Stories - Acerbis
2024

Lokum by Sabine Marcelis. Behind the scenes.

Products

Sabine Marcelis leads us inside the furnace where the Lokum table takes shape, illustrating the intricate glassblowing process.

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The visionary world of Acerbis @ Helsinki Design Week.

Events

The space will be open to the public from 6 to 28 September at Erottajankatu 2, Helsinki. Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm Saturday: 10am-5pm Sunday: closed

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Lokum @ VitraHaus Loft

Events

In the installation cured by Sabine Marcelis in the VitraHaus Loft, colours and design combine with each other, creating surprising results and opening new perspectives on living.

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Milano Design Week 2024

Events

A schedule full of events enlivens the Acerbis’ presence at Milan Design Week. Discover the stand and the novelties at the Salone del Mobile.Milano and all the locations of the Fuorisalone.

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Salone del Mobile.Milano 2024

Events

Acerbis continues its path of constant evolution and consolidation of its distinctive identity.

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Lodovico Acerbis & Giotto Stoppino: a long-lasting collaboration

Stories

The meeting between Lodovico Acerbis and Giotto Stoppino marks one of the most important historical moments for both the company and the design industry: an unusual form of collaboration where the designer’s vast professional experience merges with that of the entrepreneur.

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Towards a more sustainable future

Stories

Acerbis, as part of the MDF Italia Group, has obtained ISO 14001 certification, internationally recognised as the reference standard for environmental management systems.

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Vignellis’ legacy for Acerbis

Stories

“If you do it right, it will last forever.” Lella Vignelli Furniture, everyday objects, packaging, interior design, corporate image: no area of design has not benefited from the indelible influence of Lella and Massimo Vignelli.

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2023

Claudio Salocchi’s Free System appointed for EDIDA 2024.

Awards

Radical and innovative, today as in the 1970s. Designed in 1973, and re-edited by Meda-Quincoces in 2023, Caludio Salocchi’s Free System sofa is now more contemporary than ever, so much so that Elle Decor Italia is now nominating a re-edition for the first time in the history…

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Due Più wins the Archiproducts Design Awards 2023

Events

The prestigious eighth edition of the Archiproducts Design Awards (ADA) has concluded its verdict, and among over 750 entries, the winners of the 2023 edition have been announced. It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the winning of the Due Più armchair, by Nanda Vigo for Acerbis, in…

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Remasters goes on stage at the Teatro Manzoni theatre

Products

Since 1872 a landmark in the cultural and social life of the city of Milan, the Teatro Manzoni stages a special installation featuring the Remasters collection. Elegant and at the same time welcoming, with its red velvet armchairs, luxurious chandeliers, marble and sculptures.

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The new accessories collection

Stories

Decorative objects made with the same mastery as Acerbis products, accessories with a strong personality and attention to detail that enhance spaces.

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Remasters Updates

Products

A constantly growing collection, updated to increase its flexibility and versatility. Maestro, Menhir, Serenissimo and Med are enriched with new finishes that maintain the allure of the collection, giving it a contemporary and timeless character.

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Claudio Salocchi and the utopia of the modern home.

Stories

Fifty years have already passed since 1973, when Claudio Salocchi designed the Free System sofa: a programme of upholstered modules that can be placed side by side fluidly and without interruption.

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Due Più. The manifesto-chair by Nanda Vigo.

Stories

An eclectic and visionary artist, an undisputed master of Italian creativity, Nanda Vigo was a protagonist of the Milanese and European cultural scene of the 1960s, who distinguished herself through her language capable of integrating art, architecture and design. She conceived and produced the Due Più armchair almost as…

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The Remasters collection makes its debut at Design Shanghai 2023.

Events

8 – 11th June 2023 Hall 1 Stand 1B32 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center

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News Catalogue 2023

Tools

Timeless masterpieces, icons of experimentation of their era so avant-garde as to be relevant at any moment in history. This is the trait d’union between the products of the Remasters collection, which is enriched with three new icons of 1970s design on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile…

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Gianfranco Frattini ieri, oggi, domani

Events

“This exhibition on the work of Gianfranco Frattini is like a ‘moving photograph’ of his work,” says Emanuela Frattini. – A window of memory that overlooks the present and casts its gaze towards the future of his legacy’. Investigating the work of architect Gianfranco Frattini through time is what the…

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Nanda Vigo & Claudio Salocchi – a Milanese Utopia Milano Design Week 2023

Events

Nanda Vigo & Claudio Salocchi – a Milanese Utopia @ Spotti Milano Viale Piave, 27 Opening 16th April 2023| 2.30pm – 7.00pm Press preview 16th April 2023 | 4pm – 7.00pm 17 – 22nd April 2023 | 10.00am – 7.00pm Installation by Francesco Meda e…

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Thinking Factories. Stories of Compassi d’Oro from Bergamo to Brescia

Events

24th March – 4th June 2023 Palazzo della Ragione – Sala delle Capriate Piazza Vecchia, 5 – Bergamo A DimoreDesign project, developed by MULTI and Associazione Marketing +39. Curator Davide Pagliarini.

