Giulio Cappellini | |
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Born | 1953 Milan |
Works | Cappellini S.p.A. |
Awards | |
Giulio Cappellini is the founder and art director of the eponymous Italian furniture company Cappellini [1] based in Milan. In 2004 the Company became part of the Poltrona Frau Group.[ citation needed] In 2021, it was acquired by the American office furnisher Haworth Inc. [2]
The company's collections are "known for tapping new trends and far-flung talents" and have included sofas, kitchen sinks, shelving and light fixtures "displayed in an industrial hangar far from the gold-plated shopping district along the Via Monte Napoleone." [3] Described as a "tutti-frutti affair, with minimalism offered up alongside pop fashion, computer tech and amoebic forms", Cappellini's collections have included works by Jasper Morrison, [4] [5] Tom Dixon, Marc Newson, Marcel Wanders, Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec, Nendo, Michael Young, [6] [7] Satyendra Pakhale, Inga Sempé, Alessandro Mendini, [8] Ora Ito,[ citation needed] and Dror Benshetrit. [9] [3]
In 2022 he was awarded the Compasso d'Oro Career Award by the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) in Milan. [10] [11]