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