Brands

The story of Danese Milano is a story of material culture, suggested functions, discreet pedagogies and practical beauty. The legacy of the founders, with the work done by Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, Angelo Mangiarotti and Achille Castiglioni, can be found in the catalog where it continues with the projects of Matali Crasset, Elliot Erwitt, Marco Ferreri, James Irvine, Naoto Fukasawa, Martì Guixè , Jonathan Olivares, Paolo Rizzatto, Francisco Gomez Paz, Jean Nouvel and BIG.
Since its foundation in the 1950s, by Bruno Danese and Jacqueline Vodoz, Danese Milano is a company that values space. It does so with a catalog of disruptive objects. The spirit of the times and the centrality of the human being are reflected in the importance that the company assigns to the choice of authors it involves. The quality of the materials it applies and the synthesis of forms achieved so far transcend seasonality. The creation of archetypes for the home and office such as the desire to design contemporary objects whose innovation does not dilute over the course of history is the furrow that Danese continues to trace today: with the artistic direction of Giulio Iacchetti Danese it continues this path addressing the different registers of the project, from the small series to the industrial dimension, without losing the creative drive or the versatility of applications in different contexts of use.

CEA in 2007 turns to the design of taps and accessories for the bathroom: devoted to innovation, site-specific planning and product reinterpretation, CEA places passion, experience and specialization at the service of the architect, with design solutions of design, in the world of taps and bathroom accessories, forged with competence and foresight. All aspects of the design are involved: the technical-construction and installation ones, the design, the use of innovative materials with aesthetic and functional value, as well as the principles of sustainability and respect for the environment. The CEA collection includes taps and accessories for the bathroom and kitchen, outdoor showers and air destratifiers, and is characterized by low consumption, high quality and freedom of combination. CEA products carry the Made in Italy mark. CEA gives shape to ideas thanks to a pure, faithful and responsible material: AISI 316 / L stainless steel: pure because it does not require galvanic treatments or painting and is 100% recyclable. Faithful because it is an inert material with high impermeability and corrosion resistance, suitable for marine and thermal areas and wherever there is a high atmospheric pollution. Responsible because CEA works it cold, with the exclusive help of high-precision numerical control machines. Steel guarantees eternal life, because it requires minimal care and is always restorable. CEA accompanies the designer in the evolution of the work: the strong ecological vocation, the originality and the very high quality of the product are placed at the service of professionalism, with versatility, competence and efficiency.

Cappellini is a historic Italian family business of design furniture, founded in Carugo in 1946 by Enrico Cappellini. Synonymous of originality, contemporaneity and experimentation, the Cappellini brand produces quality furnishings, never insubstantial and able to customize any residential and contract space. Born as an artisan company, the collections are characterized by refined simplicity and personality, dictated by the great names of international design, discovered by the talent scout and corporate designer Giulio Cappellini. We talk about Jasper Morrison, Marc Newson, Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders, the Bouroullec brothers and Nendo, designers of works such as the Cloud bookcase, the Knotted Chair, Embryo Chair, Pylon Chair and many others, which have now become internationally recognized icons of the brand and exhibited in the most important museums in the world such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the MoMA in New York and the Center Pompidou in Paris. Other creations that have contributed to forming Cappellini’s essence are the Proust armchair by Aleesandro Mendini and the Side 2 chest of drawers from the Progetti Compiuti collection. The Cappellini collection flexibly translates every need for contemporary furniture, and bridges the gap between avant-garde design and traditional furniture.

Campeggi is a modern company, based in the famous Como hi-end furniture district, that carries on a clear philosophy: things change. No project is as it seems and everyone evolves discovering more functions, undergoing a metamorphosis. Campeggi offers colorful, original and transformable furniture. Practicality and Movement are the basic rules that animate the ideas of the Italian brand, supported by brilliant designers such as Sakura Adachi, Matali Crasset, Giovanni Levanti, Vico Magistretti, Adrien Rovero, Lorenzo Damiani, Paolo Imperatori, Emanuele Magini, Giulio Manzoni and Denis Santachiara. Piccy by Vico Magistretti is the re-enactment of the master’s wooden armchair and canvas on display in 1946. With Riletto, designer Giulio Manzoni won the Leonardo Award of the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, and with Ercolino he won the Design Award Professional-c DIM-Valencia. Campeggi is an innovative and cheerful path that makes design a playful style of life.

