Carlo Donati Studio is mostly focused on luxury houses, shops and resorts throughout Italy and abroad.
After working as architect consultant of Gianni Versace, Aldo Coppola and Liberty of London fashion brands, the firm is currently responsible of the artistic direction of the Slowear fashion brand, developing the new retail concept and the design of several stores and showrooms in Italy and all over the world.
Carlo Donati Studio is also the project team in charge for the new image of Colefax and Fowler and Linea più, a well-known company in the sustainable power industry, working at the project of several customer service offices.
Most of the projects have been object of interest by international press and have been published in the most renowned and influent interior design magazines and several books of architecture both in Italy and all over the world.
Carlo Donati was born in Zibello (Parma) in 1965 but he was raised, he trained and worked in Milan. In 1978 he was given the album Some Girls by the Rolling Stones: meeting Mick Jagger would change his worldview forever.
He studied architecture at the Politecnico of Milan where he graduated in 1992. He worked at the renovation of Sant’Eustorgio Cloister and of Palazzo Reale, both in Milan. From 1993 to 1995 he worked at the Gregotti Associati International firm for the implementation of the masterplan of Turin and Livorno.
In 1995 he lives in New York where, as a consultant architect of Versace Group, he renovates Gianni Versace’s townhouse and the historical Vanderbilt Mansion, the main flagship store on the Fifth Avenue. This prepared Carlo to start his own firm “Carlo Donati Studio” in 1996 when he also founded the “Farnese Contract” with Adriano Donati and Massimo Avanzini, that operates as a general contractor, working with the most successful design studios.
In 1999 he married Silvia in Las Vegas. Alessandro was born in 2005.
Slowear Shops
Slowear Shops
Milan / Rome / Verona / Treviso / Udine / Paris / London / Madrid / Zurich
Istanbul / Beirut / New York / Seoul / Tokyo / Osaka / Hong Kong / Mexico City
The new Slowear concept, designed by the studio, underlines the uniqueness and the character of the site creating homey atmospheres to let the customer feel comfortable and at ease. The layout of all retails pivots on a big central table, reminding the traditional work trestle tables, alouding the customer to touch the exposed merchandise. The wardrobes remind of the Jean Prouvé design, while the bookshelves of the Charlotte Perriand design. To counterbalance the high iconographic references, the old family wardrobes with the wallpaper on the back suggest a domestic image. The setting of a small precious lounge area with a couple of vintage armchairs, a coffee table and vintage floor lamps is peculiar and unique in every opening.
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Carlo Donati