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Crassevig

Crassevig is a Friulian family company for chairs and tables, founded in 1969 in Corno di Rosazzo (Province of Udine, Friuli) — in the heart of the historic Friulian chair district. Founder Alfieri Crassevig made the steam-bending of solid wood the company's defining technical language. His son Luigi brought a new dimension: a passion for beauty, an experimental spirit and a consistent orientation towards contemporary design. Today Francesco Crassevig (born 1982), Alfieri's grandson, leads the company. Crassevig was the first non-Scandinavian company to be accepted at the Copenhagen Furniture Fair — a signal of the Northern European design competence that has distinguished the house from the outset. First design object developed with an external designer: the Johan coat stand in solid ash by Giovanni Offredi. All products are made in Italy, primarily at the production facility in San Vito al Torre (Udine).

Compasso d'Oro mentions and honorary selections: Arca chair (Gigi Sabadin, 1974 — honorary selection 1979), 2H table + HB chair (Grafite Design — honorary selection), Asia chair (Enrico Franzolini, 1994 — Compasso d'Oro selection 1996; one of the first chairs with a metal frame and base). Designers (selection): Giovanni Offredi, Gigi Sabadin (Arca, Giotto — expandable table from square to round), Enrico Franzolini (Gina, Ginotta 1989 — distributed internationally via Knoll; Asia 1994), Ludovica + Roberto Palomba (Anna — wood curves of extraordinary lightness; Alis — stackable system), Ton Haas (Nett — grid structure in coloured nylon and fibreglass), Patrick Norguet, Mario Ferrarini (Mixis — 10 years on the market), Ramos&Bassols (Finna — Archiproducts Sustainable Award 2023). Networks: Italia for Contract (with Frag, Marmi Vrech, Molaro, Moroso), The Italian Concept (with Midj, Montbel, Santalucia Mobili, Tonon). International references: Petit Palais (Paris), Hamburg State Opera, Sorbonne library, Turin airport, University of Amsterdam, headquarters of Pomellato, Nokia, Ericsson, L'Oréal.

For architects and contract planners, Crassevig is the most consistent Friulian answer to the question of a chairs-and-tables programme that combines craft depth with international design ambition — with a Compasso d'Oro history reaching back to the 1970s, and a network model that gives architects access to a broad Made-in-Italy ecosystem from a single point of contact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crassevig

Crassevig is a Friulian family company for chairs and tables, founded in 1969 in Corno di Rosazzo (Province of Udine, Friuli) — in the heart of the historic Friulian chair district. Founder Alfieri Crassevig made the steam-bending of solid wood the company's defining technical language. His son Luigi brought a new dimension: a passion for beauty, an experimental spirit and a consistent orientation towards contemporary design. Today Francesco Crassevig (born 1982), Alfieri's grandson, leads the company. Crassevig was the first non-Scandinavian company to be accepted at the Copenhagen Furniture Fair — a signal of the Northern European design competence that has distinguished the house from the outset. First design object developed with an external designer: the Johan coat stand in solid ash by Giovanni Offredi. All products are made in Italy, primarily at the production facility in San Vito al Torre (Udine).

Compasso d'Oro mentions and honorary selections: Arca chair (Gigi Sabadin, 1974 — honorary selection 1979), 2H table + HB chair (Grafite Design — honorary selection), Asia chair (Enrico Franzolini, 1994 — Compasso d'Oro selection 1996; one of the first chairs with a metal frame and base). Designers (selection): Giovanni Offredi, Gigi Sabadin (Arca, Giotto — expandable table from square to round), Enrico Franzolini (Gina, Ginotta 1989 — distributed internationally via Knoll; Asia 1994), Ludovica + Roberto Palomba (Anna — wood curves of extraordinary lightness; Alis — stackable system), Ton Haas (Nett — grid structure in coloured nylon and fibreglass), Patrick Norguet, Mario Ferrarini (Mixis — 10 years on the market), Ramos&Bassols (Finna — Archiproducts Sustainable Award 2023). Networks: Italia for Contract (with Frag, Marmi Vrech, Molaro, Moroso), The Italian Concept (with Midj, Montbel, Santalucia Mobili, Tonon). International references: Petit Palais (Paris), Hamburg State Opera, Sorbonne library, Turin airport, University of Amsterdam, headquarters of Pomellato, Nokia, Ericsson, L'Oréal.

For architects and contract planners, Crassevig is the most consistent Friulian answer to the question of a chairs-and-tables programme that combines craft depth with international design ambition — with a Compasso d'Oro history reaching back to the 1970s, and a network model that gives architects access to a broad Made-in-Italy ecosystem from a single point of contact.