same time, he began international collaborations, including one with Nyxo Visionary Design (Dubai), with whom he won awards in architecture and design competitions, including an Honourable Mention for the Pape Bird Observation Tower project and selection as a finalist in the Street Seats International Competition in Portland. His work is also distinguished by a strong specialisation in advanced 3D modelling and parametric design, fields in which he obtained certification as an Authorised Rhino Trainer. He also collaborates with Arturo Tedeschi on research and experimental projects, including ‘Transmission’ for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Alongside his design work, he is involved in academic teaching at L.A.B.A. in Rimini and IAAD in Bologna, on courses dedicated to digital and parametric design.
Cristina Paleari
Cristina Paleari is the designer of the Berchet suspended bookcase for Pacini & Cappellini. Her design pairs a shaped wooden structure with glass shelving to create a light, architectural storage piece.
Danilo Bonfanti e Gabriele Moscatelli
Danilo Bonfanti and Gabriele Moscatelli are the designers of Ghost for Pacini & Cappellini. The wall-mounted television unit conceals equipment behind a clean, adjustable panel and integrates storage into a minimal composition.
David Trubridge
David is a New Zealand’s best-known furniture/lighting designer. His company manufactures and sells his designs all over the world. In 2008 the French magazine Express listed him as one of the top 15 designers in the world, and in 2012 the Pompidou Centre in Paris purchased his 'Icarus' installation for its permanent collection. He has designed for Cappellini, Boffi, and Offecct. He loves boats, sailing and venturing into the wild places. He aims to bring some of that love for nature back into his work. He is also an articulate writer and speaker on topics about which he is passionate: design philosophy, sustainability, and the environment. “I don’t consider myself a designer. I don’t solve problems. I am an explorer. I am lured by the horizon: what is over there? Exploring and creating are risk taking. If you know where you are going, why go? I love to walk freely over open country, avoiding tracks. Tracks are where other people have been. They are a safe return, back to where they started. In trackless wilderness and on the ocean I can delve deep into myself and find my place in nature. You can’t will creativity, you can’t sit down at a desk and expect it to happen to order. You have to know the conditions in which it may occur, then to put yourself there . . . and wait. The truly creative is the unexpected, something you never knew existed. That is what I am trying to find, but I don’t know until I have found it. It lurks in luminal zones, between dark and light, between the elements, always on the edge. The artist wanders in this zone, seeking to escape the ‘I’, to escape human hubris. Nature is not the ‘other’, it is not something apart from ourselves. We are nature, like all living creatures, and we live in mutual dependency. There is more complexity around one small plant than a whole city tower block. So I see my role is to bring that sparkle of life into the monotonous grids of cities.”
Elena Viganò
Elena Viganò began her training in Cantù, at the Art School, and continued at the Politecnico of Milan, where she graduated in 1994. She founded the studio that has her name in 2002, after ten intense years of collaborations and work on projects of various kinds, especially furniture and interior design. Today she specializes in architectural design, renovations, temporary architecture and installations. Elena Viganò works actively for both private clients and commercial activities, also dealing with brand image.
Ervas Basilico Girardi
Ivan Ervas, Dimitri Basilico and Giulia Girardi, born respectively in Meda (MB) in 1974, Castellanza (VA) in 1973 and S. Donà di Piave (VE) in 1983, live and work as designers in Italy. In 2001 they founded the ErvasBasilicoGirardi studio. Ivan and Dimitri attended together and graduated from the Politecnico in Milan with honours, whilst Giulia studied between Milan, Los Angeles and Santo Domingo. All three have a series of professional experiences, some at Brunel University Faculty of Technology Department of Design in London, others at Holmes College in Sydney and others at La Salle in Santo Domingo, taking different paths in design. In 1999 they are the founding partners of Integrated Team srl, where they deal with design and research and join the ADI association for industrial design. Giulia works on interior design projects on the Caribbean coast. One teaches project methodology at the Politecnico di Milano Faculty of Design, the other teaches design at the International College of Arts & Sciences and at the ISGMD Istituto Superiore di Grafica Moda e Design. They have been involved in design for over 20 years, both nationally and internationally, in the most diverse product sectors: from furniture to industrial machinery, from household appliances to lighting, from bathrooms to household goods, from mass-produced electronic products to interior architecture, following the entire production process that leads to the creation of a new product – from the idea to engineering to the final graphic communication. They get various awards and publications in major newspapers. Born with a culture of innovation, they pay attention to technological research and design images and objects between art and industrial design. In their creations and theorizations, they combine technology with magic, methodology with play and surprise.
