Company
Founded in Milan in 1939 as an atelier dedicated to artistic ceramics, Gabbianelli was built around an idea that would shape its entire history: bringing design culture and production together. As the company evolved into an industrial enterprise, this approach remained central. Ceramics became a field for experimentation and exchange with artists, architects and designers such as Gio Ponti, Lucio Fontana, Enzo Mari and Bruno Munari.
From objects and surfaces to architecture, Gabbianelli has explored ceramics across different scales, techniques and applications. A deep understanding of materials and manufacturing processes makes it possible to translate diverse creative visions into functional objects and solutions for the built environment.
Within the factory, the spirit of the atelier finds new tools. Series production exists alongside experimentation and the development of tailored solutions. Hand and machine are part of the same process, bringing together craftsmanship and industrial methods.
Each collaboration brings a new perspective on ceramics. Artists, architects and designers contribute different questions, languages and sensibilities, finding common ground in the material. Through dialogue with those who understand and work with it, ideas are tested, refined and developed for production.
From the archive, back into everyday life. Today, Gabbianelli draws on its archive to select historical objects for reissue in their original forms. Research into original models, moulds and production details makes it possible to bring these designs back into use, introducing them to a new generation.
