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It was 2001 when Fabio Novembre presented at the Sa-
lone del Mobile in Milan - the most important trade fair
dedicated to the world of living and furniture - one of its
most famous prestige numbers: the Org table byCappel-
lini, a table with 175 polypropylene rope mobile legs of
which only four rigid with a steel core. A successful illusion
because, November said, design must amaze, like magic.
And he always did it with magic. Starting from the f rst
boutique that the fashion designer Anna Molinari commis-
sioned him in the 1990s in Hong Kong, and that saw him
impose himself in the architecture so much to be called
for the design of shops, showrooms, hotels, restaurants,
both in Italy and abroad. But it is in the design that Fabio
Novembre, born in Lecce in 1966, unleashes his magic
wand, creating furniture capable of surprise people. So-
fas that wind like a DNA helix, carpets that make labyrinth
games and a name, his name, which link him to famous
brands in the industry, from Cappellini to Driade and Fla-
minia. He himself in the press conference of new presenta-
tion said: “Expect the f reworks”. And then we just have to
wait to see what is able to extract from the cylinder.

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