Schiffini Information

Schiffini is known world wide for its timeless designer kitchen collections, distinguished for their quality, innovation and refined elegance. It is a historic brand of excellence in Italian industry. Already, towards the end of the 1940s, with their specialisation in kitchen furnishings, Schiffini became the first to offer kitchens made with modular components produced on an industrial scale, anticipating changes in the social framework that would ten years later lead to the birth of Italian Design. In the 1960s they were among the few companies that were sensitive to the first stirrings of industrial design and put their entrepreneurial know-how at the disposal of designers exploring new models of creativity, thus giving birth to Italian Design, a true cultural movement resulting from the fusion of industrial production and design. Schiffini's association with Vico Magistretti, one of the Masters of Italian Design, proved vital during this period. This long history has produced many prestigious collections, each distinguished for their construction, materials, dimensions, function and innovative solutions, and all with a common thread of research into new functional concepts and special attention to life styles. In fact, "Concept Design" has always characterised Schiffini kitchens, as a conscious decision to not follow passing trends and styles. Another distinctive feature of many of the company's collections is the extremely close relationship between product and territory, Ligury, with which the company name has always been linked and to which Schiffini has wanted to pay tribute through its collections. The typical values of this Mediterranean environment, its colours, people and local tradition have suggested names and inspired shapes, materials and design solutions, producing kitchens that remain extremely modern even years after their conception.