Before setting foot into Kartell's 'Museo', in Noviglio, just outside of Milan, I'd assumed that the brand's archive would be the par for the course for this sort of thing — one room with a timeline of the business printed onto a wall, a few of its most iconic furniture designs on plinths. A brief introduction.
Instead, I found myself in a lofty space across several floors — a warren of paths that guides you from its starting point (once solely a manufacturer of ski straps for cars) to some of its most noteworthy contemporary projects — a collaboration for the 2023 Barbie film was a particularly engaging display.
