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Colé is a young Italian design brand,
with a high-end production 100% made in
Italy. Born from the experience of Matteo
De Ponti, architect, who grew up in one
of the most outstanding Milanese design
families, and the artistic sensibility of
Laura Macagno, degree in Economics and
passionate of art and design.
Our mission is to create design icons,
beautiful and comfortable pieces that can
stand the test of time, furnishing houses of
international and sophisticated clients, and
realized with craftsmanship, thus unique.
Our expressive research is inspired by
the utopian force of Italian eminences grises
architects and designers of the ‘50s, the
Scandinavian design, the Bauhaus, ethnic
handcraft and houses of famous writers of
the XX century, all different as a style but
united by the intense soul of those who
worked and lived there.
Our pieces draw inspiration from
trips to far lands, starting from Argentina,
Laura’s birthplace, where our dream begins.
From there comes the name Colé, tied to
a common memory. An element of colour
which makes us happy just thinking about
it. We deeply love arts and artists such as
Mondrian, De Chirico, Fontana, Sonia
Delaunay, Moholy Nagy, Brancusi, the
graphic genius of Escher, as all artists who
wrote the code of modernity.
The collection stems from references
to traditional furniture with a certain degree
of semiotic contamination of materials and
cultures, which leads to reread in a light and
ironic way many archetypal forms.
In collaboration with established
designers, these collections are born from
an artisan and semi-industrial work of
valorization rooted in our territory, a land of
great art and culture.
“We love objects which own deep roots, excellent quality, and a strong evocative power.
Archetypal forms dressed with new beauty without losing their classical composure”.
Photo Cristina Galliena Bohman
