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Cara e Davide Shelves

Italian

Italian design studio Cara e Davide is known internationally for its well-made tables, chairs and storage cabinets. The brand’s sculptural furnishings, which feature sleek curving forms and architectural columns that are attention-grabbing in any space, owe to ongoing research in regional materials, processes and experimentation with various techniques.

Cara e Davide comes from the names of the studio's founding designers, South African artist Cara Judd and Italian artist Davide Gramatica. They met while they were attending IED Milano, studying product design. 

After graduating in 2011, Judd and Gramatica began their professional design careers separately — they explored various areas that included apprenticeships at ateliers and workshops and working with both small studios as well as large-scale companies. Five years later, the two decided to merge their talents and established the Cara e Davide studio in Milan. That same year, they exhibited their first furniture collection at the Salone del Mobile, garnering acclaim among critics and private clients. The studio unveiled a second collection at the London Design Fair.

Cara e Davide specializes in designing contemporary furniture — they’ve created bold pieces by working with wood-based filament printing technologies, Rosso Levanto marble, aluminum and more. The studio’s offerings are frequently produced in collaboration with artisans from South Africa and Italy. The brand has partnered with a range of manufacturers, art spaces and retailers to create these works, including Rinascente, Medulum, Portego, Uniqka, Aybar Gallery and Galerie Philia. When Judd and Gramatica are not in their studio, they’re teaching product design at IED Milan.

On 1stDibs, discover a range of Cara e Davide tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets.

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Creator: Cara e Davide
Mobili Sintetici bench, in veneered plywood, by Cara\Davide for Medulum
By Cara e Davide
Located in Meolo, Venezia
The basics of carpentry involve the mechanical and manual processing of wood, commonly in board-format where the most simple and fundamental processes are straight and inclined s...
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2010s Italian Modern Cara e Davide Shelves

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Plywood

Carabottino cabinet, in canaletto walnut, by Cara Davide for Medulum
By Cara e Davide
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Carabottino is a collection made of a clever play of textures and transparencies, that makes these objects the centerpiece of any environment. A storage unit, a mirror or a table that establishes a dialogue between inside and outside. A wooden grating in a two-dimensional form traditionally made with wooden slats, carabottino is considered to be an accessory element of relative importance, similar to window and door...
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2010s Italian Modern Cara e Davide Shelves

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Wood, Walnut

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Cara E Davide shelves for sale on 1stDibs.

Cara e Davide shelves are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Cara e Davide shelves, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original shelves by Cara e Davide were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider shelves by FIAM, Glas Italia, and Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri. Prices for Cara e Davide shelves can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,437 and can go as high as $7,511, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,974.

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