Draft:Olivari
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| Company type | Società per azioni |
|---|---|
| Industry | Design handles for doors and windows |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Headquarters | Borgomanero, Italy |
| Website | https://www.olivari.it/en |
Olivari B. S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of handles, knobs, pull-handles and accessories for doors and windows, headquartered in Borgomanero, Italy.
The family-owned company, in business since 1911, has historically enjoyed collaborations with many important international architects and designers...[1].
History[edit]
In 1911, Battista Olivari founded the Fonderia e Torneria B. Olivari srl in Borgomanero. From the beginning, it produces metal (brass, bronze, aluminum) handles and furniture accessories[1].
The company had significant production when Battista Olivari died in 1926, leaving six young children. His widow, Antonietta, took over the company and became one of the first Italian women to run a metalworking company[2].
The first collaborations began with architect Marcello Piacentini for the new Palace of Justice in Milan, with architects Alberico and Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso for Casa Feltrinelli, and with Gio Ponti for the Palazzo Montecatini in Milan (later for the EUR Office Building in Rome), each of which generated a new handle model[1][3]
With Antoinetta's death in 1948, her son Ernesto took over the company management and consolidated collaborations with the Italian architects to make the handles for their new buildings.[1]
Olivari introduces new materials (Bica handle in anodized aluminum, for Palazzo Bica) and enters many projects (Pirelli Tower, Torre Velasca, Primo Palazzo Snam, Torre al Parco, the Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raffaello transatlantics, etc.).[1]
With the 1960s-1970s also the Olivari production was influenced by the emerging discipline of product design: with Joe Colombo[4][5][6][7] and his bumper handle Beta, 1971, functionality and fastening system were innovated, while with GPA Monti's Boma handle, 1970, experimentation with new materials, especially plastics, began[1].
The 1980s saw the collaboration with many designers[1], while from 1986 to 1990 the third generation of the family gradually joined the company.
In 1989, Alessandro Mendini began a collaboration with the company, consolidating the company's identity and enhancing its artistic heritage[1][3]. Since the 1990s, the company has been modernizing the technologies used in the production process, introducing current shapes and styles and including in the catalog many products resulting from collaboration with world-renowned architects.
Projects[edit]
Olivari handles are used in numerous projects, and many models are designed by architects specifically for the target buildings.[1][8]. Some project examples are:
- Planet, Burj Khalifa in Dubai;
- Beta, Margherita Hut on the summit of Monte Rosa;
- Lama for Pirelli Tower in Milan;
- Denver for the City Life neighbourhood in Milan;
- Iustitia and Libertas for Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan;
- Velasca for Torre Velasca in Milan;
- E42 for EUR's Palazzo degli Uffici in Rome;
- Conca for Hotel Mandarin Oriental in Barcelona.
Collaborations[edit]
The company has collaborated over time with architects and designers[3] including: Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind[9], Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas[10], Toyo Ito[11], Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault[12][13], Piero Lissoni[14], Marcel Wanders[15], Patricia Urquiola[16][17][18], Gio Ponti[19], Marcello Piacentini[20], Alessandro Mendini[21][22], Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Vico Magistretti[23], Antonio Citterio[24], Ben Van Berkel[25], Giorgetto Giugiaro, Shigeru Ban[26], Barber & Osgerby[27], BBPR[28], Joe Colombo[29], Rodolfo Dordoni[30], Enzo Mari, Peter Marino, Richard Sapper[31], Vincent Van Duysen[32], and many others[33]
Awards and recognitions[edit]
- Honorable Mention at Compasso d'Oro Award 1979 for the Product with GPA Monti's Boma handle.[1]
- Compasso d'Oro Award 1991 for the Product with Giotto Stoppino's Alessia handle[34]
- Honorable Mention at Compasso d'Oro Award 2014 for the Production Process, for research and technological innovations brought to the production process[35]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stefano Casciani (1992). L'architettura presa per mano (PDF). Idea Books. ISBN 88-7017-091-8.
- ^ Gruppo Filatelico Numismatico "Achille Marazza"; Società degli Operai di Mutuo Soccorso di Borgomanero (2002). Il Voltone (PDF) (1 ed.). Tipografia Tinivella s.n.c. di Cesare Tinivella & C.
- ^ a b c Stefano Casciani (2010). Macchina semplice. Dall'architettura al design, 100 anni di maniglie Olivari (PDF). Skira. ISBN 978-8857206295.
- ^ "Il profeta del design: Joe Colombo e la ricerca del futuro". privatebanking.bnpparibas.it.
- ^ "Joe Colombo - architetto - designer (1930-1971) - Designer - designindex". www.designindex.it.
- ^ "Caro Joe, ci hai insegnato il futuro". 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Caro Joe Colombo, ci hai insegnato il futuro - Mostra - Milano - GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna - Arte.it". www.arte.it.
- ^ "Projects".
- ^ "Nina & Denver Door Handles". Libeskind.
- ^ "OMA designs Open".
- ^ "Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects". www.toyo-ito.co.jp.
- ^ "Dominique Perrault Architecture - Door handle | "Living"". www.perraultarchitecture.com.
- ^ "Dominique Perrault Architecture - Door handle | "Ice Cube"". www.perraultarchitecture.com.
- ^ "Lissoni & Partners | Piero Lissoni | News | Piero Lissoni Novelties | 2018". www.lissoniandpartners.com.
- ^ "Crystal & Dolce Vita - Marcel Wanders". Crystal & Dolce Vita - Marcel Wanders.
- ^ "Conca | Patricia Urquiola". patriciaurquiolastudio.
- ^ "Lucy | Patricia Urquiola". patriciaurquiolastudio.
- ^ "Adamant | Patricia Urquiola". patriciaurquiolastudio.
- ^ dal 1999, Gruppo 36 Sartoria Digitale. "Maniglie per Olivari - Giò Ponti". www.gioponti.org.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Maniglie prestigiose: dal passato tanto carattere che dona eleganza". 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Atelier Mendini DAM". 116.202.24.204.
- ^ "Atelier Mendini- Una Utopia visiva - apparati". www.ateliermendini.it.
- ^ "1920-2020: 100 years Vico Magistretti".
- ^ "Milano by Antonio Citterio". 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Twist". UNStudio.
- ^ "SBA_DavinesBooth". www.shigerubanarchitects.com.
- ^ "Barber Osgerby - Paddle door and window handle". barberosgerby.com.
- ^ Multimedia, L. S. V. "B.B.P.R." Arflex.
- ^ "LUCE by Joe Colombo and S-MATT finishes - ICA Group". www.icaspa.com.
- ^ "Total, the handle for Olivari that made history". 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Laser".
- ^ "Icona". Vincent Van Duysen.
- ^ "Designers".
- ^ "ADI - Associazione per il Disegno Industriale". www.adi-design.org.
- ^ "ADI - Associazione per il Disegno Industriale". www.adi-design.org.
External links[edit]
Category:Design companies of Italy Category:Furniture Category:Italian brands Category:Design companies established in 1911 Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1911 Category:Italian companies established in 1911 Category:Architecture Category:Architecture award winners Category:Family-owned companies