Abbiamo avuto l’onore di celebrare un traguardo eccezionale: i 60 anni di attività di Colla Arredi. Per me, architetto e parte di questa storia di famiglia, è stato molto più di un anniversario: un occasione per onorare il passato, il design e la nostra città.

La boiserie è un elemento di design d’interni che ha una lunga storia e che non è mai passata di moda, evolvendosi nel tempo. La Boiserie consiste nel rivestimento murale fatto di legno e il termine deriva dalla parola francese “bois”, legno appunto. Questa tecnica ha origini che risalgono al Medioevo, ma ha raggiunto il […]

Il minimalismo in architettura rappresenta molto più di una semplice tendenza estetica: incarna una filosofia progettuale che celebra l’essenzialità e la purezza delle forme. Questa corrente architettonica, le cui radici affondano nel movimento modernista del primo Novecento, si distingue per la capacità di creare spazi che respirano, liberi dal superfluo, dove ogni elemento assume un […]

  Oversized geometries, trendy palettes: this is how contemporary interiors aim to personalize the interiors with decorative coverings - wallpaper, fabric or ceramic - with a strong decorative impact.   A unique choice The reason is simple: the decorative covering is an element that strongly characterizes an environment. And it does so in a radical [...]

  Oversized geometries, trendy palettes: this is how contemporary interiors aim to personalize the interiors with decorative coverings - wallpaper, fabric or ceramic - with a strong decorative impact.   A unique choice The reason is simple: the decorative covering is an element that strongly characterizes an environment. And it does so in a radical [...]

  From the 70s onwards, when Scandinavian design from Northern Europe conquered Italy, its charm has never waned.   Essential, sober and bright With perfect geometry and linearity, Nordic design is characterized by a simple and linear style, the use of natural materials, clean lines, textures of quality materials and essential and functional shapes. There [...]

  In our most recent creations, leading attention is paid to the bathroom. And the brands we offer in many of the Atelier's projects fully satisfy the expectations and desires of our most demanding customers. What was classified as a "toilet" throughout the twentieth century has in fact become one of the focal points of [...]

  An attic with a terrace overlooking the rooftops of the city and the bell tower of Alexandria Cathedral. It is the retreat home of a couple very busy with work, he an entrepreneur, she the sales manager of an international brand. A cozy place to come back to relax and always feel at ease. [...]

  Sustainability is a word we hear more and more often, used by companies and people to emphasize the need to consume less and better to respect the environment and the planet. Everyone of us has made more sustainable choices in our lifestyles in recent times, some more, some less: from not using plastic bottles, [...]

  A temporary apartment that has the understated and elegant style signature of Atelier. A small loft on two levels, the attic has an easy and young style. It is a bright space, thanks to the choice of materials and colors, designed with the utmost attention to comfort and details, functional and essential basic furniture [...]

  Atelier was commissioned to design an outdoor veranda, a covered patio adjacent to the side of the villa facing the pool. The goal is to create a filter between the inside and the outside: between the kitchen, where food is prepared, and the garden with the swimming pool where one can pause from spring [...]

  Thoughts of Home and Everyday Life is a video in which I talk about myself, recount my thoughts on home, some of the themes that are dear to me, and the fixed points that guide the way I design and live.   Read more!

“In Washington D.C., in one of the most exclusive residential areas, I have just completed the furnishing of the house of a young couple, she is Russian and he is Italian, who have lived in different cities around the world. The design requests were those of a simple but elegant environment, with a few elements […]

  In Milan, this edition of design Week, both at the Salone del Mobile and in the hundreds of Fuorisalone events throughout the city, marked a return to the old days before the due stop to the pandemic. Thousands of people from all over the world, both at the fair and in the city, enlivened […]

  Abode of art, design, nature. This is how the owner of Villa Gaeta sums up the essence of this special place. Villa Gaeta is the home of the cultural vision of Bruno Boretti, architect, collector and refined interior designer. It is located in Tuscany, in Moncioni, Valdarno. It dates back to the 1600s and […]

  Interior designer profession: my lesson at the Course in Concept Design of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria @Design.unirc @pau_unirc What drives a young person to choose the profession of Interior Design, what are the fields of application and the socio-cultural interests that presuppose a growing passion for a profession that is placed between [...]

