Fabio Novembre


Fabio Novembre is an Italian architect and designer.
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Biography

He moved to Milan in 1984, where in 1992 he received a degree in architecture.
In 1993 he lived in New York City where he attended a filmmaking course at the New York University. In 1994, he was commissioned to design his first project: the “Anna Molinari Blumarine” shop in London. In the same year he opened his own studio in Milan.
From 2000 until 2003 he worked as Art Director at Bisazza, contributing in the international growth of the mosaic tile brand.
Since 2001 he has worked for Italian design brands such as Cappellini, Driade, Meritalia, Flaminia and Casamania.
In 2008, on behalf of the Municipality of Milan, the Rotonda di Via Besana museum housed an exhibition about his work, "Teach me the freedom of swallows”. In 2009, the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, invited Novembre to curate and design an exhibition on his work: “Il fiore di Novembre”. In 2010, the City of Milan was represented by an installation that he designed and curated in the Pavilion of Italy at Expo in Shanghai.
In 2009, Novembre designed an art installation, titled Per fare un albero, ‘To make a tree’, in conjunction with the city of Milan's Department of Design, Events and Fashion and Fiat — featuring 20 full-size fiberglass planter replicas of the company's 500C cabriolet along Via Monte Napoleone, Milan's fashion center. The installation lasted several months.
2011 is the photography year: after art-directing of the exhibition “Lavazza con te partirò” at the Teatro dell'Arte of the Triennale of Milan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the company's calendar; he also designed and curated the Steve McCurry exhibition at MACRO Testaccio, Rome.
In April 2012 he signs the new exhibition setting for the fifth edition of Triennale Design Museum.
In 2014, Casa Milan, the new headquarters of the A.C. Milan, were open, where all interiors are designed by Fabio Novembre.

Works

Architecture

Anna Molinari Blumarine store, Hong Kong and London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei Cafè l’Atlantique bar-restaurant, Milan, 1995B Square store, Hong Kong, 1996Blu discothèque, Lodi, 1997ON Natural Wellness Center, Milan, 1997bar Lodi, Lodi, 1998SHU bar-restaurant, Milan, 1999Via Spiga showroom, Milan, 1999Li Cuncheddi hotel, Olbia, 2000Tardini store, New York City, 2000Divina discothèque, Milan, 2001UNA Hotel Vittoria hotel, Florence, 2003Bisazza stands, Stuttgart and Bologna, New Orleans, Bologna and London Bisazza showroom, Barcelona, Milan, New York and Berlin Novembre house/office, Milan, 2004Meltin’ Pot stands, Berlin and Barcelona, Florence Meltin’ Pot showroom, New York, Milan, Stuart Weitzman store, Rome, Beijing and Beverly Hills, Hong Kong, New York and Paris Margherita e Co. shop in shop, Bergamo, 2008ALV showroom, Milan, 2009Moscara restaurant, Milan, 2010
  • "HIT Gallery", Hong Kong, 2012
  • "Who's Who", Milan, 2013
  • "Who's Who", Rome, 2014
  • "Carpisa", Naples, 2014
  • "Carpisa", Milan, 2014
  • "Casa Milan", A.C. Milan, Milan, 2014

Design

Honlywood chair, for B&B Italia, 1988Mediterranea chaise longue, for Bonacina, 1991
  • Bottle prototype, for Uliveto, 1995ORG table, for Cappellini, 2001NET carpet, for Cappellini, 2001AND sitting system, for Cappellini, 2002S.O.S. Sofa Of Solitude armchair and chaise longue, for Cappellini, 2003
  • Point of purchase products, for Meltin’ Pot, 2005RPH sofa, for Cappellini, 2006Air Lounge System collection, for Meritalia, 2006+13 plus one tree pot, for Casamania, 2007maniglie Love Opens Doors handle collection, for Fusital, 2007Moving Fashion Award, for Il Sole 24 ore, 2007100 Piazze trays, for Driade, 2007SW416 small table, for Meritalia, 2007HIM&HER chairs, for Casamania, 2008STFS Slow The Flow System water tap, for Stella, 2008Void System sanitary ware Line, for Flaminia, 2008DIVINA sofa, for Driade, 2008SEC armchair, for Cappellini, 2008Histograms armchair and table, for Gispen, 2008Magic Carpet, for Cappellini, 2008Green Line vase, for Bitossi, 2009Joy baby chair, for Casamania, 2009Nemo chair, for Driade, 2010Luciola lamp, for Driade, 2010Abath chair, for Casamania, 2010OK stool, for Kartell, 2011Robox bookshelf, for Casamania, 2011Strip chair, for Casamania, 2011HP, for Wallpaper and Reebok, 2011Happy Pills vase, for Venini, 201236h 56h chair, for Driade, 2012Murana vase, for Venini, 2012World's best glassware, for RCR, 2013F3 outdoor furniture, for Vondom, 2013Boom lamp, for Venini, 2013Love Hurts Eventually ring, 2013Jolly Roger chair, for Gufram, 2013I Have a Lifestyle window display, for Tommy Hilfiger, 2013In punta di piedi table, 2015

Exhibitions, Shows, Installations

Lectures and Workshops

Faculty of Architecture, Delft Netherlands, 2001Faculty of Architecture, Milan Italy, 2001Katoenveem, Rotterdam Netherlands, 2001Faculty of Architecture, Palermo, 2002Contract World Event, Hannover Germany, 2003Faculty of Architecture, Düsseldorf Germany, 2003Seoul Living Design Fair, Seoul Korea, 2003Architecture and Water workshop, Havana Cuba, 2003Royal Institute of British Architects, London United Kingdom, 2004Il mosaico tra arte e architettura, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2005Clubovka Event, Bratislava Slovakia, 2005

Publications

A Sud di Memphis, Idea Books, Milan, 1995 Be your own Messiah, Milan, 2001Tra la contemporaneità degli input e la primordialità degli output, Abitare n.471, April 2007A chi e a che cosa serve un Museo del Design?, Abitare n.480, March 2008Why I created a table with 171 legs, L’uomo Vogue n.390, April 2008Il pesce fuor d’acqua, Velvet n.18, May 2008Il design spiegato a mia madre, Rizzoli, Milan, 2011