The true world leader in leather and coach-hide innovation and design, Matteograssi was founded in 1880 in the Como district near Milan, and is still owned by the original Grassi Family.

The company has commissioned leading, award-winning, world-class designers, such as:
» Rodolfo Dordoni
» Piero Lissoni
» Eoos
» Jean Nouvel
» Franco Poli
» Gordon Guillaumier

Matteograssi has transformed the way leather and coach-hide is applied to furniture – the company has become a design icon for prestige indoor furnishing projects.

Matteograssi exhibits each year at the famous Venice Biennale International Art Expo. The company’s Kube folding theatre seating, designed by Eoos, won the 2004 Compasso D’Oro.

Source: Architects Handbook 2008/09