Bruno Rainaldi

Bruno Rainaldi was born in Milan in 1952. His training was hands-on, having started at a young age to work in design communication. In his early years in Milan he managed the first High-Tech emporium in Corso di Porta Ticinese, moving on to work first alongside Maddalena De Padova in the historical showroom in Corso Venezia and then with Enrico Baleri as partner in Baleri & Associati, where he was in charge of defining communication strategies for design companies and stores. His beginnings as an autodidact encouraged him in later life to ironically and anti-celebratively define himself as a “street designer” and his style as “chaotically rigorous”.

In the mid-1980s he founded Studio Rari – of which he became the soul and creative director. He also started working as art director with some of the top Italian design companies, leading his name to be associated, amongst others, with Alivar, Casprini, MDF Italia, Mussi Italy, Sintesi, Slamp, Terzani. His encounter, in those same years, with the Ciatti family marked the beginning of an important personal and artistic alliance, that led to the establishment first of CCR and then of Opinion Ciatti.

In the early 2000s, his career took a turn towards the world of design. In 2002, together with Marta Giardini, he founded ENTRATALIBERA, a very special space in the heart of Milan dedicated to design and design culture, sales and encounters. At the same time, his focus shifted to studying and creating objects, furnishing accessories and lamps, where the expertise gained over the years in this sector mingled with design inventions.

Amongst the numerous pieced designed there is the Ptolomeo bookshelf, for which, in 2004, he was awarded the Compasso d’Oro. In 2006, together with the very young Lapo Ciatti, who had just entered the family business, he founded Opinion Ciatti, of which Bruno Rainaldi was President, partner and art director.

He passed away prematurely in February 2011.

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Original Ptolomeo is the simple, revolutionary and innovative self standing bookcase. It is a container that hides its form to privilege its own content, it eliminates the "superfluous" to highlight the essential, or books. The price refers to the bookcase h160cm in white lacquered finish and polished stainless steel base.
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Original Ptolomeo is the simple, revolutionary and innovative self standing bookcase. It is a container that hides its form to privilege its own content, it eliminates the "superfluous" to highlight the essential, or books. The price refers to the bookcase h160cm in white lacquered finish and white lacquered steel base.
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Original Ptolomeo is the simple, revolutionary and innovative self standing bookcase. It is a container that hides its form to privilege its own content, it eliminates the "superfluous" to highlight the essential, or books. The price refers to the bookcase h160cm in black lacquered finish and polished stainless steel base.
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Original Ptolomeo is the simple, revolutionary and innovative self standing bookcase. It is a container that hides its form to privilege its own content, it eliminates the "superfluous" to highlight the essential, or books. The price refers to the bookcase h160cm in black lacquered finish and black lacquered steel base.
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Vertical stainless steel bottle holder. Base engraved with the designer’s signature. The shelves are equipped with practical non-slip elastic washable. It can contain different types of wine bottles favoring the correct conservation and natural aging. The price refers to the bottle holder h155 glossy white finish.
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Vertical stainless steel bottle holder. Base engraved with the designer’s signature. The shelves are equipped with practical non-slip elastic washable. It can contain different types of wine bottles favoring the correct conservation and natural aging. The price refers to the bottle holder h213 glossy white finish.
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It’s a ready-made design object. From the characteristic shape, it becomes a real piece of furniture that combines industrial character with refined glossy finishes. A cast nail, silver, simply infiside in the wall. Set of 4 pieces.
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Table on wheels, in hand-wrinkled aluminum with internal plywood structure and mirrored glass tabletop.