Studio


Dal 2006 Fabio Calvi e Paolo Brambilla lavorano insieme concentrando l’attività soprattutto su interni, allestimenti e design del prodotto.
Il metodo è quello assimilato dai grandi maestri del design italiano, capaci di lavorare a diverse scale, dando vita a progetti permeati da una sottile ironia ma sempre fondati su una solida funzionalità.
In un panorama creativo in cui le tendenze portano all’uniformità del senso estetico, la personalità dello studio Calvi Brambilla si esprime sempre a sorpresa, ponendo al centro il racconto e comunicando con la massima efficacia.

L’attività dello studio è stata riconosciuta da diversi premi, tra cui: il premio Interni Cassina LC50 nel 2015; Il Good Design Awardnel 2017 e nel 2019; Il German Design Award nel 2019 e nel 2020 e il Salone del Mobile Milano Award per lo stand Flos a Euroluce 2017.
Tra i committenti dello studio spiccano numerose eccellenze del design italiano, tra cui: Alcantara, Antonio Lupi, Barovier & Toso, B&B, Cassina, Ceccotti Collezioni, Desalto, Elica, Flos, Fontana Arte, Foscarini, Olivari, Pedrali, Poltrona Frau, Tecno, Varaschin, Zanotta.

Fabio Calvi e Paolo Brambilla per quattro anni sono stati design curator di Flos, occupandosi della selezione e dello sviluppo dei prodotti. Attualmente sono direttori artistici dei marchi Dooor e Zanotta.

Dal 2023 lo studio è affiancato dalla Calvi Brambilla and Partners a cui partecipano Marisa Rotolo, ingegnere, e Maurizio Diraco interior designer.



Studio


Fabio Calvi and Paolo Brambilla have worked together since 2006, concentrating their activity on interiors, exhibition and product design.
Following the example of the great masters of Italian design, they work at different scales, giving life to projects permeated by a subtle irony although based on solid functionality. In a creative panorama in which trends lead to uniformity of aesthetic sense, the personality of the Calvi Brambilla studio always expresses itself surprisingly, placing the storytelling at the base of any project.

The studio received several awards, including: the Interni Cassina LC50 prize in 2015; The Good Design Award in 2017 and 2019; The German Design Award in 2019 and 2020 and the Salone del Mobile Milano Award for the Flos stand at Euroluce 2017.
Among the studio's clients, many excellences of Italian design stand out, including: Alcantara, Antonio Lupi, Barovier & Toso, B&B, Cassina, Ceccotti Collezioni, Desalto, Elica, Flos, Fontana Arte, Foscarini, Olivari, Pedrali, Poltrona Frau, Tecno , Varaschin, Zanotta.

Fabio Calvi and Paolo Brambilla were design curators at Flos for four years, dealing with the selection and development of products. They are currently artistic directors of the Dooor and Zanotta brands.

Calvi Brambilla and Partners was founded in 2023, which includes Marisa Rotolo, engineer, and Maurizio Diraco, interior designer.



Calvi Brambilla and Partners





Fabio Calvi (Pavia, 1969) dopo gli studi presso il Politecnico di Milano e la Brunel University of West London, si laurea in Architettura nel 1996. Esordisce con il proprio studio con il progetto di allestimento della personale del fotografo Albert Watson alla Rotonda della Besana.
 
Paolo Brambilla (Lecco, 1973) studia presso il Politecnico di Milano e l'Università Politecnica di Barcellona e si laurea in Architettura nel 1999. Ha insegnato Design degli Interni presso la Scuola del Design del Politecnico di Milano ed è stato Consigliere dell'Ordine degli Architetti di Milano.


Fabio Calvi (Pavia, 1969) studied Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan and the Brunel University of West London. He made his debut with his own studio with the project of staging the personal exhibition of the photographer Albert Watson in Milan.

Paolo Brambilla (Lecco, 1973) studied Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan and the Polytechnic University of Barcelona. He taught Interior Design at the School of Design of the Polytechnic of Milan and was a Councilor of the Chamber of Architects of Milan.






