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Founded in 2020 in Milano by the architect Donatella Casiraghi, Laabmilano is a creative studio that works transversally across different design currents involving furniture, ceramics, and interior design. A reality rooted in Brianza, a territory of excellence and craftsmanship, laabmilano is dedicated to constantly evolving its design, with every piece being an exclusive proposal of high creative value. As a union of design and craftsmanship, laabmilano objectives are to preserve, through constant development, the traditional savoir-faire passed down through generations, which combines with modern and contemporary design.
Donatella Casiraghi, Architect, and Matteo Barni, Designer
Donatella Casiraghi, graduated from Politecnico di Milano, began her career as an architect working on large interior design projects for luxury villas in Asia. There she deepened her oriental design knowledge obtaining the Master's degree in Feng Shui in Bangkok. Donatella's philosophy has always focused on the materiality of the object and the essentiality of lines, both for projects renovating antique apartments and for modem design projects, creating unique and iconic pieces characterized by a distinctive and unrepeatable style. The purity of her design stems from the learning time spent in China and India where she was able to understand the vision of Wastu and make it her own.
Donatella collaborates with Matteo Barni, laabmilano's Designer and Product Manager, who, with his experience from London, has brought new styles and originality to products. Together, Donatella and Matteo create design projects ranging from home to contract, granting them character and a timeless design. Their careful study of the incorporation of geometric lines that intertwine with the material texture, embracing the vision of art in dialogue with nature, leads to the creation of designs for sensory environments.
Donatella Casiraghi, graduated from Politecnico di Milano, began her career as an architect working on large interior design projects for luxury villas in Asia. There she deepened her oriental design knowledge obtaining the Master's degree in Feng Shui in Bangkok. Donatella's philosophy has always focused on the materiality of the object and the essentiality of lines, both for projects renovating antique apartments and for modem design projects, creating unique and iconic pieces characterized by a distinctive and unrepeatable style. The purity of her design stems from the learning time spent in China and India where she was able to understand the vision of Wastu and make it her own.
Donatella collaborates with Matteo Barni, laabmilano's Designer and Product Manager, who, with his experience from London, has brought new styles and originality to products. Together, Donatella and Matteo create design projects ranging from home to contract, granting them character and a timeless design. Their careful study of the incorporation of geometric lines that intertwine with the material texture, embracing the vision of art in dialogue with nature, leads to the creation of designs for sensory environments.
International markets and collaborations
Laabmilano positions itself globally in the American, European, and Asian markets, where Raku elements combined with Italian design, the flagship of the studio, are highly appreciated. For distribution, Laabmilano develops its own e-commerce platform, leading to the beginning of various collaborations, working with design studios, hotels, and restaurants. Among the key collaborators are 1stdibs for the American market, Artemest and Pamono for the European and British markets.
Laabmilano positions itself globally in the American, European, and Asian markets, where Raku elements combined with Italian design, the flagship of the studio, are highly appreciated. For distribution, Laabmilano develops its own e-commerce platform, leading to the beginning of various collaborations, working with design studios, hotels, and restaurants. Among the key collaborators are 1stdibs for the American market, Artemest and Pamono for the European and British markets.
Mixing eastern and western cultures
The projects' creativity comes from the mind of Architect Donatella Casiraghi, who uses her knowledge of both Western and Eastern disciplines, blending the essence of these distinct visions and crafting techniques to impart a sense of originality to the products and the surroundings of their placement.
Reintepratating vintage and classic pieces and combining their elegance with new materials lead to extraordinary clean and contemporary lines that highlight the philosophy of laabmilano: enhancing the furniture to turn them into the true protagonists of the space, unique furnishings that are destined to be iconic pieces in the world.
The projects' creativity comes from the mind of Architect Donatella Casiraghi, who uses her knowledge of both Western and Eastern disciplines, blending the essence of these distinct visions and crafting techniques to impart a sense of originality to the products and the surroundings of their placement.
Reintepratating vintage and classic pieces and combining their elegance with new materials lead to extraordinary clean and contemporary lines that highlight the philosophy of laabmilano: enhancing the furniture to turn them into the true protagonists of the space, unique furnishings that are destined to be iconic pieces in the world.
The Essence of Void and the Raku technique
Laabmilano specializes in handcrafted home decor ceramics, characterized by a uniqueness that is shared with the ancient Japanese Raku firing technique, fascinating and creative, which consists in removing still glowing hot ceramics from the kiln and cooling them abruptly, ensuring incomparable and timeless elegance. The fire and the rapid cooling of the ceramic mean that the coloring stops in their becoming and that the crystalline shatters with a strong expressive crackling.
Raku ceramics represent the essence and singularity of being, where the Void remains fundamental: the wet clay forms the container, the void inside it defines its fullness.
