CRI Collection x Policroma

CRI Collection

IN THIS ISSUE:

INSPIRE & BE INSPIRED

The inception of this collection traces back to June 2024 in Chicago, when I first encountered a mesmerizing blue‑and‑purple metallic color sample from Zieta.

Looking further back, however, its origins may reach as far as 26 years ago at Vitra on Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, where Barbara and I worked together. We stayed in touch.

Fast forward to today, we are thrilled to have this special opportunity to partner on The CRI Collection x Policroma - a large scale exhibition of independent brands, each with distinctive products and stories to tell.

We hope you enjoy the show and feel inspired, as you continue to inspire us.

Ai Hamaji Vice President, Creative Services

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Welcome to CRI Hub! The Hub is a place for people and culture, design and ideas. A showroom, classroom, library, venue and studio all rolled into one, The Hub is a social interaction space for experiments and experience, exchanging ideas and building community.

Mitab Redefines contract furniture in Sweden - with a global mindset

For nearly five decades, Mitab has established itself as one of Sweden's leading brands, synonymous with quality furniture designed for public spaces. Proudly crafted in our Tranås factory in southern Sweden, we combine local craftsmanship with innovative design, ensuring our furniture not only meets but exceeds market expectations with durability and functionality.

Since the 1980s, our furniture has made its way to the US, where we have witnessed the growing appreciation for our products. Today, our primary mission is to create furniture that enhances both productivity and wellbeing. By fostering positive behaviors and experiences, we aim to craft pieces that are not only functional, but beloved by their users. We believe in empowering architects and interior designers to curate spaces where comfort and aesthetic appeal go hand in hand.

It is our pleasure to participate in CRI Vignette. Our selective curation serves to showcase a diverse range of products and capabilities. We highlight not only the extensive variety and quality of our offerings but also the customization options available to our clients. Collaborating with select

fabric suppliers, we aim to inspire creativity and demonstrate the potential for unique, tailored solutions that set Mitab apart.

Our design process is collaborative, working closely with esteemed designers from Scandinavia and beyond—countries like the US, Spain, and Germany. Each product is engineered for efficient production, prioritizing sustainability and adaptability to its intended environment. Our innovative Selected and Anycolour color programs provide architects and designers the flexibility to personalize their Mitab furniture with 200+ colors, ensuring each piece can seamlessly integrate into unique projects.

Our clients include Google, Microsoft, H&M, Volvo, Ericsson, Apple, NY Mets.

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have seen that thoughtful design can coexist harmoniously with environmental responsibility. We carry our leadership forward to effective business practices for all stakeholders.

True to our roots as pioneers in the Swedish furniture industry, we have in recent years developed a transparent business model focused on sustainability. Customers can easily see the costs associated with spare parts and renovation services, reinforcing our commitment to longterm usability. Local production is at the heart of our philosophy: over 90% of the materials and components used in our products are sourced from suppliers within a three-hour drive to

For the past two years, we have extended our sustainability initiatives by offering renovation services for products from other manufacturers. As an industry leader in circular economy practices, about 10% of our business now revolves around sustainable, circular services, and we forecast this segment to grow significantly in the next five years, solidifying our position as a key player in the marketplace. We believe this can also be a viable solution for US

BILLIANI IS AN ITALIAN COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN CRAFTING WOODEN CHAIRS FOR OVER A CENTURY.

Anatomy of a chair

“Thisisajourneythatbeginswith the solidity of wood, that reassuring fabric of the earth, that lasts like the memory and is asstrongastradition, as unequivocal as proportions andassafeascompetenceitself.

Thisisajourneythatcontinuesin the creative intensity of colour, the light that moves by analogy and pushes one’s glance into visual interpretations that give further breadth to free imaginations.

This is a journey that begins in the sign of wood and of colour, soulandvision.

Thisjourneybeginswithseating.”

Founded in 1911, Billiani is a company that believes in Made in Italy and design: its products, conceived in collaboration with both Italian and international designers, are an expression of a shared cultural heritage, as well as a family history. Billiani is located in Manzano, in the heart of a district that built its fortune on chairs, an area of small workshops and artisanal companies that carry forward a centuriesoldheritageofknowledge.

