Carlo Mollino x Zanotta: 30-Design Archive Licence
The carlo mollino zanotta archive deal is now public, dated, and contractually shaped. On 15 April 2026, Italy’s Agenzia del Demanio — the state property agency that manages Carlo Mollino’s artistic heritage on behalf of the Italian State — announced the outcome of a public tender awarding Zanotta the exclusive industrial-design licence on a selected group of 30 Mollino projects, sourced from drawings held in the Fondo Carlo Mollino at the Politecnico di Torino. The licence runs through 2043. Seven of the 30 designs were already in Zanotta’s catalogue under earlier tribute editions; the other 23 have not been reissued since their original mid-century versions. The first to enter serial production is the 1950 Vertebra table, unveiled at Zanotta’s Milan flagship during Milan Design Week 2026. ...