1979
Alias’ story began in
1979 with Giandomenico
Belotti’s spaghetti chair,
a chair which was one of
Alias’ first creations to
become part of the MoMA
collection in New York.
spaghetti
1982
Archetypal shapes
in architectural
geometry inspire
seconda chair
designed by the
great contemporary
architect from the
Ticino, Mario Botta.
1983
Alias goes
outdoors with its
green collection
by Giandomenico
Belotti.
1987
Research and
experimentation define
the light light carbon fibre
chair by Alberto Meda.
1991
Aesthetic and functional
qualities come into play with
the young lady swivel chair by
Paolo Rizzatto.
1993
The main purpose of the atlas collection by
Jasper Morrison is based on one single concept
of legs in conic stove enamelle steel.
1994
Alberto Meda developed the frame chair,
with a structure in extruded aluminium
and die casting elements, and PVC
covered polyester mesh seat.
frame
1996
The poetics of lightness find expression
in Riccardo Blumer’s laleggera chair, winner
of the “Compasso d’Oro ADI” price in 1998.
2000
The new millennium opened with
flexus by Paolo Rizzato, a brand
new form of upholstery, in which
the holes in the back lighten our
perception of its dimensions.
2001
The partnership with Alberto Meda had a new,
significant impulse, with the development
of the rollingframe.
frame
2003
Segesta by Alfredo
Haberli joins the
alias collection
thanks to its
transparent yet
assertive shape.
segesta
2004
Perfect for any interior or building, whether
public or private, the tables of the frame
collection feature essential design and
great formal lightness.
frametable
2006
Alberto Meda designs the setes bench
characterized by a tactile and formal spirit.
2007
Extension of the outdoor range with the open system by James Irvine.
2007
Collection of sofas and armchair with dehors by Michele De Lucchi.
2009
Alias extended its range of tables with the biplane collection by
Alberto Meda.
2009
Furthermore the research of new design for chairs continues with the office chair norma by Michele De Lucchi.
2009
The Mediterranean Seas - Love Difference chairs,
a project by Alias and Michelangelo Pistoletto in collaboration with Juan
E.Sandoval and Cittadellarte -Fondazione Pistoletto. 248 chairs from laleggera
collection compose six different seas, as a symbol of integration between
different cultures.
2011
Alias revisits a key archive project by Pio Manzu,
the brilliant protagonist of Italian automobile
design during the sixties.
2011
The direct and concise language of Jasper Morrison
is applied to the spaghetti chair. Jasper Morrison
offers his own original reinterpretation of this Alias
icon with tagliatelle.
2011
Upholstered products enter the Alias world with a technological spirit in keeping with the personality of the brand, with eleven system designed by PearsonLloyd.
2011
Alias wins the Compasso d’Oro ADI
for its teak table by Alberto Meda.
2012
With aline by Dante Bounuccelli
the bookcase becomes an
authentic architectural element,
in its simplicity and severity,
endowed with the capacity to
organize the living space.
2012
Eugeni Quitllet loves exploring the
very essence of objects. Revealing
the inner soul in an unusual and
intense vision. This is certainly the
case with elle chair, elegant and
comfortable.
elle
2012
Inspired by the tradition of iron wire chairs,
Kobi by Patrick Norguet coming up with an
elegant and light-weight structure, highly
contemporary suspended architecture.
kobi
2014
Wood is the leitmotif of kayak,
a chair developed by means
of traditional technologies
to create a project of great
elegance and comfort.
kayak
2014
The collection of chairs and side table tabu
designed by Eugeni Quitllet reinterprets the handcrafted
tradition.
2015
The President of Alias, Beat Zaugg along with the
Architect Renato Stauffacher, Alias Managing
Director since 1993, and the architect Andrea
Sanguineti, Brand Manager of the company, are in
charge of the development of the historical design
brand made in Italy.
2015
With its masterful combination of different
materials and production techniques, wood, plastic
and aluminium, Nendo has put his signature to the
twig chair project for Alias.
2015
Gabriele and Oscar Buratti portray the table for Alias with a
central leg, with saen, a table with an concrete imposing base.
Its fluid, continuous and soft design sees this table turned into
a slender, willowy stem, creating a powerful contrast of shapes.
2016
The refined touch
of Ron Gilad enters
the Alias collection,
for which the Israeli
designer has developed
the tavolo zero table
system.
2016
At Salone del Mobile 2016,the star role was entrusted to the Gran Kobi armchair and pouf by Patrick Norguet, characterised by the structure made of steel wire mesh.
gran kobi
2016
The eleven sofa collection designed by PearsonLloyd is seeing an extension thanks to a new version which naturally completes the collection. The new high back version features side and rear panels fixed to the legs to create a protected area for privacy, ideal for working areas.
eleven high back
2016
Finely drawn and sleek lines, slender profiles and upholstering with soft extended edges which, on the back and lower elements, link up with the backrest presented in various materials: these are the characterizing elements of the entire slim collection, designed by PearsonLloyd.
slim
2016
TEC is a modular table featuring slender legs in die-cast aluminium connected onto an extruded aluminium structure set back relative to the edge of the table top to achive an interesting visual effect as the top seems to be floating in the air.
2016
Through the collaboration with the Japanese studio Nendo emerges okome, the upholstered furniture system.
A family of seats and backs characterised by wide angles, soft, rounded and natural forms that recall the natural shapes of pebbles smoothed by water.
2017
The design poetics of Sou Fujimoto, one of the main designers in contemporary architecture, meet the technological lightness of Alias, for which he creates bookchair, a bookcase for the home characterised by a fresh, innovative approach.
2017
From a joint project with Nendo firm comes flow bowl, a system of coffee tables and furniture complements.
Fluid and enigmatic, top and container achieve a fusion of form and function.
2018
Manzu table, designed by Pio Manzu, reflects the ability of the historic Italian-made design brand to select from the past an object having great innovative potential and transferring it into today’s world with a few touches that make it extremely current.
2018
New lady designed by Paolo Rizzatto is the original interpretation by Alias of present-day seats for domestic use.
2018
Alias introduces vina, the padded furniture system styled by Patrick Norguet. The aim pursued by the French designer is to simplify the traditional notion of sofa, which often relies on a complex series of steps, using foam and fabric components.
2018
AluZen. A snug furnishing solution designed for thinking, reflecting and meditating. An authentic project signed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba design firm for Alias, which puts people at the centre of its research and becomes a proper island on which to enjoy moments of relaxation.
2018
From the surprising organic form of layout, designed for Alias by Michele De Lucchi, comes the secretaire,a new project that provides for unprecedented ease of use.
2018
British designer Simon Pengelly joins the Alias team with landscape, a highly flexible and functional furniture system for the office that blends harmoniously into the working environment while ensuring maximum versatility of use.
2018
Essential and ergonomically designed, slim chair by PearsonLloyd interprets most effectively the theme of the quintessential contemporary seat.
slim
2019
The ancient craft of origami, the art that transforms paper into a variety of shapes by folding and sculpting it, provided the inspiration for time, the armchair designed by Alfredo Haberli for Alias. The basic principle of this project, in fact, is the transformation of a simple two-dimensional sheet into a three-dimensional shell.
2019
Atelier Oi joins the team of Alias designers with their sofa e la nave va. The journey of search and the constructivist approach of the Swiss designers goes well with the DNA of Alias, a company that has always given priority to construction principles over formal design requirements.
2019
The combination of craftsmanship and technology embodies the vision of Alias, which Michele De Lucchi interprets masterfully, through the project trigono sofa.