Billiani produces 100% in Italy, relying on an excellent supply chain made up of artisanal companieswithcenturies-oldhistories,whichare

each specialized in a phase of the work. Billiani’s technicians are also fundamental in keeping this productive fabric alive, which risked being lost in the wake of delocalization, which emptied the workshops and dispersed their capabilities. Each of these technicians follows the products step-by-step: a guarantee of quality but also an investment since each innovation enriches the know-how of the entire district. This is how Billiani's Made in Italy acquires a value that goes beyond the product itself and becomes an expression of a shared cultural and manufacturingheritage.

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Production flexibility and speed of response are the first characteristics demanded by the contract sector, and in this sense, the years of the great international orders have been an excellent school for Billiani. Today the contract market is much more: it is customisation, ability to run a concept through a completeseriesofproducts,attentiontodetail, robustness. Billiani’s long list of creations tells all this, in the most diverse contexts around the world, from bistros to restaurants, from hotels to workspaces, always with a style that remains recognisable despite being individually designed eachtime.

A STORY OF THREADS AND SHARED DESIGN VALUES

Inahistoricalmoment in which it is more important than ever to plan the future with foresight and attention to the community, Billiani has found in Torri Lana the ideal partner for the first fabric collection designed by the Architect Cristina Celestino: an exploration inanewanddifferent field, but similar in terms of culture, tradition and know-how – from channels that seem like roots, colours that recall nature,andthreadsthat intertwine.

Timént is inspired by the River Tagliamento, the only European river that has not been changed by humankind and still flowing in its originalbed.

Through these fabrics, Cristina Celestino wanted to reproduce, by means of textures and colours, the particularbedofintertwinedchannels ofthiswhollyuniquewatercourseand the beauty of its floodplains. Oxbows and tributaries have become, through a process of abstraction, textures to be reproduced with graphics in woollenloopsfortheGretocollection; in organic cotton and hemp for the Golenacollection.

Onaterracottaorrope-colouredwarp –andplatinum-colouredintheorganic cotton version – weft backgrounds with bouclé yarn and twisted hemp drawoutlinedareasoforganicshape. The same contrasting yarns stand out onthewarpalsothroughsinuouslines recalling the morphology of the territory. The three-dimensional structures of bouclé and hemp, playing with contrasting weaves, createaninterestingmaterialeffect. The colours are also inspired by the Tagliamentoanditsseasonalchanges: theshadesarecoldlikeiceand

eucalyptus, or warm like brick, shells, wheat,rightthroughtodarktones. This textile research finds its application in the handcrafted upholstery of the Corolla seating, where the fabrics are applied with expert savoir-faire to enhance their depth, texture and material richness, in a refined dialogue with the soft, envelopingformsofthecollection.

Corolla is a collection of lounge seating with soft and harmonious

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ZIETA STUDIOWHEN PROCESS BECOMES FORM

AtZietaStudio,wedesignfordiscovery.Weare aresearch-drivenstudioworkingacrossdesign, art,engineering,andmaterialexperimentation.

Most design narratives begin with a sketch.Oursbeginswithamethod.

We develop and control the manufacturing process itself, treating production as a creative act rather than a final step. This approach— Prozessdesign—reorders the traditional hierarchy of design. Parametersaredefined,butoutcomes arenotfixed.

AtthecoreofthisapproachisFiDU, a proprietary technology that allows us to inflate metal. Laser-cut sheets are precisely edge-welded, then expanded from within using highpressure air. In this critical moment, metalrespondsonitsownterms.

We call this a controlled loss of control: a collaboration between algorithm, air, and material intelligence.

At CRI, we present a sequence of moments—each revealing how metal transforms when process leads, and formfollows.Someobjectsappear in a deconstructed or pre-inflated state, exposing their origin as flat contours. The iconic Plopp stool standsasacondensedmanifesto of this logic: a flat profile expanded intostructure,function,andidentity.

Elsewhere, the surface becomes narrative.Thevioletandbluetonesof Rondo mirror are not applied colors but optical events—produced through experiments with pigments, polished steel, deformation, and light. As viewers move, color shifts. Reflection fractures.Meaningremainsfluid.

FiDU shifts metal from surface to volume, from potential to performance. Each piece carries visibletracesofthistransition:welded edges, controlled distortions, and inflated geometries that could not be achieved through conventional formingmethods.

