Chief Designer

Carlo Colombo

Carlo Colombo graduated from Milan Polytechnic University architecture in 1993 and began to work. First of all, he committed to industrial products, the design, and application of graphics and equipment. He closely cooperated with well-known Italian brands in design field, such as Flexform Poliform ambry, furniture of Italian Giorgetti, Cappellini furniture, Antoniolupi, Artemide, Flou, Bentley Home, Bugatti Home, Trussardi house, Elie Saab house, Olivari, Faber, Sahrai, Penta Light and so on. Since 2011, he has been teaching design at Peking University. In 2013, he and PAOLO COLOMBO founded A++ Architecture Studio in Lugano, which handles interior design and large-scale architectural projects around the world, with offices in Lugano, Zurich, New York, Miami, and Dubai. The project has been in Paris, Germany Bremen at the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art (1995), Cologne Decoration Art Museum (1996), and Triennale di Milano (2016).

2004    Best International Designer of the Year

2005     Elle Decor International Design Award

2008                     Elle Decor International Design Award

2009                     Good Design Award

2010                     Elle Decor International Design Award

2011                     Elle Decor International Design Award

2012                     Red Dot Design Award

2014                     Red Dot Design Award

     Interior Innovation Award

     London Design Awards

2015                     Red Dot Design Award

 iF Product Design Award

2016                       100 Eccellenze Italiane

 Elle Decor International Design Award

IDA International Design Awards

2017                       International Design Award, Los Angeles

The Italian consulate in Switzerland was awarded knighthood.

2018                      APDC - IDA - Excellence Award

Interior Design Award

2019                      The Wallpaper Best Design Award

European Product Design Award

Best International Designer of the Year

2021                     <Robb report> on the selection of the Best Designer Award 2021

Quirinale Contemporaneo product design

2022                     Primary school art director - Milan Ma Lange of Interior Design Institute

The Wallpaper Best Design Award