Fabio Rebosio
Fabio Rebosio takes his first steps in the world of architecture working in the studio of architect Pieremilio Pizzi, where he works on building design and interior design. After the degree and the experience as a freelancer, he founded his “Studio Fardesign Architetture”, working on projects in the field of industrial design, building renovation, interior design of houses and commercial activities. In 1996 he began a long-standing collaboration with Pacini & Cappellini that still continues fruitfully today.
Fumio Enomoto
Fumio Enomoto, born in 1957, establishing his own studio in 1986, working with many makers, teaching in some colleges, winning the Bronze-leaf award of IFDA in 2008 and 2011, and ranked in the best 100 designers of Good Design Award. Currently, his interest is in forestry diversification, especially desiging products made of cedar, pine, and bamboo to make use of softwood more effectively.
Gabriele Cappelletti
Gabriele Cappelletti graduated in Sustainable Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano. In 2012 he joined Giuliano Cappelletti & Partners, contributing to architecture and interior projects in Italy and abroad. His work has appeared in design competitions and exhibitions including the Milan Triennale and Salone del Mobile.
Giuliano Cappelletti
Architect and designer Giuliano Cappelletti graduated from the Politecnico di Milano and founded his studio with architect Enzo Pozzoli in 1970. Since 2012 he has continued as Giuliano Cappelletti & Partners with his son Gabriele, working across architecture, interiors and product design for clients in Italy and internationally.
Giuliano e Gabriele Cappelletti
Giuliano Cappelletti Architect and designer, he graduated from the Politecnico of Milan, and in 1970 he founded his studio with the architect Enzo Pozzoli. Since 2012, he continues its activities as Giuliano Cappelletti & Partners along with his son Gabriel. In the same year he opened a studio in Shanghai with some foreign partners to carry out projects of architecture and interior design. The study follows several projects, from project management to interior design, to pure architecture, actively taking part in competitions and national and international exhibitions, including the selection of the XVI Compasso d’Oro with the sink “Lavando” producted by ABC Cucine, the 5 Stelle Award Tecnhotel, the award Donatella, the International Management selection. He also collaborates with leading companies in the field of design. Gabriele Cappelletti Following his father, he graduated in Sustainable Architecture at the Politecnico of Milan. In 2012 he joined the study Giuliano Cappelletti & Partners and started to work actively in projects, such as the construction of a mall in Shanghai and an office complex in Liberville, Gabon. The work of Gabriele have had a prominent place in several architectural competitions, including the Deco Ter Design Competition in 2012 with the design of the bench BeMod exposed in the occasion of the event Hybrid Architecture and Design at the Milan Fuorisalone 2013; ComOn Design Competition 2012 organized by Confindustria of Como with the design of the table SHARD exposed during the event Local to Global at the Triennale in Milan and Brianza Design in 2014 with the project of the cupboard PAT exhibited during the Salone del Mobile in Milan.
Gunter Koenig
Gunter Koenig is the German designer behind the playful TOMTE stool for CondeHouse. The molded-plywood design, with its smooth curves and lightweight animal-like form, received a silver prize at the 1996 International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa.
Gwenael Nicolas
Gwenael Nicolas founded the Tokyo-based design studio Curiosity in 1998. His work moves between interiors, products, installations and graphics, with a particular focus on international luxury retail. He is known for translating each brand's character into distinctive flagship spaces and has expanded his practice into hotels and residences.
Hanno Giesler
In Hanno Giesler’s work, there are elements typical of his homeland – Germany – and of the country where he currently lives and works – Italy. It is in fact in Cantù, in Brianza, that the architect chooses to found his studio because he is attracted by the liveliness that this land offers in the field of design. Immediately after graduating in 1991, Giesler worked at Michele De Lucchi’s studio in Milan, with whom he completed important projects (Deutsche Bank, Sparkasse). Once started his own studio, the architect started numerous collaborations with different companies in the furniture sector, including Pacini & Cappellini, for whom he created the iconic Plurimo table. Furniture, for Giesler, must be a mix of craftsmanship in the details, durability and the ability to create ideal atmospheres for living and working.
