Saturday, November 16, 2019

Artist of the day, November 16: Fabio Novembre, an Italian architect and designer (#840)

Fabio Novembre (1966) is an Italian architect and designer. He moved to Milan in 1984, wherein 1992 he received a degree in architecture. In 1993 he lived in New York City where he attended a movie-direction course at New York University. In 1994, he was commissioned to design his first project: the “Anna Molinari Blumarine” shop in London. In the same year, he opened his own studio in Milan.

From 2000 until 2003 he worked as Art Director at Bisazza, contributing to the international growth of the mosaic tile brand. Since 2001 he has worked for Italian design brands such as Cappellini, Driade, Meritalia, Flaminia, and Casamania.

In 2008, on behalf of the Municipality of Milan, the Rotonda di Via Besana museum housed an exhibition about his work, "Teach me the freedom of swallows”. In 2009, the Triennale Design Museum of Milan invited Novembre to curate and design an exhibition on his work: “Il fiore di Novembre”. In 2010, the City of Milan was represented by an installation that he designed and curated in the Pavilion of Italy at Expo in Shanghai.

In 2009, Novembre designed an art installation, titled Per fare un albero, ‘To make a tree’, in conjunction with the city of Milan's Department of Design, Events and Fashion and Fiat — featuring 20 full-size fiberglass planter replicas of the company's 500C cabriolet along Via Monte Napoleone, Milan’s fashion center. The installation lasted several months.

2011 is the photography year: after art-directing of the exhibition “Lavazza con te partirò” at the Teatro dell'Arte of the Triennale of Milan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the company's calendar; he also designed and curated the Steve McCurry exhibition at MACRO Testaccio, Rome. In April 2012 he signs the new exhibition setting for the fifth edition of Triennale Design Museum. In 2014, Casa Milan, the new headquarters of the A.C. Milan, where all interiors are designed by Fabio Novembre.

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1988, Honlywood, B&B Italia, chair

2000, Bisazza interior

2000, Bisazza interior

2000, Bisazza interior

2001, ORG, Cappellini, table

2002, AND, Cappellini, Sitting system

2003, UNA Hotel Vittoria, UNA Hotels & Resorts, Firenze

2003, UNA Hotel Vittoria, UNA Hotels & Resorts, Firenze

2003, UNA Hotel Vittoria, UNA Hotels & Resorts, Firenze

2004, Casa Novembre, Milano, Interior

2004, Casa Novembre, Milano, Interior

2004, Casa Novembre, Milano, Interior

2005, Villa Pellegrino  Meltin' Pot, Puglia Headquarters, Architecture

2005, Villa Pellegrino  Meltin' Pot, Puglia Headquarters, Architecture

2006, Air Lounge, Meritalia, seating system

2006, RPH, Cappellini, sofa 

2006, RPH, Cappellini, sofa

2008, Desert Rose, Dubai, house

2008, Slow the flow, Rubinetterie Stella

2011, Steve McCurry, MACRO, Roma, Exhibition

2011, Strip, Casamania, chair

2012, TDM5, Triennale di Milano, Exhibition

2012, TDM5, Triennale di Milano, Exhibition

2013, I Have a Lifestyle, Tommy Hilfiger, Roma, Milano, installation

2013, I Have a Lifestyle, Tommy Hilfiger, Roma, Milano, installation

2014, Casa Milan

2014, Casa Milan

2015, In punta di piedi  Riva 1920, table

2015, Italy’s Favourite Coffee  Lavazza  Expo, Milano, restaurant

2016, Adaptation,  Cappellini,  sofa

2016, Lantern for Kartell

2017, Hello Goodness, PepsiCo

2017, Smile for Kartell

2017, Taranto Azzurra  Arup, Taranto, urban planning

2017, Taranto Azzurra  Arup, Taranto, urban planning

2017, Una Fiaba Per Dormire

2017, Una Fiaba Per Dormire

2017, Una Fiaba Per Dormire

2018, Attimi, interior

2018, Bombay sapphire, plexiglass

2018, Briscola – Pizza Society

2018, Briscola – Pizza Society

2018, Concreto, Lea Ceramiche

2018, Mission WIinnow identity

2018, Mission WIinnow identity

2018, Stuart Weitzman, interior

2019, DBOX, The Box for design

2019, DBOX, The Box for design

2019, Zoom, Lea Ceramiche

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