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Contract work is where industry and crafts meet, and where local and global connect. It has grown
enormously in recent years, offering high-quality industrial production in a broad range of options
for customization and bespoke solutions. Contract work is an advanced and highly-adaptable
approach that fills the space between mass production and the relationship a private customer has
with a craftsman. It makes it possible to achieve industrial-level consolidation of a handcrafted
product. Designers’ place in this process is as the intermediary between the corporate structure and
the client.
Contract work offers a vast raft of opportunities in a variety of forms, creating opportunities for
internationalization both for the manufacturing company and designer. Corporate resources and
economies of scale can propel a customized product - one that has been chosen and personalized
- to the global stage. Designers - especially those who work at international design practices - are
ideal conduits of contract work for their capacity to operate on a variety of different geographical
markets. Architectural practices act as guides and moderators, following the project, providing tools
and offering inspiration. This approach creates a space where products can move forward creatively
and technologically, in the form of “turnkey” projects that give clients a bespoke product while
leveraging the means available to a major company.
Interior architecture in particular benefits from the broad design solution opportunities available
in contract work. The sector attracts international customers, including luxury and hospitality
multinationals.
Listone Giordano is a landmark purveyor of excellence on the Italian market, a company for
which quality and handmade appeal are wired into its DNA. The company’s mission grows out of
a sense of responsibility and a clearly-defined code of ethics. At every stage of production, from
forest to finished strips, management and control are ensured through the company’s expertise and
potential. Listone Giordano offers the architectural sector a product that is controlled throughout
the production chain, based on compliant procedures and a sustainable approach. The company’s
name is synonymous with quality around the world. Renowned since its origins, the Group was
founded by Eugenio Margaritelli, whose work is built upon and consolidated every day by the
enthusiasm and commitment of the Margaritelli family and the people who work with them.
Leveraging its passion, tradition and experience, Listone Giordano’s crafts-based approach has
been codified as a process inspired by respect for and informed use of raw materials, supported by a
production control chain and traceability.
The company has earned a worldwide reputation as a beacon of “Made in Italy” values. It has
successfully developed its Retail channel and Contract division. The Listone Giordano Contract
Division offers a professional interface for designers seeking solutions and stimuli for their
own ideas and to cater to their customers’ needs. Top Italian names in design and architecture
use Listone Giordano as the go-to company for working together to create unique, customized
collections through dialogue and interplay between company and designer. Research into materials,
colors, wood species, sizes, geometries and thickness result in exclusive collections. The Listone
Giordano company is inspired by its contact with the world of design and architecture - contact
that drives it towards greater creativity and ongoing improvement. The benefits are apparent right
from the design stage, thanks to the partnership with an experienced, proactive interlocutor who
has a range of tangible solutions to offer.
Listone Giordano’s staff offers consultancy to the design world, seeking the ideal solution that
caters to every need. The company’s value and strength are manifest in the flooring it supplies
either on a mass scale or in bespoke, personalized solutions, as part of a quality-led process built
upon the values that have always set the Margaritelli Group apart.
Nicola Leonardi, The Plan
