GIOBAGNARA AND STÉPHANE PARMENTIER
Stéphane Parmentier first met Giorgio Bagnara a few years ago in the aisles
of a professional trade show. Enamored of the beauty and the quality of the leathers
used, not to mention the meticulous attention to detail evident in each piece,
he regularly contacted GIOBAGNARA to realize the custom-made home
furnishings in leather or suede that he designed for private clients.
Very soon, the two built a rapport based on a shared sense of rigor, a quest for
excellence down to the smallest detail and a taste for modern elegance expressed
through sleek design, beautiful materials — and a mutual taste for audacity.
In 2017, their animated creative dialogue and a shared ambition to bring a new
perspective to the market naturally led Giorgio Bagnara to entrust Stéphane
Parmentier with the artistic direction of GIOBAGNARA. Since the beginning
of this collaboration, Stéphane Parmentier has designed a wide number of new
creations for the brand, from boxes, cases, desktop objects, storage units, change
trays, trays, candle holders and vases to furniture and leather — or suede —
trimmed lamps in a wide array of colours.
In blending tradition, aesthetic heritage and modernity, Stéphane Parmentier
brings a graphic and sensual sensibility to a typically Italian art of living of which
he is particularly fond.