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Acerbis @ Salone del Mobile.Milano 2023

Events

Acerbis carries on the Remasters programme by putting three iconic examples of 1970s Italian design back in production. The research by the artistic direction expands beyond the company archives to rediscover past designs that prove stunningly modern.

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È Poliestere. Quality of Italy.

Stories

The trademark that protected the authenticity of lacquering in the 1980s. “All that shines is not polyester”. Fireflies for lanterns, mirrors for larks and Chinese lacquers stop. Today, it is polyester, Quality of Italy, only if there is the mark and the certificate.

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A new twist for two leading products in the Remasters collection.

Products

The Maestro table in its original square shape and the Menhir low tables in a brand new version.

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2022

Industrial scenarios at Fondazione Kenta

Stories

A former yarn factory, the Fondazione Kenta in Milan is today home to contemporary art studios and galleries. As a backdrop for the designs of Acerbis, the concrete-walled workshop with its soaring saw-tooth roof of glass sets a formidable industrial tone, highlighting the potential of each design in the…

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A company that revolutionised the concept of storage furniture.

Products

The history of Acerbis is the typical story of an Italian family business in the furniture industry. Founded in 1870 as a carpentry workshop in Albino, for a long time Acerbis’ production remained linked to traditional models of solid wood working. It was during these years that a heritage of…

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Acerbis tables: a poetic dialogue between different materials.

Products

The beginning of the 1980s marked an expansion of Acerbis’ production offer, with products that were the result of advanced technical research, conscious use of colour and experimentation with materials.

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Acerbis @ Silvera

Events

Acerbis presents the Remasters collection for the first time in Paris, at the Silvera store, a historic partner of the brand and a leading reality for design and furniture in France. The installation, created by the creative direction of Meda – Quincoces, invites visitors to…

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Acerbis x San Patrignano

Stories

Re-educating people to life, enhancing their creative potential and searching for the beauty that each of the young people on the path brings within themselves: this is the mission of San Patrignano’s Design Lab.

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Acerbis @ Fabrica

Stories

A hub of creativity, Fabrica is the renowned Treviso headquarters created by Benetton to foster new ideas in communication and visual language, which gathers world-renowned talents across artistic fields into its realm.

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New collection Catalogue 2022

Tools

There are design products that adapt to any environment, extraordinary objects capable of giving shape to sophisticated and contemporary interiors, even though they were conceived decades ago. Products that do not just furnish but tell a story of craftsmanship capable of enhancing an environment thanks to their presence.

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Storet on show @ MADD Bordeaux

Events

“Nanda Vigo, l’espace intérieur” Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design, Bordeaux 7th July 2022 – 8th January 2023 The first French monograph dedicated to Nanda Vigo’s work at the MADD museum in Bordeaux offers a new look at the artist’s work through an immersive experience in her…

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Mirror Reflections

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Nanda Vigo, the master of light and spirited shapes, used mirrors as one of her ultimate transgressive games of distortion. Like the Storet chest of drawers she conceived for Acerbis, the inspiration remains innovative.

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Italian Excellence. Acerbis X Salvatore Ferragamo

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7 – 12th June 2022 10.30am – 9pm Boutique Ferragamo Women Via Montenapoleone 3, Milano Boutique Ferragamo Men via Montenapoleone 20/4, Milano For the Salone del Mobile 2022 design fair two historic leading players of Made in Italy, Acerbis and the Maison Salvatore Ferragamo present ITALIAN EXCELLENCE,…

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Mirror reflections @ Salvioni Milano Durini

Events

7 – 11th June 2022 10am – 9pm 12th June 2022 10am – 6pm Via Durini 3, Milano…

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Acerbis @ Salone del Mobile 2022

Events

Acerbis presents the novelties of Remasters collection at the Salone del Mobile 2022. The stand invites visitors to immerse themselves in the colourful world of Acerbis and discover the new products; a journey that continues in the Fuorisalone locations with installations curated by the creative duo Meda-Quincoces.

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Lines, colours, design and functionality: the affinity between Acerbis and vintage racing cars

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Villa Necchi Campiglio, an exceptional setting for the Remasters collection

Stories

A landmark residence preserved in its original Rationalist state, the Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan represents a peak of early 20th century Italian style and of architect Piero Portaluppi’s talents, yet the palazzo transforms into a contemporary setting with Acerbis in the rooms.

