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Cattelan Italia: the names designers drop — Spyder, Skorpio, Piuma
Some furniture is specified by category; Cattelan Italia gets specified by name. Spyder, Skorpio Keramik, Piuma, Dylan: tables and living pieces whose sculptural bases and material tops — marble, crystal, ceramic, hand-brushed lacquers — have made the Vicenza house a reference in over 140 countries. The company is family-run since 1979, founder Giorgio Cattelan's creed («beauty, to me, is above all function») now carried by son Paolo, at the helm since 2014, with a Milan flagship on Via Larga since 2013.
La Mercanti specifies Cattelan Italia where offices want presence: boardroom tables, executive lounges, reception pieces that clients remember.
FAQ
What makes a Cattelan Italia table recognisable?
The base. Pieces like Spyder treat the structure as sculpture — steel, marble or wood worked into forms you notice before the top. It is why the brand's names circulate among designers rather than just its categories.
Do the tables work as boardroom tables?
Very well: large-format tops in ceramic or crystal seat a full meeting, and the sculptural base gives the room its statement — a boardroom that photographs like a lobby.
How to give a meeting room a centrepiece
Five decisions that turn a functional room into a memorable one.
Let one piece lead
Choose the table first; everything else supports it.
Size the top generously
Undersized statement tables read as compromise.
Pick the top by duty
Ceramic shrugs off daily use; crystal and marble command quieter rooms.
Keep chairs deferential
Refined seating that lets the base stay the protagonist.
Plan the route in
Check lifts and door swings before committing to a monolithic top.