OskarZięta’slong-termresearchinto ultralightnessspansconcept,process,and production.Thisphilosophyiscapturedin theof"lessisless":

The most radical expression of this research is Ultraleggera, the world’s lightest aluminum chair. Weighing just 1.66 kg (3.65 lb) yet capable of supporting over one ton, it demonstrates how FiDU enables extreme efficiency without sacrificing durabilityorcomfort.

Many of the objects presented at CRI are circular by design—not as a response to trends, but as a foundational choice. FiDU technology allows us to work with monomaterial constructions that are durable, repairable, and fully recyclable. Sustainability is not layered onto the object;itisembeddedinitsformation.

Minimal material use also extends beyond the physical. Prozessdesign reduces the need for excessive tooling, molds, and even digital storage. Optimization happens across matter,energy,andinformation.

Together,theworksatCRIarticulate a single design logic: one in which structure, material efficiency, and circularity are inseparable. FiDU enables hollow, monomaterial objects that minimize resource use while delivering high structural performance. This approach supports scalability—from compact domestic objects to large architectural and publicinstallations

Theexhibitionisnotaboutshowcasing finished answers. It is about sharing a methodology—awayofthinkingwhere designisadynamicsystemratherthan a fixed image. By dispersing objects throughoutCRI,weinvitetoencounter Zieta objects as collectible yet functional solutions within a larger spatial narrative. We invite you to engagewithmetalnotasamaterial tobecontrolled—butasapartner inshapingthefuture.

GLAMORA

The cultural and expressive medium, where art, design and material

Founded in Italy in 2010, Glamora is rooted in an authentically Italian sensibility. The brand’s vision is nourished by art, literature, nature and travel — drawing inspiration from figures such as Costantino Nivola, Maria Lai, Federico Fellini and Wim Wenders, as well as from landscapes and atmospheres that inform a refined and poetic way of conceiving space.

Each collection is developed as a visual narrative, where imagery, rhythm and materiality work together to define mood and spatial identity. Carefully selected natural materials — including European linen, African raffia, quartz and cork — are interpreted in dialogue with the concept of each collection, enhancing their tactile and expressive qualities.

Glamora conceives wallcovering not as a decorative layer, but as an architectural surface capable of shaping perception, atmosphere and experience.

Glamora approaches each project as a collaborative process, translating architectural vision into tailored surfaces that enhance the identity and atmosphere of space

For over fifteen years, Glamora has worked alongside architects, interior designers and retailers worldwide as a partner in bespoke wallcovering design. Every project is developed internally within an integrated creative and production ecosystem, where concept, design and realization evolve in close dialogue. This approach ensures stylistic coherence, precision and control throughout all phases of the process.

Glamora’s services are structured to respond to different design needs — from refined adaptations of existing subjects to

Materials & collections

Glamora’s offering is structured around distinct yet complementary collections, conceived as an open and evolving system designed for architectural and interior projects worldwide.

You are the very first audience to view our Creative Collection: Chapter XVI in person. A visual journey of thirty-six wallcoverings, where tactile art, suspended nature and graphic experimentation meet in a contemporary balance. The collection moves through four expressive realms: Tropical Monotype, transforming botanical impressions into layered silhouettes with a strong material presence; Mineral Memories, where pigments and textures convey an essential, almost geological depth; Fairy-tale Landscapes, a contemporary re-reading of 19th-century decorative prints and Italian heritage; and Soft Romanticism, shaped by transparencies, delicate details and rarefied atmospheres. Four different viewpoints, one idea of the wall as narrative.

We are grateful to CRI for hosting this exhibition and for fostering a design culture rooted in openness, care and sensitivity. Spaces that invite calm, connection and a sense of ease have a profound impact on the way we live and experience the world.

Sharing our work and vision of interior design products within the California design community — where material warmth, thoughtful restraint and human-centered design are deeply valued — is both meaningful and inspiring.

Creative Collection represents the brand’s most extensive and dynamic body of work. Continuously evolving, it explores a wide range of visual languages — from figurative to abstract, from landscape-inspired compositions to graphic and illustrative interpretations — offering designers a flexible platform for projects of different scale and destination. This extensive collection is available on our most popular substrates: non-woven cellulose, textured vinyl and a Type 2 version for hospitality uses.

