Fornari Group Offices – Milan
Giorgio Borruso Design (http://www.borrusodesign.com/) of Marina Del Rey, California, designed the new airy and fluid headquarters for Milanos Fornari SpA (Fornari Group). Located
in the Navigli section of Milan, the 35,000 square-foot building was
converted from the historic porcelain workshop of the centuries-old
Richard Ginori brand.The Fornari familys road to fashion fame started in the mid 1940s from
footwear manufacturing. It entered the fashion apparel business in 1998
and has since flourished in other fashion, design and lifestyle brands,
including the Fornarina fashion concept stores across Europe and the
U.S. The main entrance of the headquarters on Via Morimondo
opens to a space lit by color-changing LED lights that seems to suck
the visitor gently into the reception area. The open space is flexible,
airy and fluid with rounded corners, curved edges, transparent
partitions and unexpected waves of color. The hard and exposed concrete
floors and steel structure contrast beautifully with the wavy feel of
the new walls, partitions and staircase.There is [...]
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