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Fashion, design and architecture: the sophisticated Milanese allure

Events

On the occasion of Milan Fashion Week 2022, the historic Villa Mozart, a 1926 Art Deco period masterpiece, opens its doors to unveil the new collection of the Serapian fashion brand.

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2021

The Remasters collection on show in Antwerp

Events

Until 13 February 2022 an exceptional location hosts the Remasters collection: in the evocative setting of Havn Church in Antwerp, the Acerbis archive masterpieces are on display, now re proposed in a contemporary key. Havn Church, Antwerp. Until 13 February 2022 To book a visit: info@collective.be

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The new 2021 Remasters catalogue

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The Acerbis Remasters collection widens with three new products, selected from the historical archives and re-edited in new versions and finishes: Florian, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1989, Creso and Serenissimo by Lella and Massimo Vignelli, designed respectively in 1985 and…

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Inside the Acerbis Showroom

Events

The new Acerbis display, inside the MDF Italia Headquarters, is a journey through the brand’s history and its archive creations, now collected in the Remasters collection. Architecture concept: Pitsou Kedem architects Mood and setup: Meda-Quincoces…

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Storet, the story of a chest of drawers

Events

“Congratulations Nanda”, wrote Lodovico Acerbis to Nanda Vigo in April 1994, after the success of the Storet chest of drawers, presented for the first time at the Salone del Mobile. A simple chest of drawers in its vertical structure, but transgressive in its shapes due to the…

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Acerbis presents the Remasters collection at Supersalone

Events

Supersalone Milan Fairgrounds, Rho Hall 2 – Stand D26 September 5th – 10th

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In memory of Lodovico Acerbis 1939-2021

Press

Entrepreneur, designer, creative and writer. Lodovico Acerbis was born in Bergamo in 1939. After graduating in Economics and Commerce, he joined the company founded by his grandfather in 1963, transforming it from a carpenter’s workshop into an industrial reality, which he managed until 2013. His vision, to…

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Remasters collection on view in Milan

Events

Acerbis presents the entire Remasters collection live for the first time, with an installation curated by Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces and in collaboration with Spotti Milano. The collection, which features seven archival masterpieces by the great masters of design, embraces…

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Florian and Spiros on show @ Triennale Milano

Events

Until 12th September, an exhibition at the Triennale Milano will celebrate the Milanese architect and designer Vico Magistretti, with a vast exhibition that embraces his work in its entirety. The Triennale is a symbolic place where Magistretti created his first installations, where he was curator, and which celebrates…

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EDIDA 2021: Quincoces-Meda appointed Designer of the year

Press

Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces, art directors of Acerbis from 2019, have been nominated by Elle Decor Italia as Designer of The Year and selected from the short list for the prestigious Elle Deco International Design Awards in the same category. The prize, which is…

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New Acerbis Showroom

Events

The Remasters collection finds its place in the new Acerbis showroom inside the MDF Italia Headquarters in Mariano Comense. The new display by the creative duo Quincoces-Meda, art directors of the brand, welcomes the collection presenting the new products in two different areas: living…

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2020

Storet wins the Best of Year Awards 2020

Products

In this most unusual year, the 15th annual Best of Year Awards 2020 was held in front of a virtual audience for the very first time. Hosted by Cindy Allen, Interior Design Magazine’s Editor in Chief, the event was broadcast on December 8th to an audience of designers…

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Acerbis Remasters

Tools

A new catalogue for the 2020 collection. Remasters is the new Acerbis catalogue in which the products of the first collection curated by the new artistic direction of Francesco Meda and David Lopez Quincoces are collected.

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Sinestesia

Products

Acerbis Presents Sinestesia, a Film by Lorenzo Gironi for the New Collection Objects possess a life of their own — more than a mere unity of materials, every creation engenders a universe of emotions, history, and the ideas that produced it. Sinestesia, a new film by Lorenzo Gironi…

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A new chapter in Acerbis’ history

Press

One of the most enduring furniture companies in Italy, Acerbis stands as a connoisseur’s benchmark of Italian design — a pioneer with 150 years of expertise, whose continual search for modernity has produced creations of stunning innovation. Today that mission continues with fresh vigor thanks to the acquisition from…

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2019

MDF Italia acquires the brand Acerbis International

Events

During the Salone del Mobile 2019, MDF Italia and Acerbis International announced the acquisition of ACERBIS’ sales branch, as well as the brand and the collection by the Milanese brand. The objective is to elevate and re-launch in the international markets one of the most renowned and historic brands…

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Magazine 2024

Discover all the novelties presented during the Salone del Mobile di Milano.

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