Designer

Carlo Bimbi

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Libertà e fiducia.

Carlo Bimbi opera nel design da quarant’anni muovendosi con maestria tra logica e creatività. La sua intelligente passione lo ha portato dalle collaborazioni iniziate alla fine degli anni ’60 – con Nizzoli Associati, Gianni Ferrara e Nilo Gioacchini – a dar vita allo studio Internotredici, con il quale è stato tra i protagonisti di Italy: The New Domestic Landscape al MoMA di New York. Carlo Bimbi ha progettato e progetta per Arketipo, Guzzini, Ciatti, B&B Italia, Zucchetti Rubinetterie. Per Segis ha disegnato la sedia Enrico, vincitrice del Roscoe-Awards, e Blitz, che si aggiudica nel ’98 sia il Red Dot che l’iF Award. E’ stato docente di Progettazione presso l’Istituto d’Arte e I.S.I.A. Di Firenze, attualmente svolge attività didattica presso il Corso di Laurea di Disegno Industriale della Facoltà di Architettura della stessa città.

Designer

Carlo Bimbi

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Libertà e fiducia.

Carlo Bimbi has been working in the field of design for forty years, with a skilful balance of logic and creativity. His intelligent enthusiasm led him to cooperate, at the end of the sixties, with Nizzoli Associati, Gianni Ferrara and Nilo Gioacchini, and then to start the Internotredici studio, with which he was one of the protagonists of Italy: The New Domestic Landscape at the MoMA in New York.Carlo Bimbi has designed, and is designing, for Arketipo, Guzzini, Ciatti, B&B Italia, Zucchetti Rubinetterie. For Segis he designed the Enrico chair, winner of the Roscoe-Awards, and the Blitz chair, which in ’98 won both the Red Dot and the iF Award.He was Design Lecturer at the Institute of Art and the I.S.I.A. in Florence and is currently teaching at the Industrial Design Degree Course at the Faculty of Architecture of that city.
Carlo Bimbi has successfully combined the significant and well-established materials of tradition in a completely new way, giving the product a distinctive touch and making it original, almost inimitable.
“I don’t exactly remember how I first came across Arketipo or when I started collaborating with them, but what I distinctly recall is that my colleague Andrea Piazzesi encouraged me to design armchairs and coffee tables. That’s how I embraced Arketipo’s approach.” “During the peak boom of upholstery fabrics, we were looking for a product that went against the tide, one that had its own distinct image and was not subordinated to its covering.” «Inspiration can be a legacy, and Triclinium inspires.»

Triclinium is a sofa that embodies the extraordinary philosophy behind Arketipo’s designs. It seamlessly blends materials and functionality, fully aware that a room is not just meant to be lived in but also admired.

The seats have variable depths, the entire structure is surrounded by wide shelves, and the choice of materials—such as marble for this “frame” or wood for the structure—creates a contrast between softness and solidity, without compromising seating comfort.

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And if **Triclinium** represents the anti-classic, the other iconic design by Bimbi is the ultimate classic. Accademia is a romantic vision that has drawn deeply from that trust and creative freedom. Carlo Bimbi’s designs are precisely this: a stimulus that challenges natural emotions to convey something greater and more profound. “I looked at the past and interpreted it with contemporary materials and the spirit of Italian rationalism.”

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