Pendola Shelf C

Spilamberto, in the province of Modena, is home to architect and designer Fabio Bortolani, who was born in 1957 and is constantly pushing the boundaries of his craft.

He has worked with Agape, Authentics, Alessi, Calligaris, Driade, Cappellini, Teracrea, Zilio, Tonelli Lapalma, for whom he will design the Lo Sgabello Giro, and many other Italian and international brands throughout his training and travels. Following his 1991 graduation from the University of Florence's architecture program, he began a career as a designer, for which he has won numerous prestigious awards and honors around the world. In 1997, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London acquired his design for Driade, the "Segreta" mini-ladder stool.

He won the Compasso d'Oro in 2001 for his work on the "Gerba" liquid soap dispenser for Agape.