Special Editions are thematic collections developed around a precise aesthetic, application and material research. Inspired by natural materials such as linen, quartz and raffia, they emphasize texture, tactility and sensorial depth, giving rise to surfaces that interact subtly with light and space. Special Editions include innovations in waterproof wallcovering materials, organic and fully plant-based wallcoverings and special wellness-focused applied finishes designed to improve indoor air quality.

Atelier brings together Glamora’s most refined proposals, characterized by a strong artistic and artisanal component. Free from trends and constraints, these collections explore wallcovering as a rare and personal form of expression.

Together, the collections reflect Glamora’s vision of surface design as a balance between creative freedom, material intelligence and architectural sensitivity.

Where Italian craftsmanship & excellence meets design

Ferroluce, renowned for its Italian craftsmanship in decorative ceramic lighting will present its iconic RETRò and DECò Collection to the California marke

Founded in 1982, Ferroluce is an Italian lighting brandrootedinartisanalcraftsmanshipandadeep passion for ceramics. The company seamlessly blends tradition with innovation, creating decorative lighting that feels both authentic and contemporary. Ceramic lies at the heart of Ferroluce’s identity—a noble, sustainable material shapedbyhandandbroughttolifethroughcolor.

Eachcollectionembodiesthebrand’scorevaluesof quality, emotion, and timeless design, expressing Ferroluce’sdistinctiveabilitytoreinterpretheritage for modern interiors. While continually evolving, Ferroluce remains true to its Italian roots, creating lighting that brings warmth, character, and personality into contemporary spaces. From creative work spaces to hospitality projects and residentialenvironments,everylampisdesignedto sparkemotionatfirstglance.

Ferrouce practices Slow Manufacturing, which focuses on quality, craftsmanship, sustainability, and local production instead of the fast pace and high volume of fast fashion. This approach

RETRò Collection

DECò Collection

Decò Collection offers a bolder expression, combining refined geometry, vibrant color palettes, and a distinctly decorative design. Together, they showcase Ferroluce’s ability to reinterpret heritage

Created to celebrate the authenticity and strength of industrial design, Retro reinterprets an aesthetic born between the 1920s and 1970s through a contemporarylens.

Industrial is inspired by historic manufacturingenvironments,itrecalls essential forms such as reactors, protective cages, and spotlights, reimagined in ceramic — a noble and unexpected material for this style.

Metal structures, rod details, enamel finishes, and Corten accents give the collection a solid, tactile, vintage character. Designed to illuminate shared moments and creative spaces, Retro brings timeless industrial vibes intowarm,refinedinteriors.

Grunge collectionoffixturescombines metal and ceramic with distressed effectsforanauthentichistoricfeel.

RETRO is a collection designed as a formidable complememttoindustrial, vintage,orminimaliststyle.

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Celebrating a decade of luxury furniture.

Since 1961 the Ghidini family has shared their fine artisinal metal craftsmanship with the world, producing stunning bespoke architectural elements, lighting fixtures,andsmalldetailsrangingfrom classicalto contemporaryandmodern in styling. Over the decades, as their Ghidini’s deep roots in fine metal work has guided them to create a beautiful array of decorative objects, mirrors, accessories and stunning light fixtures. Collectibles designed by Italian masters like Andrea Branzi and Stefano Giovannoni to sleek or even cheeky items designed by Nika Zupanc and Richard Hutten, Ghidini proudly presented this collection of objects as a precursor to their stunning furniturecollectionsunderthelabelofGhidini1961. Since the furniture collection’s inception, you will almost always find an element of beautiful metal detailadorninga Leisure Sofa by Lorenza Bozzoli or

or providing stunning framework for an entire collection such as Frame by Stefano Giovannoni or the Tasca Sofa picturedabove.

Ghidini1961's collections now include a wide array of upholstered goods such as sofas, modular systems, armchairs, dining chairs and benches. A true Italian design company must also produce gorgeous tables in stone and fine wood finishing. Every table needs a beautiful credenza or bar cabinet, of course, so you can see an interesting collection of storage systems offeredbyGhidini1961aswell.

