Born in Carimate, Carlo Colombo is widely considered to be one of the most important Italian architects and designers. He has designed for top level brands from the very start of his career, and has collaborated with dozens of prestigious Italian companies, including Antonio Lupi, Arflex, Artemide, Cappellini, De Padova, FontanaArte Flou, Flexform, iGuzzini, Moroso, Poliform, Poltrona Frau, Teuco, Varenna, and Zanotta, to mention just a few.
In addition to furnishing products and design, Carlo works with strategy and marketing companies, developing graphic projects and curating exhibitions. He also works as a consultant and artistic director. His projects, which initially focused on general and interior design, gradually extended their scope to include all sectors of building in Italy and abroad.
Over the past 15 years, Carlo has won several major designer awards, including multiple Elle Decor International Design Awards, the Good Design Award, the Red Dot Design Award, and the Design London Award, among others. In 2009, he won an international competition with his plans for two multi-purpose towers in Abu Dhabi.
Since 2011, he has taught planning at the De Tao Masters Academy in Beijing, in China. Today his firm works on large-scale interior design and architecture projects all over the world.
