ALOE
Design: Werther Toffoloni
Gallery:
p. 222
Technical:
p. 342
ARAGOSTA
Design: Studiocharlie
Gallery:
p. 178
Technical:
p. 343
BLAZER
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 126
Technical:
p. 344
CAFÈ
Design: Werther Toffoloni
Gallery:
p. 214
Technical:
p. 346
COROLLA
Design: Cristina Celestino
Gallery:
p. 250
Technical:
p. 347
CROISSANT
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 288
Technical:
p. 348
DOLL
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 064
Technical:
p. 350
DRUM
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 200
Technical:
p. 352
FITT CLASSIC
Design: Victor Carrasco
Gallery:
p. 090
Technical:
p. 354
FITT HUG
Design: Victor Carrasco
Gallery:
p. 096
Technical:
p. 356
FOGLIA
Design: Marco Ferreri
Gallery:
p. 228
Technical:
p. 358
FRATINA
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 118
Technical:
p. 359
FRISÉE
Design: Cristina Celestino
Gallery:
p. 056
Technical:
p. 360
GRADISCA
Design: Werther Toffoloni
Gallery:
p. 142
Technical:
p. 361
GRAPEVINE
Design: Egidio Panzera
Gallery:
p. 302
Technical:
p. 362
GREEN
Design: Francesco Faccin
Gallery:
p. 210
Technical:
p. 364
HIPPY
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 278
Technical:
p. 365
LAYER
Design: Michael Geldmacher
Gallery:
p. 082
Technical:
p. 366
LILLIPUT
Design: Studioventotto
Gallery:
p. 308
Technical:
p. 367
LOAD
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 162
Technical:
p. 368
MARCEL
Design: Kazuhide Takahama
Gallery:
p. 316
Technical:
p. 369
MARIMBA
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 110
Technical:
p. 370
NORDICA
Design: Marco Ferreri
Gallery:
p. 158
Technical:
p. 371
PUCCIO
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 232
Technical:
p. 372
SEY
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 242
Technical:
p. 376
SPY
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 262
Technical:
p. 374
TAKE
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 172
Technical:
p. 377
TANGO
Design: Timo Ripatti
Gallery:
p. 312
Technical:
p. 378
TOCCATA & FUGA
Design: Paul Loebach
Gallery:
p. 186
Technical:
p. 379
TRACY
Design: Emilio Nanni
Gallery:
p. 152
Technical:
p. 380
VINCENT V.G.
Design: Werther Toffoloni
Gallery:
p. 136
Technical:
p. 381
W.
Design: Fabrizio Gallinaro
Gallery:
p. 192
Technical:
p. 382
WHITE
Design: Harri Koskinen
Gallery:
p. 102
Technical:
p. 383
Finiture/Finishes
p. 321
Tecnica/Technical
p. 336
Beyond belonging
III
Storia
Billiani nasce nel 1911 quando Luigi, falegname
originario della Carnia, e la moglie Delina, fi glia
di un seggiolaio di Mariano, aprono un piccolo
opifi cio a Manzano. Tra Manzano e Mariano ci sono
poco più di dieci chilometri e un confi ne: quello che
separa l’Impero austroungarico dal Regno d’Italia.
L’impresa, che produce sedie in legno curvate
e impagliate, è a conduzione familiare. Sono gli
anni in cui inizia a prendere forma quello che nel
secondo dopoguerra diventerà il distretto della
sedia: saranno i fi gli di Luigi – i fratelli
Ottone, Orlando, Lino e Bruno – a vivere da
protagonisti gli anni del boom. Nel 1986 entra
in azienda la terza generazione e Billiani diventa
sinonimo di sedute per grandi commesse,
soprattutto all’estero. Alla fi ne degli anni
Novanta Luigi Billiani, che ha lo stesso nome del
nonno e una formazione da architetto, decide di
intraprendere la strada del design e insieme alla
moglie Veronik Romanutti crea la Billiani di oggi.
History
Billiani started up in 1911 when Luigi,
a carpenter originally from Carnia, and his
wife Delina, daughter of a chair maker from
Mariano, opened a small factory in Manzano.
Between Manzano and Mariano there were
just over ten kilometres as well as a border:
the one that separated the Austro-Hungarian
Empire from the Kingdom of Italy.
The company, which produced curved and
wicker wooden chairs, was family-run.
These were the years in which what was
to become the chair district began to take
shape after the Second World War: Luigi’s
children — the brothers Ottone, Orlando, Lino
and Bruno — would experience the boom years
as major players. In 1986 the third generation
joined the company and Billiani became
synonymous with seating for large orders,
destined especially abroad. At the end of the
nineties Luigi Billiani, who has the same
name as his grandfather and had trained as an
architect, decided to go down the design path
and, together with his wife Veronik Romanutti,
created the Billiani of today.