Jakob Joergensen
Jakob Jørgensen mainly works with wood and steel, and likes to explore possible new expressions in what is, mildly put, a thoroughly tested materials. He carefully ponders the issues he addresses, and once having a clear idea, he goes into his workshop and proceeds to create models and other experiments to shape ideas into finished products. Products with a sculptural expression is always his aim. In his design he strives to create something that looks like an art piece but also fits naturally into everyday life as a functional object. Jakob Jørgensen has exhibited at Galerie Maria Wettergren in Paris and taken part in the Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition since 2009. In 2011 he received the Bodum Design Award together with Line Depping. In connection with this award, he exhibited at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. In 2008 he won a gold leaf IFDA (International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa) in Japan, and his winning piece Barca went into production by CondeHouse.
Jin Kuramoto
Jin Kuramoto, born in 1976, established "JINKURAMOTO STUDIO" in Tokyo in 2008 after working as a product designer for a major electronics manufacturer for about 10 years. He is good at expressig the concept or story of a product in its design clearly, working in the wide variety of projects such as electronics, eye wears, and cars both domestically and internationally. His design style is always experimental. Until ideas are shaped in his mind, he always keeps on touching material phisicaly and making a lot of trials and errors in his studio that is full of inspiration.
Katsuhiko Osaka
Katsuhiko Osaka, born in 1942, established his own studio in 1977 after working as a product designer in a furniture maker. In 1993, he won the bronze award of IFDA, and the award-winning design (SORI) was commercialized and is still sold by CondeHouse for more than 25 years.
Kiyoshi Sadogawa
Kiyoshi Sadogawa made a revolutionary change in the process of product design in Japan. When working for a department store, he made a project team to provide one-stop production service, from planning, designing to producing. After establishing his own company "Zero First Design" in 1981, he has worked on not only product design but also shop planning, exhibition booth design, event planning, etc.
Maly Hoffmann Kahleyss
The Hoffmann Kahleyss design bureau was set up in Hamburg in 2013. Founders Birgit Hoffmann and Christoph Kahleyss produce furniture designs and concepts for interiors, exhibitions, showrooms, and photo shoots, giving them leading roles in shaping whole collections and identities for brands such as Freifrau Manufaktur and Janua; they also work with companies such as Rolf Benz, Solpuri, Möller Design, and Treca Interiors Paris. Their approach to design is functional without being cold; their furniture pieces are characterised by elegance, by a certain lightness which balances the soft with the straight, the decorative with the voluminous, and the playful with the structured. All Hoffmann Kahleyss designs come with an unexpected detail: it could be sophisticated indents in upholstery or metal table struts with varying widths. Whatever the stylistic element, though, it becomes a defining feature which makes the piece unmistakable without drawing too much attention to itself. In the same way as each Hoffmann and Kahleyss product is the result of seemingly opposite shapes and styles, the two designers’ characters are also in productive contrast to each other: Birgit Hoffmann, born in1968 in Munich, is passionate and spontaneous by nature, with a preference for trying out something new; Christoph Kahleyss, meanwhile, was born in 1963 in Oldenburg at the other end of Germany and takes a calm, structured approach to what he finds, ordering new things into an existing system. The fact that each has an intuitive understanding for how the other works is as important for their design process as the wealth of know-how and experience they have. Both designers already had extensive careers behind them when they met in Peter Maly’s bureau, where they – at different times – were employed before, in 2009, becoming partners in the Hamburg designer’s firm. Birgit Hoffmann began by training as a ceramist before going on to study industrial design at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel; she then worked at Studio & Partners in Milan, becoming senior designer for Peter Maly in 2000 and then working under her own name from 2006 onwards; since 2011, she has been the art director at Freifrau Manufaktur. After training as a carpenter, Christoph Kahleyss also studied industrial design in Kiel before starting Berger Associates in New York; he then went to Jürgen Lange Design in Stuttgart. In 1993, he set up his own bureau and began teaching at Muthesius; later, he also started teaching at the JAK Fashion Academy in Hamburg. Birgit Hoffmann and Christoph Kahleyss run their studio jointly. While they are based in Hamburg’s St. Pauli quarter, their pieces have a flair and style more reminiscent of Italy.
