ITALY

THE MILLENNIAL

BLOG - 9.06.17

«Sono attratta dagli oggetti vecchi, un po’ malconci ma che racchiudono bellezza. È una bellezza nascosta sotto la polvere. Mi piacciono le stesse caratteristiche anche negli gli esseri umani. In fondo abbiamo la libertà di scegliere a cosa dare valore. Possiamo decidere dove e cosa osservare. A cosa dedicare tempo. Per me quei vecchi oggetti rappresentano il tempo di qualcuno, l’attenzione di qualcuno e ne sono la fotografia».

CINA

360° DESIGN

MAGAZINE FEBBRAIO 2017

 

NEW YORK

INDOOR C IN NEW YORK

POLICE BUILDING - NOLITA NY

 

WORLDWIDE

SUPER-MODIFIED

BEHANCE BOOK 2015

UK

UPCYCLIST

BOOK 2015

   

KOREA

WOODPLANET

MAGAZINE MARCH 2015

  

UK

WAREHOUSE HOME

MAGAZINE 1-1-15

  

ITALY

D REPUBBLICA

BLOG - 25.11.14

"Un atelier che sembra uscito dalla penna di Roald Dahl"

MANOTECA - MILAN DESIGN WEEK

INSTALLATION MAG

WEB MAGAZINE 8.4.2014

Such a fairytale installation!

 

NEW YORK

CORE 77

BLOG - 2.4.2014

"A few years ago, I saw a picture of a desk that captured my eye"

I can't remember exactly where I saw it. I just remember not being able to stop thinking about it.

YELLOWSTONE CLUB - MONTANA

NOEL IN VEGAS AT LOWER FOXTAIL

LC2 DESIGN -LAS VEGAS

                         

NEW YORK

INHABITAT

BLOG - 26.09.2013

"Designs like Box sir are simultaneously playful, useful, and stunning works of art"

Recently, the fantastic design team at Manoteca launched Box sir, their latest collection of beautifully restored wooden designs. In addition to being stunning pieces of furniture, they are cool to boot!

ITALY

WIDE

BLOG - 11.06.2013

“It represent a bright star in the Italian design”

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m glad to present you an awesome, original, astonishing piece of design and, trust me,  I’m extremely proud to say it’s absolutely one hundred percent hand made in Italy. It represent a bright star in the Italian design. It’s all made from recycled objects and treated with natural paint, and if you are the lucky possessor of this table, it means you are the only one in the whole world who has this beauty. Because of its originality, every object carved, soldered or painted in the little stones house of Manoteca (Bologna, Italy) is a unique piece.

 

GERMANY

SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

N°5 1.02.2013

 

CHINA

DESIGN MAGAZINE

N°12 DECEMBER 2012 ISSUE

  

HONG KONG

ARTPOWER INTERNATIONAL

SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSUE

"The charm of abandonment"

NYC

FANCY

THE NEW YORK-BASED E-COMMERCE

33.500 like for Indoor table

9200 like for Olmo

CHINA

LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

AUGUST 2012 ISSUE

 

KOREA

MARU

N°126 AUGUST 2012 ISSUE

 

AUSTRALIA

BIRD CAGE DESIGN

BLOG - 15.08.2012

“all have a magical quirkiness that sets them apart from other things I have seen, making them effectively a functional piece of art”

Elisa has made tables, chairs, mirrors and light stands which all have a magical quirkiness that sets them apart from other things I have seen, making them effectively a functional piece of art.

