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Flexform

Flexform is a north-Italian luxury furniture brand specialising in high-end sofas, armchairs and upholstered furniture, founded in 1959 as a small artisan workshop by brothers Romeo, Pietro and Agostino Galimberti in Meda (Province of Monza-Brianza, Lombardy) under the name "Flexform di Galimberti" — in the heart of the Brianza, a district with over a hundred years of craft and upholstered furniture tradition serving the villas of the Milanese bourgeoisie and residences on Lake Como. In 1967 the company was transformed into an S.p.A. and from artisanal to industrial production. Collaborations began with designers who would later become protagonists of the Made-in-Italy design phenomenon: Joe Colombo, Cini Boeri, Paolo Nava, Giulio Manzoni. For around 40 years architect Antonio Citterio has coordinated Flexform collections as lead design partner — one of the longest and most productive industry-designer partnerships in Italian design history. Flexform is today managed as a family company in the third generation, employs 135 workers and has a single production plant in Meda (30,000 m²) where all products are manufactured exclusively Made in Italy. The company is present in over 90 countries with 22 flagship stores and 100 shop-in-shops.

Signature designs Antonio Citterio: A.B.C. armchair (metal and leather; ADI Design Index 2015); A.B.C.D. armchair (2014); Groundpiece; Cestone (2008); Lifesteel; Arnold tables (solid wood legs mounted at an angle, wood veneer top); Infinity modular bookcase (2004, enamel-lacquered metal, leather boxes). Further designer collaborations: Cini Boeri (historical), Joe Colombo (Tube Chair), Carlo Colombo, Fumie Shibata. 2001: launch of Flexform Mood — a second collection with international-retro style; initially led by John Hutton (until 2005), subsequently by Roberto Lazzeroni. Materials: linen, cotton, cashmere, velvet, leather (upholstery); wood (oak, ash, walnut, rosewood), glass, metal, marble (structures and surfaces). Brand identity: "Effortless Style" — timelessly elegant, never excessive, calm and relaxed atmospheres through careful use of colour and natural materials.

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hotel and contract projects a Brianza luxury furniture brand that since 1959 in Meda in the third family generation manufactures all products exclusively in a single plant Made in Italy, has maintained with Antonio Citterio for 40 years one of the most constant industry-designer partnerships in Italian design history, has formulated design icons in the ADI Design Index with the A.B.C. armchair and the Groundpiece sofa, and embodies a timeless, non-decorative elegance with the design identity "Effortless Style" — Flexform is a good address in the segment of third-generation Brianza luxury upholstered furniture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flexform

Flexform is a north-Italian luxury furniture brand specialising in high-end sofas, armchairs and upholstered furniture, founded in 1959 as a small artisan workshop by brothers Romeo, Pietro and Agostino Galimberti in Meda (Province of Monza-Brianza, Lombardy) under the name "Flexform di Galimberti" — in the heart of the Brianza, a district with over a hundred years of craft and upholstered furniture tradition serving the villas of the Milanese bourgeoisie and residences on Lake Como. In 1967 the company was transformed into an S.p.A. and from artisanal to industrial production. Collaborations began with designers who would later become protagonists of the Made-in-Italy design phenomenon: Joe Colombo, Cini Boeri, Paolo Nava, Giulio Manzoni. For around 40 years architect Antonio Citterio has coordinated Flexform collections as lead design partner — one of the longest and most productive industry-designer partnerships in Italian design history. Flexform is today managed as a family company in the third generation, employs 135 workers and has a single production plant in Meda (30,000 m²) where all products are manufactured exclusively Made in Italy. The company is present in over 90 countries with 22 flagship stores and 100 shop-in-shops.

Signature designs Antonio Citterio: A.B.C. armchair (metal and leather; ADI Design Index 2015); A.B.C.D. armchair (2014); Groundpiece; Cestone (2008); Lifesteel; Arnold tables (solid wood legs mounted at an angle, wood veneer top); Infinity modular bookcase (2004, enamel-lacquered metal, leather boxes). Further designer collaborations: Cini Boeri (historical), Joe Colombo (Tube Chair), Carlo Colombo, Fumie Shibata. 2001: launch of Flexform Mood — a second collection with international-retro style; initially led by John Hutton (until 2005), subsequently by Roberto Lazzeroni. Materials: linen, cotton, cashmere, velvet, leather (upholstery); wood (oak, ash, walnut, rosewood), glass, metal, marble (structures and surfaces). Brand identity: "Effortless Style" — timelessly elegant, never excessive, calm and relaxed atmospheres through careful use of colour and natural materials.

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hotel and contract projects a Brianza luxury furniture brand that since 1959 in Meda in the third family generation manufactures all products exclusively in a single plant Made in Italy, has maintained with Antonio Citterio for 40 years one of the most constant industry-designer partnerships in Italian design history, has formulated design icons in the ADI Design Index with the A.B.C. armchair and the Groundpiece sofa, and embodies a timeless, non-decorative elegance with the design identity "Effortless Style" — Flexform is a good address in the segment of third-generation Brianza luxury upholstered furniture.