The House of Designers Calvi and Brambilla in Milan

Grace, irony and granite sense of the project: that of Fabio Calvi And Paolo Brambilla It is an authority never prevaricating, cultivated in years of hard work. Although they love to bring their sign back to an eclectic way of doing, because of the versatility of the customer portfolio, a certain stands out Milanese, cultured and amused.

« Do you know I’m not sure? »reflects Fabio aloud, framed by the brown of the fabric of the Paolo Deganello’s AEOwhile Paolo (Brambilla) listens to in the electric blue of their Bumper in the electric blue.

«Honor to the controlled elegance of Hunting Domination, Gardella e Citteriobut we hear the anarchist vein of the Castiglioni and Joe Colombo brothers more similar « putative fathers of a free and revolutionary movement that has cleared the strength of lateral thinking. « We, like them too, are not afraid of losing control, we venture with unexpected intuitions. »

We are on the seventh floor of a building of the 1950s, designed by Mario De Ambrosispupil of bridges. It is sufficient to look around to understand that here nothing is left to chance: « For us, details are the connection element between architecture and landscape and, changing staircase, between the object and the domestic interior ».

One hundred and forty -five square meters with surprise terrace: « From here you can see Piazza Gae Aulenti, » they say. «We had fun planning it, especially handling the color. It served both to propose the room – the ceiling closes very high to over five meters – and to connect with the facade coating. And then there is this textile wall that flows to protect the kitchen environment ».

Tribute to the ‘machine à habiter’ of Le Corbusieris a sort of curvilinear wall. Brush strokes and movement therefore, details both designed to dilate and compress space« And in order not to reveal the distribution of the plant from the entrance ». Light very many and original Palladian on the ground.

We continue. Beyond the red wall cabinet, shoe rack and laundry coexist with two iconic pieces: «The horizontal light of Bouroullecoriginally designed for the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, and the Teti del Vico». Sacred and profane: It takes character to dare.

Next, the sleeping area: « Here is where I sleep »says Fabio indicating the room in which the bed rats Enititi of Castiglioni, « a vintage in carbon fiber made with Giancarlo Pozzi. On the wall, the furniture container of Ron Gilad. « 

The lamps? « Celestia di Afra and Tobia Scarpa and Italian landscape of Denis Santachiara, the one that projects the wall sheep ». The accounts? « No, I fall asleep immediately. »

We close the door before stumbling in the Three pieces of Albini: «It is the edition for the 50th anniversary of the Milanese metro».

Is this the Brambilla room? « No, this is the walk -in closet. » But where is Brambilla sleeps? «The Brambilla sleeps in an iURTA on the terrace. Do you believe it? « 

Crossing the living room, where it stands out Paracarrothe beautiful table of Giovanni offendiwe cross the hanger Sciangai of De Pas, D’Irbino and Lomazzi. How much beauty.

«Yes, from this point of view, we are quite encyclopedic. You know that, », Said sure indicating the lamp Taraxacum 88 suspended next to the stairs. « Paolo has chosen for the piece of the Acadele – Castiglioni, of course – this ‘pivotal’ position, an aerial centrality that accompanies the gaze on the upper floor ».

Let’s go up: Here is Paolo’s room. The work of Giovanni De Francesco gets noticed immediately. It’s a butt. Whose? « You don’t know. » Very elegant and in excellent company, among the pieces of Malouin, Trini CastelliBellini and Fronzoni.

We go down: « There, » indicates the large windowsill, « There is the collection of vases by Angelo Mangiarotti and Lino Sabattini, Di Paolo. This is instead Chichibioa head-toilest, yellow-freed-pine door of the 1930s, by Gino Levi Montalcini and Giuseppe Pagano. We stole it « .

I don’t know if to believe it, but I’m at the game.

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