Giulio Cappellini Explained

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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. 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, and Dror Benshetrit.^[9]

In 2022 he was awarded the Compasso d'Oro Career Award by the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) in Milan.^{[10] [11]}

Publications

• Book: Serrazanetti, Francesca . The Cappellini method: a performing dream . 2017 . Richard Sadleir . Electa . 192 . 978-88-918122-8-5 . 1 . Milan, Italy . 1017722625.

External links

• Official site
• Designers
• Antonello Mosca Fantasia al potere nella casa di Giulio Cappellini July 24, 2005 Il Giornale

Notes and References

1. Web site: Slesin. Suzanne. High Design for the Lowly? Milan Dares. The New York Times. August 3, 2016. 14 April 1994.
2. News: 2021-11-18 . Haworth's Lifestyle Design buys Italian design brand Interni . en . Reuters . 2022-09-26.
3. [Julie V. Iovine]
4. Web site: Bertoli . Rosa . 2023-10-04 . When Jasper Morrison met Giulio Cappellini . 2024-02-29 . wallpaper.com . en.
5. Web site: 2023-07-13 . Cappellini and Jasper Morrison: three decades of friendship . 2024-02-29 . IFDM . en-US.
6. Web site: Tsai . Florence . Industrial Designer Michael Young Sets His Sights On China . 2022-11-21 . Forbes . en.
7. Web site: L'art director Giulio Cappellini sarà ospite a Mesagne per un "design talk" . The art director Giulio Cappellini will be a guest in Mesagne for a "design talk" . 2022-11-21 . amp.brindisireport.it . it.
8. Web site: Alessandro Mendini . 2022-11-21 . www.cappellini.com.
9. Feathered Nest; Cappellini Peacock Chair October 2009 page 32 Forbes Life
10. Web site: Compasso d'Oro alla Carriera per Giulio Cappellini . 2022-09-26 . www.cappellini.com.
11. Web site: I vincitori del XXVII Compasso d'Oro ADI 2022 . 2022-09-26 . www.domusweb.it . en-gb.