  Visiting the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, a few kilometers from Basel, just across the Swiss-German border, is an extraordinary experience. The Vitra Campus brings together buildings used for the production of the Vitra company’s office and home furniture, museums, architectural icons, and sources of inspiration for the home, in a totally unique […]

  Tell me what library you have and I will tell you who you are. It is a fascinating reading that proposed by the book Biblioteche Domestiche/ Home Libraries by photographer Mauro Cenci, who tiptoed into private Florentine homes to reveal 35 private libraries of intellectuals, artists and professionals within an everyday life that is […]

In this project, which we are making in Turin, in a palace of the early ‘900, under the countertop we found a nice brick tile we will keep. Interior architecture often reveals surprises that deserve to be valued when they reflect the characteristics of the home. The Atelier gives shape to your dreams, following the […]

RICICLO. Un salone all’insegna della sostenibilità.1° fermata all’Orto Botanico di Brera, protagonista del Salone con l’installazione “Natural Capital”, con l’obiettivo di aumentare la consapevolezza dei visitatori sul ruolo delle foreste.Al Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica, RoGUILTLESSPLASTIC, 3 installazioni di Rossana Orlandi: i rifiuti di plastica possono essere facilmente considerati una delle maggiori risorse disponibili […]

Warm and cozy, serious but not too much, the study of my house is a room “filter” between the living area and the sleeping area. The furniture and the teak floor, the dark wall and the aluminium table are the natural materials I decided to use. Here we alternate at different times of the day […]

The material appears more or less rough and is used in different contexts to give a “rustic”, “contemporary”, “modernist” or “minimalist” tone. Even the essences characterize the appearance of the furniture with their warm tones, more or less dark ranging from honey to brown, up to brown. They are dyed with natural products and the […]

While travelling, I collect design stimuli and I realize that some design pieces are the result of the union between the history of the place, life habits, function and aesthetics. Each period has characterized a "way" and in cycles design returns with its iconic forms. Illustration by Billi Cesare for Cristina Colla Atelier

Cotton and polyester velvets have always been used to cover sofas and armchairs. Today the return to these fabrics recalls forms of the past and the houses are enriched by a style that has nothing more to do with minimlism. The rigor of classic and contemporary architecture is dressed in a new "mood" where design [...]

The range of outdoor furniture is increasingly enriched with innovative, colorful products that use materials with high performance in terms of light and weather resistance. It is fun to design outdoor spaces where greenery integrates and sometimes merges with the function of living.   * The image was taken from Flexform

December 2018. The magazine “UnicaAlMondo” talks about me: “Reflective and ironic Fun without being excessive. Cristina, always in balance between understatement and unsettling panache Dreams, draws, and above all listens “being on the piece” for an architect is everything. Capturing fashions and trends, intuiting what the customer wants are the basis of her way of […]

Series 7 by Fritz Hansen in the sixteenth-century rooms of Villa d’Este in Tivoli. The pastel colors of this product designed by Arnet Jacobsen in 1955 are integrated into a context of wall paintings that create the windows’ linings to demonstrate the fact that products from different eras can interact with each other in harmony.

Ecco un esempio di come un piccolo tavolo antico puó diventare l’appoggio per una serie di oggetti che riprendono i colori della parete e di come un’opera d’arte, in questo caso un quadro di Mario Schifano, sia collocata esattamente nel posto giusto con un fondale che la esalta.

Lo spazio è stato caratterizzato dall’idea del bancone che rappresenta il locale stesso. Un parallelepipedo luminoso di bottiglie. Divertente lavorare sul concept per rendere chiara la mission aziendale. Rivendita di vini con etichette internazionali di pregio, degustazione e aperitivi. Luce e contrasti forti di bianco e nero, sono stati determinanti per la visibilità dall’esterno.

