Minotti, the historic Italian furniture house founded in 1948 by Alberto Minotti in Meda, continues to define the landscape of contemporary luxury design. A brand deeply rooted in craftsmanship, artistic intuition, and family-led vision, Minotti stands today as a global icon, evolving with time while preserving the essence of Made in Italy.
Now led by the second and third generations of the Minotti family, the company is guided by a rare continuity of vision. Renato and Roberto Minotti, who assumed leadership in 1991, have since been joined by their children—Alessio, Alessandro, Susanna, and Leonardo—each bringing a unique skill set to the company’s core departments. This multigenerational involvement ensures the integrity of Minotti’s heritage while driving its evolution in the ever-shifting design world.
Minotti’s identity is one of cultivated restraint, sartorial elegance, and unparalleled craftsmanship. Known for its architectural approach to furniture, the brand weaves together precise proportions, rich materiality, and tactile finishes. It was during the 1960s, under architect Gigi Radice, that Minotti began to articulate its modern language. By the 1980s, the brand’s famous motto—“Classici Oggi, Classici Domani”—heralded its emergence into the contemporary design scene, a philosophy that remains central to its ethos.
The collaboration with Rodolfo Dordoni, begun in 1997 and lasting until the Milanese designer’s passing in 2023, was a milestone. As Art Director, Dordoni shaped the coherent language of the brand across residential, outdoor, hospitality, and even yachting sectors. This relationship gave rise to a lifestyle vision expressed not just through furniture but through complete, immersive environments.
The brand’s capacity to merge innovation with tradition is exemplified in Minotti Studio, founded in 1996 by Renato and Roberto Minotti. It is the company’s creative nucleus, encompassing everything from prototyping and engineering to marketing and graphic design. Central to its work is the meticulous curation of the Textile and Leather Collection, a tactile thread that connects each piece across both indoor and outdoor applications.
Minotti’s international reach has grown steadily since the opening of its first flagship store in Bangkok in 1998. Today, the brand maintains more than 60 flagship stores and 300 authorised dealers in over 80 countries. Its presentations at Salone del Mobile in Milan—where it has been a fixture since the inaugural edition in 1961—are nothing short of theatrical, encapsulating the brand’s spirit and inspiring global showroom concepts.
In recent years, Minotti has expanded its creative dialogue by inviting a roster of globally renowned designers to reinterpret its values through their own cultural lenses. Collaborators such as Christophe Delcourt, Nendo, Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27, GamFratesi, Inoda+Sveje, Hannes Peer, and Giampiero Tagliaferri have infused the collections with new energy. Their diverse aesthetics—ranging from sculptural minimalism to eclectic cosmopolitanism—are united by Minotti’s singular design language, creating one coherent narrative across products and spaces.
This ongoing evolution culminates in the 2025 Collection, a sophisticated response to the global shifts in how people live and interact with space. Reflecting modernism’s timeless elegance and today’s cultural diversity, the collection balances experimentation with continuity. Each designer’s distinct vision integrates seamlessly into the larger framework, offering five new product families for contemporary living. They cater to dynamic environments where personalisation, modularity, and quiet sophistication are essential.
The 2025 Outdoor Collection exemplifies Minotti’s approach to seamless living. Under the creative direction of Marcio Kogan, Hannes Peer, and Nendo, the brand reimagines open-air spaces with the same rigour, elegance, and material exploration as its interiors. Pieces like Bézier by Studio MK27 and Saki by Nendo blur the lines between indoor and outdoor life. Through innovative materials such as glazed ceramic tiles, lacquered finishes engineered for weather resistance, and metallic surfaces with dreamlike qualities, Minotti achieves a refined harmony.
