Fabio Novembre

Fabio Novembre (21 October 1966) is an Italian architect and designer.

Biography He moved to Milan in 1984, where in 1992 he received a degree in architecture. In 1993 he lived in New York City where he attended a filmmaking course at the New York University. In 1994, he was commissioned to design his first project: the “Anna Molinari Blumarine” shop in London. In the same year he opened his own studio in Milan.

From 2000 until 2003 he worked as Art Director at Bisazza, contributing in the international growth of the mosaic tile brand. Since 2001 he has worked for Italian design brands such as Cappellini, Driade, Meritalia, Flaminia and Casamania.

In 2008, on behalf of the Municipality of Milan, the Rotonda di Via Besana museum housed an exhibition about his work, "Teach me the freedom of swallows”. In 2009, the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, invited Novembre to curate and design an exhibition on his work: “Il fiore di Novembre”. In 2010, the City of Milan was represented by an installation that he designed and curated in the Pavilion of Italy at Expo in Shanghai.

In 2009, Novembre designed an art installation, titled Per fare un albero, ‘To make a tree’, in conjunction with the city of Milan's Department of Design, Events and Fashion and Fiat — featuring 20 full-size fiberglass planter replicas of the company's 500C cabriolet along Via Monte Napoleone, Milan's fashion center. The installation lasted several months.

2011 is the photography year: after art-directing of the exhibition “Lavazza con te partirò” at the Teatro dell'Arte of the Triennale of Milan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the company's calendar; he also designed and curated the Steve McCurry exhibition at MACRO Testaccio, Rome. In April 2012 he signs the new exhibition setting for the fifth edition of Triennale Design Museum. In 2014, Casa Milan, the new headquarters of the A.C. Milan, were open, where all interiors are designed by Fabio Novembre.

Works

Architecture Anna Molinari Blumarine store, Hong Kong and London (1994), Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei (1995) Cafè l’Atlantique bar-restaurant, Milan, 1995 B Square store, Hong Kong, 1996 Blu discothèque, Lodi, 1997 ON Natural Wellness Center, Milan, 1997 bar Lodi, Lodi, 1998 SHU bar-restaurant, Milan, 1999 Via Spiga showroom, Milan, 1999 Li Cuncheddi hotel, Olbia, 2000 Tardini store, New York City, 2000 Divina discothèque, Milan, 2001 UNA Hotel Vittoria hotel, Florence, 2003 Bisazza stands, Stuttgart and Bologna (2000), New Orleans, Bologna and London (2001) Bisazza showroom, Barcelona (2001), Milan (2002), New York and Berlin (2003) Novembre house/office, Milan, 2004 Meltin’ Pot stands, Berlin and Barcelona (2005), Florence (2008) Meltin’ Pot showroom, New York (2005), Milan, (by SICIS The Art Mosaic Factory )(2006) Stuart Weitzman store, Rome (2006), Beijing and Beverly Hills (2007), Hong Kong, New York and Paris (2008) Margherita e Co. shop in shop, Bergamo, 2008 ALV showroom, Milan, 2009 Moscara restaurant, Milan, 2010 "HIT Gallery", Hong Kong, 2012 "Who's Who", Milan, 2013 "Who's Who", Rome, 2014 "Carpisa", Naples, 2014 "Carpisa", Milan, 2014 "Casa Milan", A.C. Milan, Milan, 2014

Design Honlywood chair, for B&B Italia, 1988 Mediterranea chaise longue, for Bonacina, 1991 Bottle prototype, for Uliveto, 1995 ORG table, for Cappellini, 2001 NET carpet, for Cappellini, 2001 AND sitting system, for Cappellini, 2002 S.O.S. Sofa Of Solitude armchair and chaise longue, for Cappellini, 2003 Point of purchase products, for Meltin’ Pot, 2005 RPH sofa, for Cappellini, 2006 Air Lounge System collection, for Meritalia, 2006 +13 plus one tree pot, for Casamania, 2007 maniglie Love Opens Doors handle collection, for Fusital, 2007 Moving Fashion Award, for Il Sole 24 ore, 2007 100 Piazze trays, for Driade, 2007 SW416 small table, for Meritalia, 2007 HIM&HER chairs, for Casamania, 2008 STFS Slow The Flow System water tap, for Stella, 2008 Void System sanitary ware Line, for Flaminia, 2008 DIVINA sofa, for Driade, 2008 SEC armchair, for Cappellini, 2008 Histograms armchair and table, for Gispen, 2008 Magic Carpet, for Cappellini, 2008 Green Line vase, for Bitossi, 2009 Joy baby chair, for Casamania, 2009 Nemo chair, for Driade, 2010 Luciola lamp, for Driade, 2010 Abath chair, for Casamania, 2010 OK stool, for Kartell, 2011 Robox bookshelf, for Casamania, 2011 Strip chair, for Casamania, 2011 HP, for Wallpaper and Reebok, 2011 Happy Pills vase, for Venini, 2012 36h 56h chair, for Driade, 2012 Murana vase, for Venini, 2012 World's best glassware, for RCR, 2013 F3 outdoor furniture, for Vondom, 2013 Boom lamp, for Venini, 2013 Love Hurts Eventually ring, 2013 Jolly Roger chair, for Gufram, 2013 I Have a Lifestyle window display, for Tommy Hilfiger, 2013 In punta di piedi table, 2015