Team


Lorenzo Bortoluzzi

product designer

Luca Cotini

interior designer

Angelo Di Matteo
architect

Maurizio Diraco interior designer + studio partner

Carlotta Montagna
interior designer

Emma Neri
interior designer

Marisa Rotolo
engineer + studio partner

Marinella Ventura

studio manager
past collaborators: Martina Acetti / Cinzia Ferraroli / Saverio Incombenti / Salvatore Massone / Roberta Rota / Giulia Suardi / Alessia Interlandi / Francesca Maestri / Beatrice Andina





Awards & Publications


2021 - ADI Design Index

We are pleased to announce that the Design Holding fair booth designed for Salone del Mobile 2019 has been selected by the ADI Design Index 2020.


2020 - German Design Awards

#PedraliPalaceofWonders stand, designed by Calvi Brambilla for the Salone del Mobile 2019, has been awarded by German Design Council with the GOLD best recognition in the Excellent Architecture - Fair and Exhibition category.


2019 - Good Design Awards

The coffee table collection Baio designed by Calvi Brambilla for Pianca, which stood out in the category furniture 2019 for its innovative design, wins the Good Design Awards 2019, the oldest and most important international design recognition.


2019 - ADI Design Index

Antoniolupi fair booth and the showroom designed by Calvi Brambilla have been selected by the ADI Design Index 2019, the first volume of the biennal cycle that collects Italian excellence in design production, preselected to compete for the Compasso d'Oro Award 2020.


2019 - German Design Award

#PedraliGoodIdeas stand designed by Calvi Brambilla for Pedrali at Salone del Mobile 2018 is the Winner of Excellent Communications Design Fair and Exhibition category.
This is the jury statement: "The risers rimmed by light bulbs recall the footlight illumination in theatres. A lovely idea that not only interprets the symbolism of the light bulb in a novel manner, but also puts the products in the limelight." 


2018 - ADI Design Index

Soft Walls, the fair booth designed by Calvi Brambilla for Flos at Salone del Mobile 2017, has been selected by the ADI Design Index 2018, the first volume of the biennal cycle that collects Italian excellence in design production, preselected to compete for the Compasso d'Oro Award 2020. 


2018 - Iconic Awards

#PedraliGoodIdeas wins the Innovative Architecture Selection. 


2018 - Interni Icon Architects

Calvi Brambilla studio has been selected between the 100 icon architects - serie oro 2018, for architecture/interiors/products.


2017 - Salone del Mobile Milano Award

Soft Walls, Flos stand designed by Calvi Brambilla at Salone del Mobile 2017, is the Winner of the Best Display Award.

2017 - Good Design Awards

Ettore, the table designed by Calvi Brambilla for Pianca, wins the Good Design Award, an industrial design program organized by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design an Urban Studies. 

2017 - Archiproducts Design Awards

Bahia, the sunbed designed for Varaschin, is the Winner 2017


2016 - ADI Design Index

Zanotta Stand designed by Calvi Brambilla for the 2015 Salone del Mobile, created for the presentation of the book dedicated to the one hundred and one most significant design pieces of the brand, has been selected in the Design for communication category by the ADI Design Index 2015. 


2015 - Cassina LC 50

The winning project by Calvi Brambilla studio was chosen for “its contemporary and poetic interpretation of the product which highlights Cassina’s constructive capacity and the fundamental principles of the Modern Movement” according to the verdict of the panel chaired by the architect Mario Bellini.

2015 - Segnalazione alla Medaglia d'Oro
all'Architettura Italiana

Flos 50, the exhibition installation designed by Calvi Brambilla for Flos in 2012 and lasted for just one night, has been selected by Triennale di Milano for the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture in the Exhibit Design category.


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Studio Associato Calvi Brambilla Architetti
Via Domenichino, 11 | 20149, Milano | M1 Amendola



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