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Molteni&C

Molteni is the only internationally acknowledged independent Industrial Group with a great tradition, combining collaboration with the most important designers, and a constant investment in research and technological development in order to provide its products with a quality that lasts in time.

compound — **Corporate Compound**

A space that conveys the Molteni identity. It is the place, physical and virtual, where to live a total and immersive experience of the design reality, in every aspect – historical, cultural, design, productive and commercial – including the showroom and the factory as well, which are fully covered by a complete visit.

The story of a family, a legacy and a passion for things beautiful and for finely crafted furniture, a culture forged and nurtured within the firm. Avant-garde and tradition, under the banner of quality living since 1934.

Marteen seating system — Vincent Van Duysen

Hector night — Hector Night — Vincent Van Duysen

Dada — Intersection — Vincent Van Duysen

Molteni is an example of entrepreneurial excellence, and is one of a handful guaranteeing a complete production cycle. Molteni’s capacity for innovation, with constant investments in research and development. One thing has remained unchanged: quality, the fil rouge which, for three generations, has united the development of a Group that ranks among the world’s leaders in the furnishing and design sector, flag-bearers for products Made in Italy in more than 90 countries.

MOLTENI HISTORY

“A long ride, with a few obstacles and many challenges, from 1934 to the present. And the feeling that it is never enough... No, "knowledge" is not enough anymore, but we have a magnificent obsession for quality every day and in every detail.”

2021 NEW COLLECTION

The Molteni&C|Dada style has always been related to the protagonists of the world of architecture. Great masters of present times who design cities, spaces, interiors and furnishings, such as Aldo Rossi, Jean Nouvel, Foster + Partners, Michele De Lucchi, to name but a few.

Mood 2021

The narrative project for Casa Molteni&C|Dada 2021, designed by our creative director Vincent Van Duysen, is intended as a tribute to two great protagonists of one of the most creative seasons of Italian architecture and design. Two figures who were simultaneously, but with their own independent languages, interpreters of the Modern Movement that started with the revolution of Rationalism: Ignazio Gardella and Carlo Scarpa.

**505 UP System**

design Nicola Gallizia

**Piroscafo bookshelf**

design Aldo Rossi and Luca Meda

**505 UP System**

design Nicola Gallizia

margou — **Margou**

design Vincent Van Duysen

Madia — **505 UP Sideboard**

design Nicola Gallizia

Round D.154.5 design Gio Ponti

More than 60 years after the original idea, Round (D.154.5) was reborn thanks to the Heritage Collection reissue project by Molteni&C, in collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives.

“The Round armchair was initially conceived by Gio Ponti in 1954. At that time, the design of this armchair was holding together all the energy, positivity and enthusiasm of the following decade."
- Salvatore Licitra

Heritage Collection

A collection that looks to the future, an artistic and cultural heritage signed by great masters such as Gio Ponti, Werner Blaser, Yasuhiko Itoh as well as Afra and Tobia Scarpa.

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**D.154.2**

The armchair, designed for one of the projects closest to Gio Ponti’s heart, the villa of the Planchart collectors in Caracas (1953-57), it is part of the Gio Ponti Collection.

**D.153.1**

Designed in 1953, the D.153.1 armchair is part of the furniture of Gio Ponti’s private house in via Dezza in Milan. It features a brass structure, cover in bicolor white-blue leather or “Punteggiato” fabric

**D.859.1**

The D.859.1 table, designed primarily as a meeting table for up to ten people, stands out not only for its impressive size—over 3,60 meters long—but especially for its simple yet refined design. The legs are notable for their fine-membered modernity, creating a trapezoidal single-span bridge upon which the large tapered top conveys the idea of aerodynamics.

**D.156.3**

Designed by Gio Ponti and produced for Altamira, an American company founded by the nephew of the Spaniard De Cuevas, was displayed in the company’s showroom in New York, along with furniture by Ico Parisi, Franco Albini, Carlo De Carli, Ignazio Gardella and others, chosen from among the most representative exhibitors at the 10th Milan Triennale.

**D.151.4**

Always passionate about nautical furnishings, Gio Ponti gained direct experience in four ocean liners and two cruise ships upgraded or built from scratch after the war, between 1949 and 1951: the Conte Grande, Africa, Oceania, Conte Biancamano, Andrea Doria and Giulio Cesare. Ponti designed this easy chair with slight variants for these ships.

**MHC.3 MISS**

Miss chair, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1986.. The form is linked to a system of soft, unbroken, linear rhythms

**D.552.2**

Architecture, a pan virtuosity, acrobatic proportions and an intersection of joints. An infinite table which is a geometric dialogue between the glass and rosewood – lightness and abstraction distilled.

**D.555.1**

From Gio Ponti’s house, located in via Dezza in Milan, the small table D.555.1, designed in 1954-1955, is produced by Molteni&C based on the original drawings from the ponti archives.

**MHC.2**

MHC.2 is a re-edition of the bookcase prototype designed in 1959 by Yasuhiko Itoh. Made in curved wood, a complex process for that time period, it won an award at the 3rd edition of the Selettiva competition in Cantù del 1959. This piece is both elegant and refined.

D.357.1 D.357.2 — **D.357.1 - D.357.2**

Designed in 1956-1957, the bookcase is part of the furniture of Gio Ponti’s private house in Via Dezza in Milan. It is part of the Molteni&C Gio Ponti Collection.
Made from shaped multi-layered material with elm veneer, it is available in the versions with or without applied mirror.

Designing a sustainable future

The Molteni Group has always placed great emphasis on the concepts of quality and durability of its products as a contribution to environmental sustainability

At Molteni&C innovation is our founding value and we pursue the culture of the most advanced industrial production and embrace the technical evolution.

2021 has seen the introduction of two new fabrics in collaboration with Kvadrata, and a new eco-sustainable upholstery.

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Paul — **Reflect, new fabric in partnership with Kvadrat**

The project offers the same 23 colours in a 100% recycled yarn from PET bottles.

**Reflect, new fabric in partnership with Kvadrat**

The project offers the same 23 colours in a 100% recycled yarn from PET bottles.

Cuscinatura — **Eco-sustainable Upholstery**

Exclusively for the Paul sofa system,t he new fibre is synthetic, in 100 % recycled and biodegradable polyester.

Virtual showroom

Molteni Experience

With Horizons, a cupboard for the daytime area, Dante Bonuccelli proposes a different way of storing, and at the same time displaying much-loved objects.

More than 60 years after the original idea, Round (D.154.5) was reborn thanks to the Heritage Collection reissue project by Molteni&C, in collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives.

The Marteen is a multifunctional seating and storage system introducing harmony with perfectly balanced volumes, in an alternation of solids and voids.