GIORGIO BAGNARA,
FOUNDER AND CEO
OF GIOBAGNARA
Born into a family renowned for cultivating for three
generations the art of living, Giorgio Bagnara became
passionate about his calling at a very early age.
In the late Nineties, after noticing that leather from the
fashion industry was not considered enough as material
for home accessories, he founded GIOBAGNARA
with the goal of applying it to a complete collection.
Along with his wife, Vanessa, he decided to move
his design studios and workshops in the old docks
of the Port of Genoa where, surrounded by the essence
and beauty of that location, the company took
a significant step forward.
GIOBAGNARA
A brand that is distinctive for elegantly designed
creations that express luxury without ostentation,
available in an uncommon and virtually limitless colour
palette of leathers and suede, and crafted to the highest
standards using both traditional know-how and
leading-edge technology.
This approach to tradition and modernity led Giorgio
Bagnara to experiment: he constantly pushes technical
limits in his quest for objects that are both beautiful
and relevant, and in doing so relies on the skills of the
company's craftspeople. Very quickly, GIOBAGNARA
became renowned for its expertise, and its founder
became a partner of choice for a large number of interior
decorators and yacht and jet designers who called
upon his know-how for special commissions. In 2015,
Giorgio Bagnara expanded its leather portfolio with
the acquisition of the saddle leather specialist Rabitti
1969. Today, nearly two decades after its founding,
GIOBAGNARA has one of the most comprehensive
offers of leather home accessories on the market and
is preparing to open a fresh chapter in its history.
STÉPHANE PARMENTIER
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
OF GIOBAGNARA
The interior architect and designer Stéphane Parmentier
began his career working for Karl Lagerfeld before
deciding to devote himself to architecture full-time
in 2002. Since then, he has created and developed
numerous projects for an international clientele attuned
to his style of luxurious simplicity. The homes and
objects he designs reveal a vision that is deeply anchored
in a modern everyday lifestyle. Inspired by classical
Greco-Roman antiquity, the beauty of the Puglian
landscape, the restraint of the Japanese aesthetic, and
a desire to focus on the essential, he cultivates elegant
asceticism by associating noble materials with subtly
graphic lines.