Marcantonio
Marcantonio was born in 1976 in Massa Lombarda, Italy, and studied at the Art Institute and Academy of Fine Arts. After working in theatre and with architects, he developed a practice in which art and design continually overlap. Connections between people and nature are a recurring theme, expressed through pure concepts, play and irony.
Marco Corti
Kemistry of Style is an international design studio founded in 2001 in Milan by Marco Corti, an Italian architect and designer with extensive experience in product and interior design, gained through collaborations with leading companies such as Tecno, Cappellini and B&B Italia. Marco Corti, born in Milan in 1960 and a graduate in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, has developed a design approach focused on quality, simplicity and functionality, with the aim of enhancing the living experience through design. The studio is expanding its global presence with the opening of offices in Switzerland and Singapore, working on architecture and interior design projects across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Its work ranges from the design of private residences and villas to hotels, retail spaces and restaurants. Kemistry of Style’s work is distinguished by its pursuit of a balance between aesthetics and functionality, with minimalist and contemporary design solutions that meet the needs of an international clientele.
Michael Poulsen
Michael C. Poulsen was born in Denmark, 1974. In his early childhood, he already showed his great interest and potentiality in the field of creativity as he participated in his first national design competition at the age of 11. He began his master’s degree in Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1994 and completed the School of Architecture in 2000. Through the years, he was focusing on refining his “Clean - cut- design” to be more and more detailed. His idea of designs is based on offering solutions as striking perfect harmonies of beauties and functions. On this account, he has won a number of prizes and awards in a wide range of fields such as lighting, furniture, products, graphic and industrial design.
Michael Schneider
designschneider was founded in 1993 by Michael Schneider in Cologne, and it moved to Berlin in 2009 when Jan-Patric Metzger joined the studio. They are dedicated to product design focusing on furniture, tableware, and sanitary ware for international clients, and is committed to designing new products which are unique, beautiful, and functional.
Mikko Halonen
I was born in Oulu, Finland in 1976, moved to Turku, Finland, started my design studies at Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 1997, graduated from Aalto University in 2010, founded my own design company in 2001, and have been working with various companies in Japan and Europe. In my work, I always enjoy challenges of finding new solutions to a wide variety of design problems ranging from small structural details to spatial design. The shape of my design sometimes develops intuitively due to the nature of the material, which is true especially when I work with wood which is my favorite material. Modern technology and new manufacturing techniques, woodwork techniques, and skilled manufacturers have created new possibilities for the design of wooden stuff. I’m still learning and working on wood, which is an exciting and challenging project that will last a lifetime because wood is a natural material with unique characteristics. Wood work always demands me a process of trial and error and teaches me something new every time. In my opinion it is important for a designer to keep an open mind and to be willing to listen to the views of other professionals involved in a design project. I think a designer’s job is to gather and combine all the relevant information to be used as a basis for an optimally durable, sensible, functional, and aesthetically pleasing design. Whenever I create something new, I try to take materials, ergonomics, and ecological perspectives into consideration at an early stage and to construct a functional design based on these principles. A product which is beautiful, well-crafted, well-designed, and made in a sustainable way will have a longer life. After all, this should be everyone's concern in this day and age.
Minoru Nagahara
Minoru Nagahara founded CondeHouse in Asahikawa. He believed that the scars and cracks acquired by trees in nature are part of their beauty, and that sensitive selection and skilled craftsmanship can turn such distinctive wood into exceptional furniture. This philosophy is expressed in CondeHouse's IPPONGI series.
Motomi Kawakami
Born in Hyogo prefecture in 1940. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he worked for Angelo Mangiarotti Architects (Milan), and later established his studio, Kawakami Design Room in 1971. He aims at creation with humanity in the design of environment, furniture, space, etc. Quodo and SESTINA, the items he designed for CondeHouseare popular and long-selling. While engaged in activities in design organizations and human resource training, he has contributed to the development of the International Furniture Design Competition (IFDA) for more than 30 years, such as articipating in the annual tree planting activity in Asahikawa. "The design industry is required to comprehensively solve the social and cultural problems such as environmental and resource-shortage problems, an aging society, etc. I aim at design that embodies natural, truly rich, and comfortable life, from a social and ethical perspective, based on the aesthetics and consciousness developed in a practical way of thinking."