Exceptional furnishings demand meticulous attention to design, construction, materials, and adaptability. The Ghidini family recognizes that discerning designers and clients seek bespoke selections that realize their unique vision. From its inception, Ghidini1961 has championed a commitment to superior craftsmanship, unwavering attention to detail, and a vital yet often overlooked aspect of luxury furniture: prompt delivery. Understanding that an eager client yearns for their exquisite furnishings, Ghidini1961 proudly offers standardgoodswithanimpressive8-weekleadtime.

specifically suited for American audiences. My role as agent, advisor, and brand manager ensures seamless operations and clear communications, allowing us to navigate the complexities of the market and meet the demands of our projects.

In this exhibition we wish to

inspire our audience with a diverse range of ideas, from the whimsical to the ultra-functional offer an immersive experience with each participating brand, highlighting raw materials, inspirations and a focus on how things are made showcase innovative and alternative products that are available to you now, to enrich your current and future projects induce extreme amounts of inspiration and JOY!

I am incredibly grateful to CRI for acknowledging Policroma’s vision with an invitation to showcase our shared passion for new and different design ideas.

THANK YOU, dear designer, dear clients, dear friends - for attending this exhibition. We invite you to explore the transformative potential of our brands for your next project. Together, let's design the extraordinary.

Barbara Hass Founder, Policroma barbara@poli-croma.com https://www.poli-croma.com

We aim to introduce excellent, independently owned brands that possess the qualities that can redefine a design project.

Our portfolio showcases a selection of manufacturers and products that exhibit qualities and characteristics that you don’t see every day. Teams of artists at Glamora are guided by their mission to aesthetically transform spaces. Mitab and Billiani are both focused on designing and manufacturing to the highest sustainability and performance quality possible, while also offering customers an enormous range of color and finish to enliven their projects. Ghidini1961 highly values the history of Italian modernity, which guides their production of heirloom quality furnishings. Ferroluce is passionate about slow-manufacturing of their colorful, (HAPPY!) collection of lighting. Zieta Studio’s team is curious beyond measure, always experimenting and pushing their design muscle as far as possible. Put them together, and you can create a deeply emotional response to

Each brand we represent is independently-owned and passionately committed to their own unique craft and area of expertise. Every piece tells a story of dedication and legacy. Our European brand partners exhibited at CRI inherently prioritize sustainable business practices as a way of life. Local sourcing of materials, collaborations within established manufacturing districts, responsible production and effective delivery policies align well with the needs of our global clients.

Our brand package caters to a variety of environments and across various sectors. From innovative public spaces such as museums to dynamic workplace interiors, dining, entertainment and hospitality venues, multifamily luxury residences, and even bespoke yacht designs, we cover a lot of territory. We are

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"The details are not the details. They make the design." Charles Eames

Tom DiRenzo, Senior A&D Director

Every designer knows that the power of great design goes far beyond just the functionality of tables and chairs. It is that myriad of details, sometimes in the most unexpected places, that make an environment that proudly states “this is me.”

CRI started as a resource for the design community. With us, the designer’s dream of what a space might be could expand and bloom to make a perfect statement about the client’s culture, branding, and forward looking face to the outside world.

Hence, we want to keep bringing you a wide range of potential design elements and then help you put it all together. We want you to consider the options whether in-stock or custom. And at times, interject the unexpected that may elicit a range of reactions from awe to something as simple as a smile. And know that in the end, it is fully your design, your vision and your interpretation of the design challenge.

Toward that end, CRI truly remains your partner in design.

CRI CROSSWORD | WEDNESDAY EDITION

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3. The length of time you can drive to access Mitab's suppliers

5. How many people have seen the Glamora collection in person (before you)

6. One of the tenants of Slow Manufacturing

9. A type of painting or photograph that inspired Glamora's expansive images

10. Another word for the Sleek Ghidini Design

12. The art that inspired the lighting of Ferroluce

14. According to Billiani where the Journey Begins

15. Not just a fruit but a driving vision of Barbara's work

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1. A fruit that is the mascot of Barbara's work

2. A word twice making up a Ferroluce Pendant name

4. The Familial Relationship of the Faces behind Ghidini

7. The team that Mitab really knocked out of the park with their designs

8. Can you lift a UltraLeggera with only this appendage?

11. The design category softened through Zieta's lens

13. The Town You Will Find Billiani