Carlo Colombo DESIGNER
Carlo Colombo was born in Carimate in 1967. He took his degree in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1993, but he had already designed his first piece in 1992, for Cappellini. Several collaborations with the most important Made in Italy design brands follow immediately: Antonio Lupi, Arflex, Artemide, De Padova, Flou, Flexform, iGuzzini, Moroso, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Teuco, Varenna, Zanotta.
Beyond the furniture design, Colombo takes care of strategy and marketing for companies, develops graphic projects and curates exhibitions and works as a consultant and Art Director as well.
The design activity, initially focused on interior design, has gradually extended to the construction sector, in Italy and abroad.
In 2004 the architect is awarded as designer of the year; in 2009 he wins an international competition for the design of the two multifunctional towers in Abu Dhabi and from 2011 he teaches design at the De Tao Masters Academy of Beijing in China. He receives a lot more awards all over the world, among them the Elle Decor International Design Award in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, the Good Design Award of the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and the Chicago Athenaeumin 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 e and the iF design award with Teuco.