The Raku works of laabmilano are striking for their intense, clear, revealing light, an essential element that captures attention before the color and lines, which are the foundations of laabmilano's design. The lines are the vehicle tor transmitting the aesthetic qualities of the eastern tradition, a reworking of distant cultures and external stimuli in a universal key. In laabmilano’s creations, the play of monochromatic lines and the laying of color constantly shifting to absorb or reject light within boundaries carefully defined by fluid lines, reflect the creator's passion for the shapes of tradition that, in the structure of the composition, become archetypes of aesthetic quality and values that are universally perceived.
Laabmilano specializes in handcrafted home decor ceramics, characterized by a uniqueness that is shared with the ancient Japanese Raku firing technique, fascinating and creative, which consists in removing still glowing hot ceramics from the kiln and cooling them abruptly, ensuring incomparable and timeless elegance. The fire and the rapid cooling of the ceramic mean that the coloring stops in their becoming and that the crystalline shatters with a strong expressive crackling.
Raku ceramics represent the essence and singularity of being, where the Void remains fundamental: the wet clay forms the container, the void inside it defines its fullness.
The Raku works of laabmilano are striking for their intense, clear, revealing light, an essential element that captures attention before the color and lines, which are the foundations of laabmilano's design. The lines are the vehicle tor transmitting the aesthetic qualities of the eastern tradition, a reworking of distant cultures and external stimuli in a universal key. In laabmilano’s creations, the play of monochromatic lines and the laying of color constantly shifting to absorb or reject light within boundaries carefully defined by fluid lines, reflect the creator's passion for the shapes of tradition that, in the structure of the composition, become archetypes of aesthetic quality and values that are universally perceived.
Furnitures and lightings
Laabmilano's philosophy permeates their furniture's design too and is expressed in attention to the particular: in the execution of their innovative tables, where sinuous lines or bucolic images wrap around the surfaces in a contemplative manner; in the brass footings of their sideboards, hand-bent and articulated like drapes that support the magnificent woodwork above; in the vintage armchairs that stand out in environments with authentic fabrics from the '60s; in the sofas with clean and nature-inspired lines, wrapped in recycled fabrics and leathers.
Laabmilano presents itself with a style above trends and unique: innovative and dynamic planning, extreme craftsmanship combined with contemporary minimalism are the strengths of this luxury furniture brand. Completing laabmilano's vision, the collection includes lighting products with a completely innovative style: Hieratic creations consisting of modem, clean, and refined lines; Dolmens that form labyrinths of light; Shinais that emit beams of light from the darkness of their covers.
Laabmilano's philosophy permeates their furniture's design too and is expressed in attention to the particular: in the execution of their innovative tables, where sinuous lines or bucolic images wrap around the surfaces in a contemplative manner; in the brass footings of their sideboards, hand-bent and articulated like drapes that support the magnificent woodwork above; in the vintage armchairs that stand out in environments with authentic fabrics from the '60s; in the sofas with clean and nature-inspired lines, wrapped in recycled fabrics and leathers.
Laabmilano presents itself with a style above trends and unique: innovative and dynamic planning, extreme craftsmanship combined with contemporary minimalism are the strengths of this luxury furniture brand. Completing laabmilano's vision, the collection includes lighting products with a completely innovative style: Hieratic creations consisting of modem, clean, and refined lines; Dolmens that form labyrinths of light; Shinais that emit beams of light from the darkness of their covers.
The Interior design concept
The habitations Architect Casiraghi designs lean towards the classic or modem style, studying the design of environments that best reflect the ideas and personality of the clients. The fundamental of all the design and what characterizes all projects is the concept of the void, not absolute, but the emptiness that allows the free flow of energies, based on the philosophy of Tao according to which "lt's the Void that it is inside the house that defines its essence."
Laabmilano seeks to reinvent original spaces into enjoyable places to live, work, and play in. The style utilizes unconventional objects, influences and tastes to give an elegant and more positive experience. Laabmilano offers a 360-degree service when taking care of space and the energy of the non-space, capable of taking care of everything from interior design to outdoor living spaces, from refurbishment to renovation.
The habitations Architect Casiraghi designs lean towards the classic or modem style, studying the design of environments that best reflect the ideas and personality of the clients. The fundamental of all the design and what characterizes all projects is the concept of the void, not absolute, but the emptiness that allows the free flow of energies, based on the philosophy of Tao according to which "lt's the Void that it is inside the house that defines its essence."
Laabmilano seeks to reinvent original spaces into enjoyable places to live, work, and play in. The style utilizes unconventional objects, influences and tastes to give an elegant and more positive experience. Laabmilano offers a 360-degree service when taking care of space and the energy of the non-space, capable of taking care of everything from interior design to outdoor living spaces, from refurbishment to renovation.
