CONCAPatricia Urquiola 2014K236BThe Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona was the first opportunity for collaboration between Patricia and us. From this first meeting Conca was born, in two phases and in two versions. The first, larger, born from a sculptural and expressive approach, is reserved only..
CONEGio Ponti 1956K265BIn the mid-1950s, the fruitful professional relationship between Ernesto Olivari and Gio Ponti led to the development of three models of handles: Lama, Cono and Ring. If for the most famous of Ponti's buildings, the Pirelli skyscraper (1952-1961), Lama was chosen – made of alu..
CRYSTAL DIAMONDMarcel Wanders 2015K246BThe 2015 Crystal handle collection by Marcel Wanders is a sort of compendium of the history and craftsmanship, developed by the company in over 100 years of life...
CRYSTAL ROYALMarcel Wanders 2015K245BThe Crystal handle collection is the result of the imaginative inspiration of Marcel Wanders and his passion for crystal that had already led him to collaborate with Baccarat...
DENVERDaniel Libeskind 2009K218Denver is my first design object and I still think it's one of my best projects. I was inspired by Dvorák's "From the New World" symphony and the idea of a space open to infinite, new, possibilities. I think that in the thinness of the thicknesses and the essentiality ..
DIANA CHEVRONOlivari Study 2016K1DCBGuilloché is a decorative engraving technique made with special machines which, guided manually, generate a precise, intricate and repetitive pattern on the base material. The "zig-zag" or "herringbone" Chevron decoration applied to the best-seller Olivari Diana g..
DIANA DAMIEROlivari Study 2016K1DDBGuilloché is a decorative engraving technique made with special machines which, guided manually, generate a precise, intricate and repetitive pattern on the base material. With the "checkered" Damier decoration, the best-seller Olivari Diana takes on the characteri..
DIANAOlivari study 2007K206Diana is one of the handles that Studio Olivari has designed as part of its research on square geometric shapes. It is an archetype and at the same time it is also one of the most versatile handles: thanks to its large front surface, it lends itself to experimenting with d..
SWEET LIFEMarcel Wanders 2014K243BIntrigued by rekindling the passion for styles from past eras and the taste for extravagance in the home environment, I tried to interpret the theme of the handle according to an original and glamorous style...
DYNAMICOlivari study 2022K261BDynamic was born from the need to complete the range of products with a linear but expressive model. We achieved the goal through the elegant movement of the stretched surface around its own axis...
EDGEPeter Marino 2008K212Peter Marino is a master in the search for an image of contemporary luxury; a talent that he has expressed in elegant interiors and in the showrooms of the most renowned fashion houses. The two handle models designed for Olivari are closely related, even if created at differ..
EUCLIDNicholas Novelletto 2012K229BI consider Euclid's project an exercise in economy of signs. In the case of the handle, I set out to push myself to the limit of the process of reducing the elements that compose it. All eliminated until you get to three simple volumes: the light does the rest...
EUCLID QNicholas Novelletto 2012K230BI consider Euclid's project Q an exercise in economy of signs. In the case of the handle, I set out to push myself to the limit of the process of reducing the elements that compose it. All eliminated until you get to three simple volumes: the light does the rest...
FINToyo Ito 2009K217Three architectural components doors and windows have a very special role. Both are part of the walls that separate the interiors from the exteriors and at the same time ensure continuity between the faces of the wall. The handles also play a fundamental role, fulfilling two func..
ICE CUBEDominique Perrault 2010K223BThe Ice Cube model can be said to be the first handle in cut crystal, i.e. obtained from a sheet of technical and super-transparent crystal. In this "play of simplified volumes" typical of the language of Dominique Perrault - thanks also to the collaboration of Ga..
ICONVincent Van Duysen 2018K254BThe handle has an essential, neutral aesthetic and functions as a sort of 'passe-partout', with a touch of memory but at the same time contemporary and modern...
LASERRichard Sapper 1998K176The Laser handle project is emblematic of an approach to industrial design typical of the golden age of the Milanese masters: a work of progressive refinement made up of many models and developments to balance and shape the shape until a satisfactory result is achieved . ..
LINKSPiero Lissoni 2006K200In my architectural projects I needed a handle that was close to my way of designing: a silent object that had good proportions, that was the protagonist, but not over the top. The starting point for the design was linked to the idea of an industrial rather than a decorati..
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...