3. and artisanal techniques, on the other, Bartoli Design’s outcomes were
best-selling, long-lasting products and award-winning designs.
Bartoli Design received the XXI Compasso d’Oro 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 studio’s research explores elegance based
on simplicity and balance: from the initial concepts to product de-
velopment, art direction and communication strategies, the studio’s
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

4. design as materials

5. innovation with plastic chairs
from fiberglass with polyester resin, to the world’s first polypropylene injec-
tion-moulded single seat piece, from flat 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

6. 4875 Poppystar

7. Breeze Uno

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

9. Sesel Collectionist

10. Aki Jedi

11. Kenobi Raja

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 fluidi-
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

13. Himalayan Undyed - Terai
Himalayan Undyed - Annapurna

14. Himalayan Undyed - Terai

15. Zen Acque Zen Cieli

16. Rosetum

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

18. Kylindros Decor

19. Stars Kyoto

20. Terre Maxima BD 11

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

22. Ray RayPlus

23. Lilium

24. Wonder Cocoon

25. design with geometries

26. optimizing the shape of modules and then searching for
an armonic balance between solids and voids is a way
of designing and finding 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

27. 915 Manhattan

28. intersections of lines
intersections of simple elements create strenght; frag-
ilemetaltubeswhenalone,becomestrongstructures
when connected: some of Bartoli’s designs explored
nodes, intersections, juxtapositions of lines in space,
to define tridimensional volumes, light yet robust.
Echo

29. Octa

30. Mille Sen-su

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

32. Doors Cirque

33. Maxima B909

34. contract design

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

36. Jazz Mercury

37. Iron New Bloom

38. Lips Camel

39. Camel

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 find all
thesolutionstoproblemsincontractfurniture;modularity,abroadrangeof
finishesandbeingcost-wisearekeyfactorsforthesuccessoftablesystems.
table systems for conference
Tee

41. Milano Balance

42. waiting in traffic areas
understandig the needs of areas with high traf-
fic 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

43. River Highway

44. Flores

45. Tube Meet-me

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.

47. Formae Slide

48. Ellipse Ice

49. Den Teddy Girl

50. design for the home

51. upholsterd products greatly reflect our differences in the perception of
comfort, ergonomics, product agreability and user friendliness; tensioned
or soft, flat or draped, Bartoli thinks upholstery is a powerful mean for
designers to enhance different qualities of the objects underneath.
comfortable upholstered items
Joko

52. By Kuva

53. Drapè Su

54. Drapè Lounge May

55. Orchestra

56. Paysage Genius

57. extendable table systems
overtheyears,BartoliDesignexploredandrefinedthetypology
of extendable tables in many iterations, developing them into
systems:tablesonthemove,whereallthemechanicsarehidden
to the eye, simple and fool-proof to operate in anybody’s home.
Sushi

58. Sushi workstation Sushi

59. Maki Torii

60. Nori

61. Kime Sol

62. index

63. Altopiano . 2008 Laurameroni
Aki . 2012 Riva 1920
Balance . 2007 International Office Concept
Breeze . 1995 Segis
Bikappa . 2009 Kristalia
BD11 . 2001 Laurameroni
By . 2014 Bonaldo
Camel . 2016 Segis
Cirque . 2013 Laurameroni
Cocoon . 1994 Kristalia
Decor . 2001 Laurameroni
Den . 2009 Jesse
1085 edition . 2015 Kristalia
Doors . 2015 Da a
Drapè, Drapè Lounge . 2016 Laurameroni
Echo . 2016 Laurameroni
Ellipse . 1999 Delight
Flores . 2011 Segis
Formae . 2005 Colombo Design
Gaia . 1967 Arflex
Genius . 2007 Move
Highway . 2007 Segis
Himalayan Undyed - Wangden, Terai, Annapurna . 2011 Nodus
Ice . 2002 Colombo Design
Intarsia Twill . 2015 Laurameroni
Iron . 2009 Segis
Jazz . 2006 International Office Concept
Jedi . 2014 Riva 1920
Joko . 2010 Kristalia
Junan . 2014 Bonaldo
Kanji . 2002 Rossi di Albizzante
Kenobi . 2013 Riva 1920
Kime . 2014 Bonaldo
Kuva . 2014 Bonaldo
Kylindros . 2015 Laurameroni
Kyoto . 2009 Lualdi
Life . 2011 prototype
Lilium . 2008 Kristalia
Lips . 2008 Segis
Maki . 2016 Kristalia
Mandala . 2009 Laurameroni
Manhattan . 2009 Jesse
Maxima BD09 . 2015 Laurameroni
May . 2010 Arflex
Meet-me . 2008 Segis
Mercury . 2008 Asis
Milano . 2004 Sagsa
Mille . 2009 Bonaldo
Mixa . 1992 Colombo Design
New Bloom . 2012 Segis
Nori . 2010 Kristalia
915 . 2007 Kristalia
Octa . 2013 Bonaldo
Orchestra . 2008 Laurameroni
Paysage . 2008 Move
Poppystar . 2004 Segis
4875 . 1975 Kartell
Raja . 2012 Laurameroni
Ray, RayPlus . 2009 Fiam
River . 2012 Segis
Rock . 2007 Multipla
Rosetum . 2009 Nodus
Sahara . 2011 Fiam
Sen-su . 2015 Da a
Sesel . 2015 Laurameroni
Collectionist . 2015 Laurameroni
Slide . 2001 Colombo Design
Sol . 2011 Bonaldo
Stars . 2009 Laurameroni
Su . 2011 prototype
Sushi, Sushi workstation . 2002 Kristalia
Tacta . 1990 Colombo Design
Teddy Girl . 2013 Segis
Tee . 2012 Segis
Torii . 2014 Kristalia
Tube . 1995 Rossi di Albizzate
Tulip . 2004 Kron
Uno . 2005 Segis
Viva . 2001 Colombo Design
Wonder . 2015 Penta
Zen . 2009 Nodus