Cappellini
Cappellini is an Italian design furniture brand, founded in 1946 by Enrico Cappellini in Carugo (Province of Como) as a craft workshop in the Brianza furniture region. The decisive transformation was achieved by his son Giulio Cappellini — architect and designer — who from the early 1980s developed the company into a global avant-garde furniture label: through a systematic talent-scouting strategy that defines the brand's identity to this day. Giulio Cappellini discovered and launched Jasper Morrison, Marcel Wanders, Marc Newson, Tom Dixon, Shiro Kuramata, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Nendo (Oki Sato), Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni, Alessandro Mendini and many others before they became internationally known. Time Magazine nominated him as one of the most influential trendsetters in the world. In 2004 Cappellini became part of the Poltrona Frau Group; in 2021 the American office furniture manufacturer Haworth Inc. acquired the company. Headquarters: Meda (Brianza). Art Director: Giulio Cappellini.
Iconic products in museum permanent collections: Proust armchair (Alessandro Mendini, production from 1978), Felt Chair (Marc Newson, 1993), Knotted Chair (Marcel Wanders, 1996 — MoMA New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, V&A London), S-Chair (Tom Dixon), Thinking Man's Chair (Jasper Morrison, 1988), Supersoft Chair (Piero Lissoni, 1998), Sofa with Arms (Shiro Kuramata), Progetti Compiuti Collection (Kuramata). Further collections: Centre Pompidou Paris, Tate Modern London. Product categories: sofas, armchairs, chairs, beds, shelving systems, tables, accessories, lighting. Sustainability standard: Greenguard certification. Flagship stores: Milan (Spazio Cappellini, Via Borgogna 8), Paris, New York, London, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City.
For architects and interior designers, Cappellini is the most precise address when furniture is required to function simultaneously as design statement and collector's object — anchored in a unique editorial strategy that over four decades has placed more iconic objects in international museum collections than virtually any other European furniture brand.
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Cappellini
Cappellini is an Italian design furniture brand, founded in 1946 by Enrico Cappellini in Carugo (Province of Como) as a craft workshop in the Brianza furniture region. The decisive transformation was achieved by his son Giulio Cappellini — architect and designer — who from the early 1980s developed the company into a global avant-garde furniture label: through a systematic talent-scouting strategy that defines the brand's identity to this day. Giulio Cappellini discovered and launched Jasper Morrison, Marcel Wanders, Marc Newson, Tom Dixon, Shiro Kuramata, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Nendo (Oki Sato), Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni, Alessandro Mendini and many others before they became internationally known. Time Magazine nominated him as one of the most influential trendsetters in the world. In 2004 Cappellini became part of the Poltrona Frau Group; in 2021 the American office furniture manufacturer Haworth Inc. acquired the company. Headquarters: Meda (Brianza). Art Director: Giulio Cappellini.
Iconic products in museum permanent collections: Proust armchair (Alessandro Mendini, production from 1978), Felt Chair (Marc Newson, 1993), Knotted Chair (Marcel Wanders, 1996 — MoMA New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, V&A London), S-Chair (Tom Dixon), Thinking Man's Chair (Jasper Morrison, 1988), Supersoft Chair (Piero Lissoni, 1998), Sofa with Arms (Shiro Kuramata), Progetti Compiuti Collection (Kuramata). Further collections: Centre Pompidou Paris, Tate Modern London. Product categories: sofas, armchairs, chairs, beds, shelving systems, tables, accessories, lighting. Sustainability standard: Greenguard certification. Flagship stores: Milan (Spazio Cappellini, Via Borgogna 8), Paris, New York, London, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City.
For architects and interior designers, Cappellini is the most precise address when furniture is required to function simultaneously as design statement and collector's object — anchored in a unique editorial strategy that over four decades has placed more iconic objects in international museum collections than virtually any other European furniture brand.