Cappellini
“Explorers of design between imagination and reality”
Founded in 1946, Cappellini has become synonymous with contemporary, avant-garde design. Over the years it has launched some of the world’s greatest designers, producing innovative and high quality furnishings.
Cappellini’s collection is characterized by experimentation and exploration of new way of living, allow to furnish the whole domestic landscape from the livingroom to the studio to the bedroom. Many of these products have also become iconic pieces and exhibited in museums throughout the world - Victoria & Albert London, MOMA in New York and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Cappellini is strong also in the production of modular furniture and solutions for residential and office areas. It is a combination of design and advanced technologies in line with the company’s traditional craftsmanship approach. It is particularly renowned for its skilled lacquering processes. A palette of 80 colors high gloss and matt combined with a selection of accessories and modules of different sizes.
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Creator of the uniqueness of the company and emblematic figure in the international design scene is Giulio Cappellini, which is universally recognized as talent scout of young designers launched by him: some examples Jasper Morrison, Marcel Wanders, The Bouroullec brothers and Marc Newson. Giulio Cappellini deals with the Art Direction of Cappellini as well as with the Company’s products and communication strategies. He also collaborates with several opinion leaders in writing texts about the history of Design, and the most important Architecture & Design magazines have written about his activities and projects. He has been nominated by the Time magazine one of the most important trend setters in the world.
Born in 1954, after taking the degree in Architecture and attending the School for Management Direction at the Bocconi University in Milan, in 1979 Giulio Cappellini becomes part of the family firm Cappellini S.p.A., giving it new creative impulses, image first and then management.
Cappellini is available worldwide. Its flagship stores are located in Milan, Paris, Bruxelles, New York, Los Angeles, Manila and in other main capital cities with the other brands of the Group. The headoffices are in Meda, Brianza district.
