Carlo
Colombo

Carlo Colombo is considered to be one of the most important Italian architects and designers. From the beginning of his career he designed for top level brands. From this moment he collected a lot of collaborations with the most important made in Italy design brands like Antonio Lupi, Fontana Arte, Cappellini, De Padova, Flou, Bentley Home, Flexform, iGuzzini, Trussardi Casa,Giorgetti, Moroso, Poliform, Bugatti Home, Poltrona Frau, Teuco, Baxter, Varenna,Zanotta, to mention just a few. Beyond designing products and furniture, Colombo also takes care of strategy and marketing for the companies, he develops graphic projects and curates exhibitions, works as a consultant and art director. His work was initially concentrated on design and interior, but then progressively extended also to the field of construction, in Italy and abroad. In 2004 the architect is awarded the title of Designer of the year; in 2009 he wins an international competition for the design of two multifunctional towers in Abu Dhabi and from 2011 he teaches design at the De Tao Masters Academy of Beijing in China. He received many other awards from the world over, amongst them the Elle Decor International Design Award in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2016, the Good Design Award of the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and the Chicago Athenaeum in 2009, in 2012 he wins the Red Dot Design Award, in 2014 the Best of the Best Red Dot Design Award, the Interior Innovation Award, the Design London Award and the iF Design Award with Teuco. In 2015 for he wins for the second time the Best of the Best Red Dot Design Award and the iF Design Award with Teuco. Today his studio deals with large scale projects all over the world, from design to interiors and architecture.