Gino Carollo
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We create not only products, but a new lifestyle.
Born in Vicenza , Gino Carollo begins in 1990 his activity in the industrial design sector, also collaborating as an Art Director with prestigeous Italian and International enterprises in the furniture branch. By commission of Assarredo, he plans the realisation and the coordinated image for the Padiglione Italia at the International Furniture Fair in Cologne in 1992 and 1993, as well as the Italian Pavillon at the Interieur Fair in Vienna in 1992. He participates to the Dirattan Exposition in Milan in 1993 and to the exposition “Progetti e Territori” at the Fair “Abitare il Tempo” in Verona in 1994. In the same years, he is awarded the “Du Pont” prize in Cologne, the “Young Design” prize in Milan and the “Casaidea” prize in Rome, and some of his products are exposed at the MoMA in New York. In 2012 he receives the Interior Innovation Award in Cologne for the product “Bookless” of Interlübke. In 1999 he opens STUDIO28 GINO CAROLLO, with the objective of establishing a qualified support team to the companies in the furniture branch. The design of products connected to the engineering and realisation of models and prototypes revealed themselves over the years as the main tools which let the studio acquire important results and establish long-term collaborations. The industrial design activity of Studio 28 was developed and expanded in the last years to include novel sectors of expertise, in particular covering the field of architectural planning of exposition spaces, showrooms and corporate identity.
Boattomartino Studio
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Maddalena – “I love blending inspirations, exploring, and living in the nuances of colors.”
Manuel – “I am not drawn to form for its own sake; I am attracted to the harmony of objects in space.”
Maddalena and Manuel – “Together, we focus on inspirations and research, elaborating a contamination between different expressive languages, respecting the context, attitudes, and contemporary demands. We rework external inputs to transform them, through careful strategic investigation, into new products, new real or surreal images, new compositional and communicative visions, always in line with an ever-evolving scenario.”
boattomartino studio represents Maddalena Boatto, architect, and Manuel Martino, product designer.
After graduating in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Maddalena moved to Madrid and began collaborating with the international studio Nieto y Sobejano, through which she shaped her aesthetic taste, style, and rigorous attention to detail. Upon returning to Italy, her professional experience began with Lombardini22 – a reality with which she collaborated for many years – which allowed her to further specialize and acquire specific training in the field of retail, hospitality, and luxury residences. After graduating from the European Institute of Design in Milan, Manuel began his professional collaboration with Carlo Colombo. Within the context of the studio of the Brianza-based architect and designer, he gained extensive and consolidated experience and specific expertise: here he developed his critical sense, his ability to observe and create new conceptual canons, interacting daily and operationally with the main Italian furniture and design companies. From the intertwining of their professional paths and the combination of their personal attitudes, in 2016 Maddalena and Manuel founded boattomartino studio in Milan, a reality in which they gained solid experience in artistic direction and the design of furnishing collections for various companies in the sector.
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