GREECE

YATZER

BLOG - 12.06.2012

“Every object has a story to tell and part of that story always involves someone”

Every object has a story to tell and part of that story always involves someone. This 'story telling' is the foundation for the collection of objects from Manoteca. Capturing old, discarded objects and turning them into something new to be appreciated, Manoteca hopes that the object’s new owner will think about the life the object once lived and the stories it invariably told. Often paired with recycled materials, the designers reinvent old objects into one-off designs that are completely handmade and only painted when necessary.  Hailing from Bologna, Italy, Manoteca re-creates objects in a little house located in a park.  The end result provides a consistent theme that emulates the age when the objects’ story began

SPAIN

EL MUNDO MAGAZINE

N° 655 15.4.2012

   

MIDDLE EAST

LUXURY MAGAZINE

1.04.2012

  

FRANCE

PLAISIR DE VIVRE

1.03.2012

 

GREECE

THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST

BLOG - 26.02.2012

“Once again in Italians we trust”

Once again in Italians we trust. For their unique inspiration, design and their powerful aesthetics that translate into objects that captures the eye of the collector.

 

CHINA

MODERN DECORATION HOME

FEBRUARY 2012 ISSUE

 

UK

ICON MAGAZINE

N°103 1.01.2012

    

CHINA

SURFACE MAGAZINE

20.12.2011

  

TAIWAN

PPAPER MAGAZINE

N° 116 5.12.2011

 

NYC

INHABITAT

BLOG - 15.11.2011

“manoteca’s stunning tables are functional works of art”

Manoteca’s stunning tables are functional works of art, constructed entirely from abandoned wood doors. Each aged and worn door is reinvented and assembled along with other recycled objects and materials to create beautiful and original pieces. The Italy-based design company uses only natural paints, and the door’s former parts are re-integrated in different sections to create additions that open outwards to reveal storage pockets and more.

GERMANY

IGNANT

BLOG - 8.11.2011

“Die italienischen Möbeldesigner haben sich zur Aufgabe gestellt gebrauchte”

Eine alte Haustüre und vier Stahlbeine – fertig ist der multifunktionale Tisch aus dem Haus Manoteca. Die italienischen Möbeldesigner haben sich zur Aufgabe gestellt gebrauchte, antike Dinge neu zu interpretieren. Mit Hilfe von recycelten Materialien bekommen diese dann eine neue Bestimmung. Die ehemalige Eingangstüre ist heute gleichzeitig Ess- oder Schreibtisch. Wer eher letzteres bevorzugt wird sich darüber freuen, dass auf der Innentürseite unbehandelte Ledertaschen zum Vorschein kommen in denen sich allerhand verstauen lässt.
 

FRANCE

SAUVAGE MODERNE

BLOG - 7.11.2012

“c'est un geste d'amour sentimental et esthétique envers les objets”

Une simple porte, sciée en deux, devenue bureau pliant, assortie de poches de rangement, d'une lampe: est-ce encore une porte, qui ouvre sur quelque chose, ou déjà - et seulement - un meuble de bureau intelligent? Évidemment, on penche du côté métaphorique de la porte, tellement plus poétique! Les objets, tous uniques, tous sauvés d'un destin d'oubli, des charpentiers poètes de Manoteca, un atelier de Bologne, Italie, cherchent à dépasser leur seule utilité. Ce bureau ingénieux qui pourrait être celui du baron perché d'Italo Svevo n'est pas seulement une idée brillante à répéter : c'est un geste d'amour sentimental et esthétique envers les objets.

NYC

TRENDLAND

BLOG - 3-11-2011

“The dual functionality of this product is just genius”

How brilliant is this vintage door transformed into a table or work station? The dual functionality of this product is just genius. Manoteca mounted this door on a steel frame and hinged one side of it and added raw hide pockets to store tools when open.

CANADA

THE HIP SUBSCRIPTION

BLOG - 2.11.2011

“is devastatingly beautiful”

Having the words Italian, one-off and handmade in the same sentence are never usually synonymous with affordability, and to be honest, we don't really have any idea the MSRP of the following items, and because we could not find any pricing info on them we'll have to assume they are expensive. However, that does not mean you can't appreciate and desire them, after all, everybody loves a Ferrari despite few ever getting the opportunity to own one.

NYC

CORE 77

BLOG - 2.11.2011

"both artful and sturdy-looking"

Manoteca is a line of one-off furniture from a Bologna, Italy-based designer known only as Elisa. Her collection of repurposed found objects, left in their original conditions as closely as possible, is both artful and sturdy-looking.