Founded in Canada by Randy Bishop and Omer Arbel in 2005, the lighting design brand Bocci was born with a single lighting project, “14”, which has become an instant classic and remains a staple of design and bestseller. The portfolio is enriched over time: a series of real light sculptures developed starting from research on the physico-chemical qualities of materials and the pure estonia of lighting. The collections are named with simple numbers that highlight their chronological placement in the creative process of the artistic director, the architect and designer of Israeli origins Arbel, and use glass as the main material, skilfully worked by craftsmen trained in Murano.

Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists: Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl. Their goal was “to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means.”
The name Artek is a synthesis of “art” and ‘technology’ – concepts central to the international modernist movement that came to prominence in the 1920s. It was Walter Gropius, a key proponent of modernism, who coined the motto ‘art and technology – a new unity.’ Technology was understood to include science and industrial production methods, while the conception of art extended beyond the fine arts to encompass architecture and design.
Modernism aimed to achieve a fruitful union of these two spheres. This same aspiration guided the founders of Artek in their naming of the company and in the design of iconic pieces of world design such as the Stool 60, Armchair 42 and Paimio and the Tea Trolley 900.
In line with the spirit of its founders, Artek today remains an innovative company in the world of modern design, developing new products at the intersection of design, architecture and art.
The Artek collection consists of furniture, lighting, and accessories designed by Finnish masters – including Tapio Wirkkala, Jørn Utzon, Eero Aarnio and the founders – and by important contemporary international designers including Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius. Artek stands for clarity, functionality, and poetic simplicity.

Since 1973 Agape has marked the evolution of the bathroom. Its iconic products, such as Spoon and Ottocento by Benedini Associati, have marked fundamental stages of contemporary furniture and today for the company great names in design sign pieces that are already new classics, such as Vieques by Patricia Urquiola and the Bjhon washbasins, conceived in 1970 by Angelo Mangiarotti today made of marble, stone and Cristalplant® biobased, an innovative and sustainable material.
With Agape the bathroom – a vital and regenerating environment dedicated to well-being – stops being just a functional space to become the emotional center of the home.
This important story has been rewarded over the years by important awards, such as the Design Plus and many selections at the Compasso d’Oro ADI, to which the honorable mention of the Nivis washbasin and the selection for the Plus furniture system are added in 2014.

Creating innovative products and concepts with great designers has been the essence of Vitra since 1950. The relationship of trust between authors from all corners of the world and Vitra, which shares their ambitions, is at the heart of the company’s product development process. Collaborations are always a subtle synthesis of artistic freedom, production know-how and knowledge of the sector. This philosophy has shaped the company’s culture since its first collaborations with legendary designers such as Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Jean Prouvè and Verner Panton, up to the recent projects by Bouroullecs, Jasper Morrison, Ron Arad and Tadao Ando. With its classics Vitra unquestionably represents the revolutionary design of the 20th century. Today, by combining technical and conceptual expertise with the creativity of contemporary designers, Vitra seeks to continue pushing the boundaries of the design discipline.

Since 1949, Bulthaup has been developing projects and high-end “kitchens for people”. Planning and design contribute to the creation of durable products in functional and aesthetic terms: with the global concept of “b.architecture” and the reinterpretation of the kitchen island with the b3, b2 and b1 systems, Bulthaup focuses on essentiality adn quality, on the real moments of our life and today´s habits. Cooking becomes an act of communication and cooking returns to being true architecture. Even in the absolute perfection of details.
Places where you can be creative, where you can see things as they are created by our own hands. To give life to these places, the man with his needs and habits, must always be at the center of all our reflections.
The perfection of manual work occurs when the most refined machines and technologies can no longer do anything. This is where Bulthaup takes over the manual skill that gives the materials that touch that speaks to all our senses.