Carlo Colombo
Carlo Colombo was born in 1967 in Carimate. In 1993, he graduated in Architecture from the Polytechnic of Milan, but by 1991 he had already established contact with Giulio Cappellini, for whom he designed his first piece in 1992: the Kyoto bed, presented at the Salone del Mobile in Milan that same year.
From that moment on, Colombo’s work as a designer flourished through hundreds of projects in collaboration with industry-leading companies: Antonio Lupi, Arflex, Artemide, BYografia, Cappellini, DePadova, Emmemobili, EMU, F.lli Guzzini, Flou, Franke, Fusital, iGuzzini, IOC, Paola Lenti, Levi, Mood-Flexform, Moroso, Nube, Oluce, Penta, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Riva 1920, Rugiano, Sabattini, Serralunga, Tecno, Teuco, Varenna, Zanotta.
In 2004, Colombo was named Designer of the Year in Tokyo. Between 2005 and 2011, he received the International Design Award from Elle Décor four times and won awards for his projects from Gioia Casa and MD Magazine. In 2009, he was a winner of the Good Design Award presented by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum. As an ambassador of Italian design to the world, he lectures and holds conferences in Israel, Greece, Portugal,
Slovenia, Ukraine, Australia, Russia, Great Britain, Brazil, and China.