ABOUT
ABOUT US
1812 Annibale Colombo started up in Brianza with a small workshop founded by Filippo Colombo. He produced furniture pieces, real works of art, for the Milanese middle class of the period who was in love with French subtleties. 1990 After having taken the name of ANNIBALE COLOMBO.
The company took up its seat in Novedrate, in the actual modern headquarter of 8000 square meters designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa. This headquarter is devoted to a production of high quality cabinet-making, which combines perfectly industrial processes – characterized by forefront technologies – and human skills, guardians of an antique and precious handicraft tradition appreciated all over the world.
Here materials , manual ability and technology meet and produce classic and contemporary furniture pieces of unique elegance and beauty. 201... Nowadays, after more than 200 years, ANNIBALE COLOMBO is a landmark in the outline of high cabinet-making and can boast an inestimable know-how, which expresses itself in the unique ability to interpret and use materials and in the creation of furniture pieces with the fascination of the unique piece.
During its history ANNIBALE COLOMBO had always defended – and still defends – its tradition: the use of rich materials (above all wood, of which more than 60 types are used, among which maple, amaranth, box-wood, ebony, ash, walnut, pekia, paduca, rosewood), very high level inlay and carving techniques and antique and expert gestures through which precise joints, smoothing and polishing are obtained, results of an excellent handicraft savoir-faire.
One of the main points in the production philosophy of ANNIBALE COLOMBO is the respect of natural environment: wood comes only from reafforested areas; dyeings are natural ones, with aniline; polishing is done with shell-lack and bees-wax, which not only smells very good, but has also an antiseptic action, protecting wood from dust and parasites.
Also the capability of the company to propose custom-made solutions is another example of ANNIBALE COLOMBO know-how.
Through the years the company has realized a lot of projects both in Italy and all over the world: extremely diversified works, dictated by the needs of different people’s tastes and cultural environments, different also as regards to the various architectural typology, but all of them very prestigious. Among the most important projects are Kulm Hotel and Grand Hotel Kronenhof in Saint Moritz, Hotel Ares Eiffel in Paris, Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio and Piccolo Teatro Grassi in Milan, besides a lot of private villas (in Russia, England, Turkey …) and luxury yachts.
DESIGNERS
ALEX BOCCHI E ALBERTO POZZOLI
Creativity, elegance and research combined with the most tangible practical sense are ingredients of the philosophy of the designers Alex Bocchi, engineer-architect, and Alberto Pozzoli, architect. Italians, with important experiences abroad, including China, Japan, Australia and Spain, they divide their working activity between architectural design and interior design, up to the product design and the art direction.
BRUNO RAINALDI
Bruno Rainaldi was formed on the field, starting at a young age to work with interior design comunication. With irony he described himself as a “street designer” and his style as “chaotically rigorous”. In Milan he directs the first High-tech at Corso di Porta Ticinese. He supports Maddalena De Padova in the storic showroom of corso Venezia, later Enrico Baleri as partner of Baleri & Associati, with communication strategies for companies and designstores.
CARLO BIMBI
Born in Volterra in 1944, he lives and works in Florence. His early works dates back to the end of the Sixties with industrial design related activities (taps, automobiles, tools, etc.). During the Seventies and later on, he concentrated his work on furniture and objects design, with the creation of some product that have been in production for a long time.
CARLO SIRONI
Carlo Sironi developed his professional activity on different project lines:
- interior design
- showroom image
- art direction
- furniture projects
GIOVANNA AZZARELLO
Giovanna Azzarello graduated at the age of 23 in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. She also specializes in Graphic Design, Visual Design and Photography. Hers activity match with almost all the manifestations of creativity. In hers studio in Milan she deals of building design private, commercial and public and also industrial designer. in the field of the building she has created several, in Italy and abroad.
GIUSEPPE MANZONI
Born in Oggiono in the province of Lecco (Italy) in 1952, after graduating from high school, he studied at the Polytechnic School of Design in Milan, where he was a pupil of Bruno Munari, Alberto Rosselli, Isao Hosoe and other great masters of Italian design. In 1976 he was Industrial Designer. He collaborates with various design studios including Studio Ramstein and Studio De Vries.
IVANO COLOMBO
Ivano Maria Colombo was born in Monza on May 14th 1973. He achieved the diploma of artistic high school, frequenting courses of specialization in painting and sculpture, with a great passion for the art in all its forms; subsequently he frequented the Faculty of Architecture, with great attention for the architectural detail and the relationship among built and landscape, new and old built.
LUCIANO COLOMBO
During the Architecture studies at Politecnico in Milan, he collaborated with his father Annibale in the historical family company. In 1971 he founded with the father actual company Annibale Colombo, which he is now leading with his son Ivano. His artistic studies and his personal attitude towards experimentation lead him to apply the antique and precious techniques of wood working to collections in continuous development, which meet and anticipate market requests.
SIMONE CIARMOLI E MIGUEL QUEDA
A vision shaped by passion for art and total creativity, honed over the years working side by side with major players of fashion and luxury industries, notably Prada and Giorgio Armani. A significant background, hence the balance between elegance and emotional impact that became the distinctive feature of all the projects designed by the studio.
STEFANO BOERI ARCHITETTI
Stefano Boeri Architetti, Boeri Studio until 2008, based in Milan with offices in Shanghai and Tirana, is dedicated since 1993 to the research and practice of architecture and urbanism. More than 20 years of research and practical experience allowed the studio to develop a know-how of sustainable development of the projects at different scales, from social housing units to strategic urban development of the entire cities and regions.
TOMASO SCHIAFFINO
Tomaso Schiaffino lives and works as a designer in Milan. After studying mechanical engineering and having graduated at IED (European Institute of Design) he started working at Studio Dordoni and then established an "historical" cooperation with Denis Santachiara at Studio Santachiara where he developed a lot of project activities in the design field, interior and exhibit, during a period of more than 10 years for major companies in the industry, corporations, museums and government agencies.
