LIVINGDominique Perrault 2010K222BA door handle must be simple, tend towards the essential: its reading must be evident, understandable at first glance.For this collaboration with Olivari, Dominique Perrault wanted to create forms reduced to the essentials: a line drawn in space...
LOGOJames Irvine 2006K197How can you design a handle for a company of this level like Olivari? I started making sketches, but keeping them to myself. At first they were strange ideas and looking at them I wondered if I really wanted to produce a handle like this. Actually, no. Maybe the handle doesn..
LOTUS QJavier Lopez 2014K241BWhen, as a young designer, I introduced myself to the Olivari brothers proposing a handle on the verge of disappearance, this idea immediately garnered their support, prompting them to become passionate about its development...
LUCYPatricia Urquiola 2012K231BIn the Lucy model, the intention was to create a light, basic handle with an incision running along its entire length. An object capable of revealing her personality thanks to the purity of the graphic sign...
LUGANOCarlo Colombo 2019K258BThe Lugano handle was born with the occasion of the house project for an entrepreneur friend, for which I wanted to create a new model, with character and "made to measure".Charles Columbus..
MARBELLAOlivari Study 2014K237BMarbella was born from the research to integrate two curves – the upper one, taut, the lower one, wider and softer – with the aim of reconciling the aesthetic aspect with ergonomics. The effect is one of a gentle and pleasant balance...
MARILYNMAD Architects 2016K252BMarilyn was born from the organic and sinuous language of the MAD Architects studio and its leader Ma Yansong. The soft and supple shape of the handle recalls the innovative design of the Absolute Towers in Toronto, known among local residents as the Marilyn Monroe Tow..
EGGPLANTLuigi Caccia Dominioni 1962K266BBetween 1959 and 1962 Luigi Caccia Dominioni designed three historic models that had the same design matrix and the same characteristic grip, but with a different function, determined by the position of the original stem: a knob, with centered axis, and two ha..
MINERVAFranco Sargiani 2006K205Minerva is one of the first proposals resulting from the programmatic research conducted by Olivari on pure geometric shapes. As part of a rigorous overall geometry, work has been done on the rectangular section of the handle to combine comfortable grip with a subtle l..
MINERVAFranco Sargiani 2006K205Minerva is one of the first proposals resulting from the programmatic research conducted by Olivari on pure geometric shapes. As part of a rigorous overall geometry, work has been done on the rectangular section of the handle to combine comfortable grip with a subtle l..