Naoto Fukasawa
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956. Naoto Fukasawa has worked at Seiko Epson and ID Two (now IDEO San Francisco), founding and heading up IDEO’s Tokyo office. On 2003 Fukasawa went independent and established NAOTO FUKASAWA DESIGN. Fukasawa has established a reputation for his quietly powerful designs and philosophies embodying human sentiment. He has collaborated with numerous international companies and brands. His designs span a wide variety of fields, from home accessories and precision electronic equipment to mobility, furniture, interior spaces and architecture. Fukasawa is the recipient of numerous design awards, he has been accorded the title of Royal Designer for Industry (Royal Society of Arts) and received the Isamu Noguchi Award in 2018. He is a professor at Tama Art University. Since 2012, he is also the curator of The Japan Folk Crafts Museum.
nendo Oki Sato
Oki Sato, born in Canada in 1977, founded nendo after completing a master's degree in architecture at Waseda University in 2002. His internationally recognized work spans products, interiors and installations, and is held by museums including MoMA, Centre Pompidou and the V&A. He also designed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cauldron.
nendo Sato Oki
Oki Sato, born in Canada in 1977, established a design firm “nendo” soon after receiving a master’s degree of architecture from Waseda University in 2002. Since then he has been active internationally; selected as one of "100 Japanese people respected in the world" in Newsweek Japanese version; awarded as one of “Designer of the Year” in Italy. His major works can be seen in some world’s major museums, such as MoMa, Centre Pompidou, V&A, etc. The Olympic Cauldron Tokyo 2020 was also his design. Now, he is working on the design of TGV train cars for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Noboru Nakamura
Noboru Nakamur was born in 1938. After wining top awards in some design competitions, he went to Sweden to study design, started working for IKEA as design staff from 1972 to 1978, and provided the designs of Lavender chair and Tack easy chair to CondeHouse. Both of them are still available, and the former one has been sold for more than 40 years. One of his master pieces, IKEA Poang chair was selected as one of 100 Great Designs of Modern Times in 2019.
Norberto Delfinetti
They found their studio in 2004. Alhough their different professional experiences, the two designers base their work on a common functionalist philosophy, designing “Simple and functional objects, with a certain formal clarity obtained through the minimization of the elements.” Their work meets the industrial design, interior design, exhibit design and graphics, relating in particular to the furnishings and fabrics. In parallel, the two designers carry on important image projects as art directors for companies in various sectors, from textiles to furniture, to electronics. They were also curators of ” Italian Design Furniture Show “and the ”Italian Office Furniture Show”, events that have collected some of the best Italian producers in the occasion of “Chicago Design Show” and the “NEOCON” in Chicago. Delfinetti has been a speaker at conferences on Italian Design, in which he told of his work and the stages of his career, even at the Italian Design Furniture Show in 1999 and 2000 invited by “Steelcase”. Bernasconi won, within the “Category Luxury” the prestigious competition for young designers “Monaco Luxe Pack Design Award 2003” with the design of the packaging of a perfume.
Norberto Delfinetti e Monica Bernasconi
Norberto Delfinetti and Monica Bernasconi founded their studio in 2004. Despite different professional backgrounds, they share a functionalist approach centered on simple, useful objects and formal clarity achieved through reduction. Their work spans industrial and interior design, exhibitions, graphics and art direction, particularly in furniture and textiles.
Peter Maly
Peter Maly established his first studio in 1970, and another design team in Hamburg later: Maly Hoffman Kahleyss. He and his studio work on product design, interior design projects, as well as work on special trade exhibitions, publications, and his own lectures. In a wide range of capabilities, Peter Maly is recognized as one of today’s leading furniture designers globally. In keeping with his holistic approach to design, this wide range of accomplishments, from designing a chair to public presentations, Maly is able to display his love of contemporary geometries, with evocative clarity, functionality, and pure design form.
Raw-Edges
In 2007, Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay established a design studio in London. From their playful and curious approach emerges design full of color, pattern and movement.
