Made expo 2011 The idea at the root of the concept is a rectangle, cut in two by a diagonal, giving rise to two trapeziums, which when combined in different ways, generate countless different configurations. This parquet represents a total departure from the classic floorboard pattern… it seems more like origami applied to the creation of surfaces, for the purpose of generating new forms and perspectives: rectangles metamorphose into rhombuses according to the magic of transcendental numbers, before rotating, sliding and reappearing in an infinite sequence of forms, no two of which are the same. 5
Lago SpA The origins of Lago date back to the late 19th Century, when Policarpo Lago established a cabinet-making business for the nobility of Italy’s Veneto region. By 2006, the business, based in Villa del Conte in the province of Padua, had reached the family’s fourth generation, who increased its capital and set to work on tackling the global market. The driving force behind this transformation was Daniele Lago, a young designer who heads a dynamic team, with the aid of his brother Franco and sister Rossana. With 170 employees, Lago SpA now generates turnover of 30 million euros. Lago SpA operates worldwide with over 400 shops and many single-brand stores in cities throughout Italy and the rest of Europe, including Rome, Milan, Lyon, Prague, London, Valencia and Paris. The Lago Apartments, like the one in Milan’s Via Brera, are living showrooms, in which prospective customers come into direct contact with Lago furniture and furnishings in real, lived-in homes.
Margaritelli SpA Fernando Margaritelli was founded in 1904 as a forestry company and charcoal producer. Boosted by post-war reconstruction efforts, in 1949 the company switched its focus to the production of railway sleepers, and became the Italian State Railways’ biggest supplier. In 1961, Margaritelli set up a major industrial complex for the processing of European timber, especially oak, in Fontaines, in the Burgundy region of France, so as to ensure a constant supply of raw materials to its now numerous production plants. In 1970, the company started producing semi-finished products for the furniture and flooring industry at its new plant in Miralduolo di Torgiano in the province of Perugia. It directed the bulk of its investments into this line of business, before revolutionising the wood flooring market in 1984 with the creation of Listone Giordano, the first two-layer parquet made with the aid of an innovative technology, developed in partnership with Prof. Guglielmo Giordano, an internationally renowned academic and wood technologist. Today, Listone Giordano operates a chain of over 550 stores in Italy and worldwide (Paris, Barcelona, London, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, etc.), all with a strong, coordinated brand image.
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