10 Things You May Not Know About Designer Monica Armani
The designer Monica Armani has a distinctive ability to bring family life, work and surroundings into the same creative world, and that balance also inspires her furniture designs and ideas. Here is a closer look at her world and creative projects.
Furniture Design and Ideas by Monica Armani
1. The Design
Armani’s formal entry into the design world coincided with the launch of the Monica Armani brand in 1998. One key project is Progetto 1, which entered the catalog of B&B Italia in 2006. Armani described the table as the one she had long imagined but had not yet seen designed. Created first for a private client, it became the starting point for an organized system of shelves, tables and chairs for the kitchen, later expanding toward gardens, bathrooms, offices, computer desks and coffee tables. Its common qualities are simplicity, elegance and flexibility.
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2. The Team is part of family life: Armani works with her husband, Luca, and family and professional routines are closely intertwined. The studio is treated as part of the home, and the exchange between technical thinking and attention to detail shapes the work. Time with the children, along with quiet escapes to North Africa, helps her recover energy and perspective.
Pianura Bathroom System in Dark Tones for Boffi
3. Her Idea for a Bathroom Armani likes the idea of a bathroom in dark tones. That philosophy guided the design of the Pianura system for Boffi. Wall cladding, backlit shelves and a suspended washbasin create the sense of floating objects, while a wall mirror and cabinets complete the interior.
4. Her Favorite Room Her favorite room is the living room, which looks toward the courtyard and greenery. To relax, she sits in Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair and switches on Davide Groppi’s Goodmorningchina table lamp, whose slim base and large pink paper shade create a soft, theatrical effect.
Tred Bookcase
5. In the Beginning Was the Room Monica Armani’s home has no doors, only partitions. From that spatial idea came her first bookcase for Moroso, Tred Shelf: open shelves, fabric-covered vertical elements and three shelf lengths that allow many combinations without requiring installation against a wall.
6. Good Teachers Armani often places her father first among her teachers. An architect with many refined projects, he worked with her for ten years and helped shape her attention to detail and her belief that time clarifies ideas. Among the great names in design, she also admires Charles and Ray Eames, especially the Eames Lounge Chair.
WGS Partition
7. The Art of Hospitality When hosting dinner, Armani favors a dark gray linen tablecloth, a decorative centerpiece, Chinese porcelain, silver or stainless-steel cutlery, and generous glasses for water and wine. Ivy tucked into napkins, candles and collected glass cake stands add a personal note.
WGS Green Stool
8. Textures Armani likes rigorous style, including in patterns, as well as the simplicity of black and white. She designed the Bark porcelain collection for Mutina with those ideas in mind. In materials, she looks for a balance between texture and purism, from linen to the felt explored for the WGS stool for Gallotti & Radice.
LEM for Coro
9. Her Preferred Material Stainless steel appears in projects such as LEM, a collection of tables and chairs for Coro. An innovative clip system allows the seat upholstery to be changed.
Furniture Design and Ideas by Monica Armani: Wafer Chair
10. The Exception: Wafer Wafer is a wooden chair for Molteni & C with clean, strong lines. Here, solid wood is reinterpreted through techniques associated with automotive engineering, while the back and seat are upholstered.
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White Kitchen by Effeti
Furniture Design and Ideas by Monica Armani
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