1959 headquarters meda italy key people agostino pietro e romeo galimberti products sofas sectional sofas armchairs tables and chairs ottomans and complements ; number of employees 135 website www.flexform.it flexform spa is an italian company with its head office in meda italy at the centre of the furniture production district of la brianza . founded in 1959 by the galimberti brothers the company designs produces and markets furniture and furnishing accessories for residential and public use . 1 contents 1 history 2 designers 3 award 4 bibliography 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit in the early 20th century the galimberti family opened an artisan workshop to build armchairs and sofas . in 1959 brothers romeo pietro and agostino galimberti decided to call the activity flexform di galimberti marketing their products in the local area . 2 in 1967 it became a public limited company and was transformed from an artisan workshop into an industrial firm . collaborations began with italian architects and creatives many of whom destined to become the protagonists of italian design . 3 in 1969 flexform entrusted the study of the brand to pino tovaglia the graphic designer who designed the pirelli brand in the same years 4 while designer joe colombo created the tube chair armchair which was subsequently exhibited in the permanent collection of the museum of modern art moma in new york . 5 from the 1970s flexform began to export abroad . participating in the cologne furniture fair in germany it made its name on the markets of northern europe . there followed years of economic expansion in europe which prompted the second generation of the galimberti family to broaden its commercial horizons to the countries across the ocean . with the entry of the third generation in the late 1990s exports were consolidated to brazil russia china the usa and the countries of the far and middle east . 6 in the meantime the need grew to further diversify the offer to satisfy the tastes of the emerging markets . so 2001 saw the launch of flexform mood a new collection of products with an international and retro style initially coordinated by us designer john hutton . flexform has remained a family company . it has 135 employees and a plant covering an area of 30 000 square metres . all production continues to take place exclusively in italy in meda to keep the product made in italy as it originally was 7 designers edit over the years designers and architects including the following have been involved in the study of new products asnago vender sergio asti cini boeri joe colombo paolo nava rodolfo bonetto carlo colombo gigi radice and giulio manzoni . 8 over the last 40 years the entire collection has been coordinated by architect antonio citterio . in 2016 introduces the adagio sofa designed by daniel libeskind adagio sofa . . award edit a.b.c.d. armchair designed by antonio citterio has been awarded by associazione per il disegno industriale with hounorable mention xxiv compasso d oro adi xxiv compasso d oro 2016 i vincitori bibliography edit mario mastropietro rolando gorla un industria per il design ed . lybra immagine isbn 88 8223 035 x andrea branzi design italiano 1964 1990 ed . electa isbn 978 884355375 4 maria cristina tommasini mario pancera il design italiano protagonisti opere scuole ed . editoriale g.mondadori andrea branzi introduzione al design italiano una modernit incompleta ed . baldini castoldi dalai isbn 9788860730718 giulio castelli paola antonelli francesca picchi la fabbrica del design conversazioni con i protagonisti del design italiano ed . skira charlotte e peter fiell 1000 chairs ed . taschen isbn 978 884355375 4 laura lazzaroni 35 anni di design al salone del mobile cosmit massimo pitis con cristina dell edera pino tovaglia . la regola che corregge l emozione edizioni corriani sergio campo dall orto imprese eccellenti . le aziende milanesi che non temono la crisi ed . franco angeli isbn 8856818019 jim postell furniture design ed . john wiley & sons inc. isbn 9781118090787 giovanni albera nicolas monti italian modern a design heritage ed . rizzoli isbn 9780847810345 antonio marazza stefania saviolo lifestyle brand le marche che ispirano la nostra vita ed . rizzoli etas isbn 9788858623756 alberto bassi antonio citterio industrial designer ed . electa architecture isbn 9781904313366 bernd polster claudia neumann markust schuler frederick leven the a z of modern design ed . merrell pippo ciorra antonio citterio terry dwan antonio citterio terry dwan ten years of architecture and design ed . birkh user verlag isbn 9783764355975 giampiero bosoni italian design ed . museum of modern art isbn 9780870707384 silvana annicchiarico andrea branzi barbara mcgilvray john venerella che cosa il design italiano le sette ossessioni del design italiano ed . triennale electa isbn 978 88 370 5981 1 carlo ducci luxury in living ed . electa isbn 9788837034894 juli capella quim larrea designed by architects in the 1980s ed . rizzoli isbn 9780847809417 nally bellati new italian design ed . rizzoli isbn 9780847812585 mel byars terence riley the design encyclopedia ed . london king isbn 9780870700125 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit flexform one of the greatest italian quality brands partners with satariano home sergio campodall orto 2009 . imprese eccellenti . le aziende milanesi che non temono la crisi . francoangeli . giampiero bosoni 2008 . italian design . museum of modern art . massimo pitis cristina dell edera . pino tovaglia . la regola che corregge l emozione . edizioni corriani . tube chair . flexform apre otto showroom monomarca . come nasce un divano . nally bellati 1990 . new italian design . rizzoli . external links edit flexform website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flexform & oldid 744281309 categories italian brandsfurniture companies of italyluxury brandsfurniture makersmodernismcompanies established in 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