Le stanze di colori diversi, gli arredi integrati con attenzione al racconto e i colori in armonia con gli oggetti. Poca luce crea l’atmosfera e la musica di un 33 giri si diffonde in un ambiente, forse un po’ sovraccarico, ma pieno di fascino, dove il proprietario, collezionista di opere d’arte descrive la sua storia […]

Ecological wooden lamps - Secto Design The lights that I have included in this project are made of wood and create a very suggestive light diffusion. Secto design, is a Finnish company specializing in the design of ecological wooden lamps that respect harmony and nature, following the rules of strict ethics.

The “Series 7” chairs by Fritz Hansen designed by Arne Jacobsen were chosen for the conference room of the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan. The project bears the signature of the prestigious scholar Herzog & amp; de Meuron who has completely redesigned the area in which it is located. The building has wooden floors and […]

The architect uses an exemplary method of work in the project to set up and set up the Museo di Castelvecchio, which should suggest to us designers ideas in the interventions on the pre-existent. The original parts have been highlighted with a maniacal attention to detail that emphasizes them. Unusual contrasts between ancient stones and […]

The Fantini, historic taps company offers different finishes for this product. The use of old materials, with tools, accessories, accessories, accessories, accessories, accessories and accessories.

Cashmere, leather, evening and fur for this selection. The browns predominate in their warm tones, we are working on the project of a chalet in the mountains.

A living that we have created in Parma where the white of Cappellini’s bookcase stands out on the dark brown parquet. The sofas are by Driade, the chair S-chair in pony leather is by Cappellini. #cristinacollatelier #interiordesign #architecture #design #furniture #Parma #Alexandria #Furniture #Cappellini #Driade #Architect

My work as an architect leads me to walk a lot through the cities with my nose up, the phone in these cases helps, and passing by the area of the Directional Center in Milan, the photo was a must. This residential building, designed by the architect Boeri, respects eco-sustainability through a metropolitan reforestation project. Plants produce oxygen […]

I photographed this armchair at the “Salone del Mobile” in Milan. Molteni & C with the artistic direction of Studio Cerri & Associati, presented this furniture complement of the Giò Ponti Collection which I find extremely sophisticated, in lines, material and color. The unmistakable hand of a master of architecture and design is also perceived […]

During the Salone del Mobile, Paola Lenti presented her 2017 collection in an industrial architecture scenario. At the entrance, the range of possible colors for the furnishing of interior and exterior furnishings, created a rhythm that by the warm tones reached the coldest. In interior design, the possibility of using such complete moods is crucial […]

In this project, which we are making in Turin, in a palace of the early ‘900, under the countertop we found a nice brick tile we will keep. Interior architecture often reveals surprises that deserve to be valued when they reflect the characteristics of the home. The Atelier gives shape to your dreams, following the […]

I was in this space in Milan where Vitra had presented a light and fresh environment as it is usual in her style. The approach of yellow tones, with gold and eco-friendly fur creates an image that’s far from kitsch!  

Patchwork of green colors; The contrasting red attracts attention to the different element. This also happens in our homes when we play with special matches on neutral backgrounds.  

The ancient houses arouse immediately, even when empty, the idea of ​​what has to happen inside. Emanan smells, suggestions and atmospheres that recall memories and I immediately see the project realized. Here I used lightweight fabrics for curtains that recall the pre-existing doors colors and I created a mix of old and design pieces of […]

An ellipse, coated in wood in Finland, in the Helsinki Design District. Sobriety and elegance in the Nordic style. This is a beautiful example of wooden construction inside that creates great emotion.   SalvaSalva

I use the mosaic for many custom made furniture finishes; I often use it in bathrooms in so many different versions. Joining wood, resins, fabrics and furnishings is always embellished with this polychrome material that best expresses the material.