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Giulio Cappellini and his
brand

"Naturally I am very happy when a Cappellini product enters
to belong to the permanent collection of a museum of art.
But I am really happier when I see it in the real houses of the
people: in this case only I feel to have goaled the purpose of
design.“

“Hatching plans is fantastic, but
also difficult.
The success of Cappellini’s
masterplan can be measured
by the realization of its
collections during the last
twenty years through its fruitful
collaboration with designers.
Please for its own sake and
pleasure for others takes an
important place in Cappellini
philosophy.”

Achille Castiglioni

Cappellini enters the new
millennium completely
transformed in comparison
to its origins, tied up
indissolubly to the world of
the image under every
aspects and to the world of
the experimentation and
research. It is Cappellini
who has discovered and
nurtured the talents of
young designers, now world
famous. It is to be
considered of great
importance that an italian
manufacturer can work with
designers from all over the
world and Giulio Cappellini
has a steady hand and an
instinctive eye when
choosing his designers.

JASPER MORRISON – since 1988

ALESSANDRO MENDINI – since 1993

R. e E. BOUROULLEC – since 1999

E.BARBER & J.OSGERBY – since 1998

PATRICK NORGUET – since 2000

CLAUDIO SILVESTRIN – since 2000

FRANCOIS AZAMBOURG – since 2006

GIULIO CAPPELLINI – since 1980

LEONARDO TALARICO - since 2009

SYLVAIN WILLENZ – CANDY TABLES - 2012

FRUITLAMP

SOFALAMP

DAPHNA LAURENS - 2012

GLIMPT STUDIO – SUPERHEROES - 2012

JAKOB WAGNER – BRANCH TABLE 2012

BAKERY STUDIO – N.O.M. (nature of material) - 2012

BENJAMIN HUBERT – GARMENT – 2012

CAPPELLINI NEXT – ZANINI DE ZANINE

CAPPELLINI NEXT – CONSTANCE GUISSET

CAPPELLINI NEXT – JAN PLECHACH (JAN & HENRI STUDIO)

CAPPELLINI NEXT – MARTIN SOLEM

CAPPELLINI NEXT – SAHIL & SARTHAK

The Cappellini collections are convincing; they are well balanced,
refined, simple and yet leans towards the experimental. There is
no house style: the intention is to allow the user enough space for
his own individual interpretation. All pieces have been designed to
be used, contrary to the trend in recent years.

"Hi Pad" chairs and stools are produced with an internal body in beech
plywood padded with multi-density polyurethane foam and shaped by a
computer-controlled machine.

FIRST STEP

The production of this
series is partially done
by hand; the first step
consists in gluing
together the wood
structure and the stuffing
of foam previously
assembled to the panels
in foam for the seat and
the backrest. Before
continuing we must wait
at least 10 minutes.

SECOND STEP

The following step foresees the gluing between foam and fabric: glue is
sprinkled on the foam and, before proceeding with the positioning of the
selected cover, it has to dry for at least 15 minutes.

THIRD STEP

The third step foresees the positioning of the cover in fabric or leather.
The positioning of the cover in the correct way foresees that it has to be
pressed by hand to follow the shape of the blocks of foam.

“Rainbow Chair” is produced
using only PMMA sheets of
Rohn GmbH & Co.,
absolutely the best ones in
the world. They are
commercially known as
Plexiglas ®
It is composed of sheets of
11 colours, and 7 differents
thicknesses, by gluing 44
pieces together.

FIRST STEP

The sheets, about 3 x 2 metres
big, are cut by a dissection
machinery to be more easy to
be used.

SECOND STEP

Using a cutting computer
controlled machine all the
pieces to be glued are cut:
starting from now, the
production becomes completely
by handicraft.

THIRD STEP

Sheets obtained from previous step are piled up and glued each other;
this allows resistance and trasparency obtained by an usage of glue
which is still a brand secret…

FOURTH STEP

Sheets glued to form seat and
back are now glued to legs.

FIFTH STEP

Now the chair is completely glued, but it is not jet smooth and bright:
now, using ordinary paper files, the producer obtains a smooth surface.
Colours are not jet so bright, as they are still under an opaque coat.

LAST STEP

Passing through a long, precise and well cared work of brushing the
peculiar colours of “Rainbow Chair” appair in all their beauty and
transparency.

Cloud is produced with the
technology of the rotational
molding of plastic materials,
a technological process that
allows to produce hollow
objects extractable in a
single piece without
weldings. This technology
allows to get products
deprived of inside tensions
and with uniform thickness.
Items of very big dimensions
having very complicated
outlines can be produced
with low costs for
equipments.

Main particularity of this technology is in the fact that the mould rotates
according to a primary axle, with a fixed direction, and a secondary one,
having variable direction. Thanks to these two movements, always
rather slow, the polymer runs over all the inside surfaces of the mould
that, being warm, melts it and make it stick to its surfaces covering
them. It is not utilized the centrifugal strength, but the fusion in contact
with the surfaces.

The moulds are produced
starting from a very
precise technical sketch;
they will allow the
production of the item with
all the requested
characteristics.

FIRST STEP
The mould is opened and loaded
manually, introducing the plastic
material, in dust or liquid.

SECOND STEP
The mould is closed again and
made rotate in a heated
environment so that the plastic
material can melt and settle itself
with uniformity on all the surfaces.

THIRD STEP

The mould is cooled maintaining it
rotating, so that the plastic material
can solidify preserving the inside
shape of the mould.

FOURTH STEP

The mould is opened and the
product is estracted freeing it from
possible wedges or light
undercuts.

Lotus project is born as
an evolution of Low Pad
and Hi Pad and it follows
the same development
and the same phases of
production with a
substantial difference in
the workmanship of the
fabric of covering.
Studied exploiting to full
extension the
technological abilities of
the Brand, Lotus born
with the well-defined
purpose to be introduced
in the world of high-level
contract, also keeping an
excellent "good design"
also for the domestic use.

FIRST STEP
The body, produced in
beech plywood, is
shaped and personalized
with a milling on the
outline to receive in a
second time the covering.

SECOND STEP
The bent wooden body
passes to the phase of
foaming; Lotus foresees
partly the use of
polymeric foams and
partly the use of multi-
density polyurethane
foams. Great comfort,
therefore, and great
conformity to the tests
against combustion that
regulate both the
European and the
American markets.
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THIRD STEP
The foamed structural
body of the chair now
passes to the tapestry
phase; while the external
part of the seat is cover
with polyurethane foam,
the frontal part has a
base of foam that is
covered with a coupled
polyurethane/fabric,
better defined "co-
moulded".

LAST STEP
The body is now joined to
its base: tilting, revolving,
adjustable in height, with
or without castors and
armrests. The
mechanism foresees that
the body has an optimal
inclination of 14°
adjustable, in the case of
bases with movement, by
a handle under the seat.

GLIMPT STUDIO – SUPERHEROES – MANUFACTURING PROCESS

A continuous search
and a constant
evolution bring
Cappellini to
experiment and to face
during the years
different strategies of
communication, also
being coherent to its
own image and its own
roots.

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