Exhibitions, Shows, Installations Installation Nuovamente, exhibition on recycle, Milan, 1996 Installation Love over all, Paris, 2002 Installation Casa, Verona, 2003 Installation Skybaby, Milan, 2005 Installation Philips Transition: Light on the move, Milan, 2007 Exhibition Teach me the freedom of swallows, Milan. Exhibition Il fiore di Novembre (The Novembre's flower), Milan, 2009 Installation Per fare un albero with Fiat 500, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Capri, 2009/2010 Installation Milano creative City, Italian Pavilion, Expo Shanghai, 2010 Exhibition Unexpected Guests - Homes of Yesteryear, Design of Today at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli at Milan, 2010 Installation The Rainbow Thieves, Moscow, 2010 Installation Per fare un albero for Fiat, Milan, 2010 Installation Ieri, Oggi, Domani, Milan, 2010 Exhibition Franko B I still love, Milan, 2010 Installation Bang for Lasvit, Milan, 2011 Exhibition Lavazza Con te partirò, Milan, 2011 Exhibition Steve McCurry, Rome, 2011 Exhibition TDM5, at Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012 Installation Stay Human for BMW, Rome, 2012 Exhibition Seconda Pelle for A.C. Milan, at Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012 Event Lapsus for Gufram, Milan, 2013 Installation Here I Am for IMIB, Milan, 2014 Installation We Dance for Lexus, Milan, 2014 Installation Salone del Gusto for Lavazza, Turin, 2014 Installation The Earth Defenders for Lavazza, at Eataly, Milan, 2014 Installation Who Are You? for Replay, Milan, 2015 Bar Lavazza Expo 2015 for Lavazza, at Expo Milano 2015 Milan, 2015 Exhibition From These Hands: A Journey Along the Coffee Trail, for Lavazza and Steve McCurry at Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan, 2015 Exhibition The Trophy Factory for A.C. Milan, at Casa Milan, Milan, 2015

Lectures and Workshops Faculty of Architecture, Delft Netherlands, 2001 Faculty of Architecture, Milan Italy, 2001 Katoenveem, Rotterdam Netherlands, 2001 Faculty of Architecture, Palermo, 2002 Contract World Event, Hannover Germany, 2003 Faculty of Architecture, Düsseldorf Germany, 2003 Seoul Living Design Fair, Seoul Korea, 2003 Architecture and Water workshop, Havana Cuba, 2003 Royal Institute of British Architects, London United Kingdom, 2004 Il mosaico tra arte e architettura, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2005 Clubovka Event, Bratislava Slovakia, 2005 Interview with Vico Magistretti, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2005 The Visual Power Show, Eindhoven Netherlands, 2005 L’architettura spiegata ai bambini, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, 2005 I Saloni WorldWide, Moscow Russia, 2005 Future Design Days, Stockholm Sweden, nel 2005 IV International Architecture and Construction Forum, São Paulo Brazil, 2006 University of Lecce, Lecce Italy, 2006 Italian Design Talks I Saloni 2007, London and New York City, 2007 Trendboard Workshop, Cologne Germany, 2007 The Great Indoors Award, Maastricht Netherlands, 2007 Exotica Event, Tel Aviv Israel, 2007 Tasmeen Doha Design Conference, Doha Qatar, 2008 Festival dell’ Architettura, Cagliari Italy, 2008 Vitra Workshop, Boisbuchet France, 2008 Interieur ’08, Kortrijk Belgium, 2008

Publications A Sud di Memphis, Idea Books, Milan, 1995 Be your own Messiah, Milan, 2001 Tra la contemporaneità degli input e la primordialità degli output, Abitare n.471, April 2007 A chi e a che cosa serve un Museo del Design?, Abitare n.480, March 2008 Why I created a table with 171 legs, L’uomo Vogue n.390, April 2008 Il pesce fuor d’acqua, Velvet n.18, May 2008 Il design spiegato a mia madre, Rizzoli, Milan, 2011