The document provides an overview of Bartoli Design, an Italian design studio founded in 1960 by Carlo Bartoli. It summarizes Bartoli Design's extensive work experimenting with new materials and technologies in furniture design. Some of their award-winning and iconic designs are mentioned, including the Gaia armchair which is in the permanent collection of MoMA. The studio continues to be led by Carlo Bartoli and his family, focusing on elegant, simple designs made with authentic materials. They explore a wide range of design applications beyond furniture as well.
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3. and artisanal techniques, on the other, Bartoli Designs outcomes were
best-selling, long-lasting products and award-winning designs.
Bartoli Design received the XXI Compasso dOro ADI award for the
R606Uno chair in 2008; the Tube sofa obtained the IF Award for Good
Industrial Design and the studio was selected to appear on a set of Italian
postage stamps entitled Italian Design for a New Domestic Landscape.
Carlo Bartoli exhibited his work in Italy and abroad: at the Triennale
Design Museum in Milano, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London,
the Stadt Museum in Cologne, as well as in New York, Prague, Hong
Kong, Athens and Buenos Aires. The Gaia armchair is included in the
permanent design collection at the MOMA in New York and the Trien-
nale Design Museum in Milano. The 4875 chair is on display in the
design collection at the National Arts Museum of the Pompidou Centre
in Paris. The Breeze armchair received the I.D. Design Distinction Award,
the Apex Product Design Award, the Red Dot and the IF Award for Good
Industrial Design, and is included in a set of Italian postage stamps enti-
tled Masters of Italian design. The Sol table received the 2010 Good
Design Award. The panel of judges of the Young&Design competition
awarded Carlo Bartoli the 2012 Apostle of Design, for his work as a
designer inspired by an essential and honest design project. The Still ta-
ble and the Octa table were awarded the Red Dot 2013 and the Good
Design Award 2014. In 2015, the Mercury Curva chair received the
Good Design Award.
Bartoli Design, a team comprising Carlo, Paolo and Anna Bartoli,
continues the experience in design begun by Carlo Bartoli in 1960
and developed through many partnerships with leading companies
in the furniture sector. The studios research explores elegance based
on simplicity and balance: from the initial concepts to product de-
velopment, art direction and communication strategies, the studios
activities embrace the full spectrum of design services. Bartoli Design
also works on architecture, exhibition design, interior design, urban
design. Combining creativity with a deep understanding of technol-
ogies and industrial processes, on one side, and of craftsmanship
5. innovation with plastic chairs
from 鍖berglass with polyester resin, to the worlds 鍖rst polypropylene injec-
tion-moulded single seat piece, from 鍖at polypropylene parts curved and
plugged into an aluminium frame in no time, to the latest air moulding
process for thermoplastic injection or the innovative R606 polymer giving
comfort to a edgy shape - over 40 years of continuous research, Bartoli
Design applied new technologies for plastics to the design of chairs.
Gaia
8. authentic materials
designing with natural hide, brass, solid
wood, concrete, glass, marble... Bartoli De-
sign is making candid statements of the true
nature of materials, retaining their authen-
ticity with simple, honest projects yet pow-
erful enough to challenge time and gain
the imperfect uniqueness of lived things.
1085 edition
12. Himalayan wool, Indian silk
big knots, simple manufacture, in respect of the Tibetan weaving
tradition, designing details to enhance the characteristics of the
soft undyed Himalayan wool in its natural shades - or composing
the shiny vibrance of Indian silks into masterful works with the 鍖uidi-
ty of watercolours: inspirations from the earth, the rocks and the sky
trasformed into patterns of lights-and-shades by Bartoli Design.
Himalayan Undyed - Wangden
17. designing material surfaces
to express the inherent suggestion of the surfaces and the skil-
fulness in working them, Bartoli Design explored formally line-
ar and controlled designs: patterns, consistent with the qualita-
tive nature of wood, metals, stones and hide, exalt their essence.
Maxima, Mandala, Stars, Decor
21. beyond the fascination of transparency,
many more extraordinary properties of
glass are exploited by Bartoli Design
in their projects: load-bearing, structur-
al, curved, mouth-blown or centrifuged
glass is used to combine inspiring
aesthetics and technical performaces.
glass properties
Sahara
26. optimizing the shape of modules and then searching for
an armonic balance between solids and voids is a way
of designing and 鍖nding solutions to structural problems
for Bartoli Design; such compositions show an exacti-
tude deriving from a geometrical logic out of inspiration
from nature everything can be disassembled, re-as-
sembled and completed to create multiple solutions.
modules & modularity
Life
28. intersections of lines
intersections of simple elements create strenght; frag-
ilemetaltubeswhenalone,becomestrongstructures
when connected: some of Bartolis designs explored
nodes, intersections, juxtapositions of lines in space,
to de鍖ne tridimensional volumes, light yet robust.
Echo
31. volumes & iconic masses
a volume with no front, back or side to put it right in the centre
of the space as a sculpture, modular container units recalling
the geometric order of crystals, totem-like furniture resembling
essential architectures: pieces where the architectural nature
and the sculptural impact on the environment are most evident.
Intarsia Twill
35. gathering, learning, working, eating in
contract spaces need carefully designed
chairs, meeting strict requirements in
terms of comfort, adaptability, resist-
ance, materials, details and synthesis in
the shape; Bartoli Design acquired an
explertise that led to bestselling designs.
technical chairs
Tulip
40. systems are always a win-win in contract furniture, both for the producer
because it declares its competency, and for the user since he may 鍖nd all
thesolutionstoproblemsincontractfurniture;modularity,abroadrangeof
鍖nishesandbeingcost-wisearekeyfactorsforthesuccessoftablesystems.
table systems for conference
Tee
42. waiting in traf鍖c areas
understandig the needs of areas with high traf-
鍖c volumes, Bartoli Design developed heavy duty
systems able to withstand use and abuse, offer
multiple solutions thanks to a wide modularity and con-
tribute to the quality of the architectural environment.
Highway
46. Viva/Mixa/Tacta
little objects
in any product and even
more in small objects, de-
tails give life and make
the design: handling com-
plexity in small dimensions
is like designing miniature
machines that can be per-
fectly shaped like a juwel.
51. upholsterd products greatly re鍖ect our differences in the perception of
comfort, ergonomics, product agreability and user friendliness; tensioned
or soft, 鍖at or draped, Bartoli thinks upholstery is a powerful mean for
designers to enhance different qualities of the objects underneath.
comfortable upholstered items
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