Marble-look surfaces top 3D-printed plastic bases in Elli’s furniture collection

Elli is a design brand with a strong belief that it is possible to create long-lasting pieces of furniture with Italian excellence, without harming our planet

Elli Design challenges the future with avant-garde shapes and contemporary innovative designs, using the most revolutionary technology that blends with a wide network of highly passionate artisans.

It is only through the union of crafts with technology that we can provide solutions for a better planet. Elli uses “the past” as a motor power towards innovation, to create with enthusiasm products with a soul and a strong identity.

Elli challenges the future with avant-garde shapes and contemporary innovative designs, using the most revolutionary technology – Images Courtesy of Elli Design

Manufacturing & Sustainability

Innovative & sustainable manufacturing is part of the DNA of Elli’s creative process. Their challenge is to reshape the current design procedure, combining Italian tradition and excellence, with innovative and sustainable technology.

Through a network of professional artisans and innovative methods, Elli supports circular manufacturing: by using Caracol‘s 3D printing technology each piece of furniture produced can be recycled and transformed into a material to produce something new.

Furthermore, the production process used allows to manufacture of objects according to a zero-waste logic and in full compliance with the circular economy rules. By virtuously exploiting the incredible properties of plastic, Elli products are in turn 100% recyclable once they reach the end of their life cycle.

Packaging

According to Elli’s philosophy, the brand proposes reusable packaging for its products made with FSC wood, no plastic such as bubble wrap and polystyrene are used. Elli’s wooden packaging can be reused as a container, storage unit or even urban garden.

Elli Furniture - manufacturing — The manufacturing process of Elli is developed in collaboration with the additive manufacturing company Caracol – Images Courtesy of Elli Design

Soho Table

This table is composed of a central leg characterized by an organic and slender shape, built using a 3D process. The material used for this piece is glossy white PLA (polylactic acid), which is a bioplastic obtained from corn and wheat. The top that makes up the table, has a round shape and it’s available in two versions: ceramic or fenix.

Soho chair

The Soho chair symbolically represents all the values of the Elli brand. Clean lines, aesthetic references to the historicity of Italian design but with an innovative vocation expressed by the material language and the production process chosen.

The seat is made using robotic 3D printing technology in polypropylene with glass microfibers, a resistant and durable material with a soft and velvety perception, coming from 100% recycled sources.

Elli Furniture - Soho chair — The Soho chair symbolically represents all the values of the Elli brand with its clean lines and aesthetic which are references to the historicity of Italian design – Images Courtesy of Elli Design

Bryant

The design of Bryant side table is characterized by a twist that makes it look almost like a fabric. The material of the structure is PP (polypropylene) in opaque black color coming from recycled sources.

With its top is available in two material versions, ceramic or fenix, Bryant Coffe table connects the ancient artisanal expertise with the most avant-guard manufacturing technologies.

The design of Bryant side table is characterized by a twist that makes it look almost like a fabric – Images Courtesy of Elli Design

Achille

The design of this coffee table pays tribute to the exceptional Italian designer Achille Castiglioni. The base is made of canaleatto walnut and has sumptuous shapes with a single tapered leg inserted in a diagonally cut globe.