Richard Schultz
Richard Schultz joined Knoll International in 1951 and received recognition at the International Design Awards in 1967. He became an independent product designer in 1972 and worked with a wide range of companies. In 1984 he designed the Slat chair for CondeHouse's international market; the design was later reintroduced in the United States and Japan.
Ryuji Yamazaki
Ryuji Yamazaki is the designer of the SPIN chair for CondeHouse. First recognized at the 1999 International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa, the design is defined by a flowing twist from backrest to legs. It was later refined to improve comfort and durability while retaining its lightweight, stackable character.
Shuhei Shimozato
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1980, Shuhei Shimozato studied industrial design at Kobe Design University and woodworking at the Asahikawa Technical Training School. He went on to work in furniture manufacturing and design at Interior Nasu in Higashikawa, and now supports furniture planning and development from a multifaceted perspective.
Stefano Bigi
After studying art in France, his country of origin, Stefano begins to take its first steps in web design, never stop to sketch sofas, chairs and objects. For this reason, when he was 31, he decided to follow his vocation: he left France and established in Milan, where he founded his own company, the Helldesign. He started to collaborate with leading brands of furniture and, thanks to its innovative ideas, get both the special mention of the Young & Design Contest and the Golden A ‘Design Award, respectively in 2009 and 2012. The idea behind the work of Stefano is an exasperated research toward the right balance between aesthetics and comfort, form and function, trying to conquer with a design that goes beyond the rules of compliance and meets the needs of the people.
Studio Controdesign
Studio Controdesign is credited by Pacini & Cappellini with the Futura entrance unit and the Relax armchair. Its work combines clean contemporary geometry with practical details, from Futura's coordinated wood-and-glass composition to Relax's upholstered seating form.
Studio Nove.3
Luca Giacomelli and Lorenzo Rossotti, Italian designers born in 1993, graduated in Product Design from the IED – European Institute of Design in Milan in 2015. After graduating, they began working with design studios in Milan, gaining experience in various design fields, including product design and packaging design. In 2018, they founded Design Studio Nove.3 in Milan, a firm specialising in product design and consultancy within the contemporary design sector. Alongside the studio’s work, they have participated in international competitions, receiving accolades from leading companies in the furniture sector and consolidating their position within the design landscape. Since 2022, they have served as art directors for Enrico Pellizzoni, an Italian company specialising in leather processing for furniture, contributing to the brand’s creative and strategic development.
Studio Tecnico Pacini & Cappellini
Founded in Cabiate, in the heart of Brianza, in 1982, Pacini & Cappellini creates modern and contemporary furniture entirely in Italy. The company combines an authentic culture of wood with advanced technology, refined craftsmanship and a measured approach to proportion, function and detail for residential, hospitality and contract interiors.
Tadahito Ishibashi
Tadahito Ishibashi designed the TUB stool and bench series for CondeHouse. The collection contrasts a substantial laminated Hokkaido ash seat with slender tubular legs and makes expressive use of wood offcuts. The stool, which incorporates an LED light in its rear leg, was a finalist in the 2021 International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa.
Taiji Fujimori
Taiji Fujimori designed the NAKKA seating series for the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka. Seeking furniture that would live and age with the museum, he chose natural wood and developed welcoming public seating whose distinctive profile creates a shared place for visitors.
TONERICO:INC. Hiroshi Yoneya
Hiroshi Yoneya was born in 1968 and established his office together with other two designers in 2002. He has a wide range of interests to design architecture, interior, furniture, and other products, and his works have been awarded in many competitions. His designing CondeHouse chairs are selected for famous projects such as Artizon Museum, Tsutaya book store in Ginza, Loft shops, etc.
Toshiyuki Kita
Toshiyuki Kita, born in 1942, has worked world-widely like in Italy, Germany, and Japan on many projects to design various products such as furniture, home electronics, robots, etc., based on his motto: Design is to harmonize all the conditions. Recently, he focuses more on the themes related to sustainability. Some of his works were selected in the permanent collections of world-famous museums like MoMA. www.toshiyukikita.com
Toshiyuki Yoshino
Toshiyuki Yoshino was born in 1959, studied in The University of Design Schwaebisch Gmuend after graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, and established his studio "Studio Yoshino" and his own furniture brand "in Milan in 1993 and 1999, respectively.