ALBORE: THE LIGHT OF A NEW DAY
'Albore' literally means 'the first light of a dawn'. It’s an Italian name for an initiative that’s Italian in its body and soul. We had chosen this name because it conveys a concept as clear as the start of a new day.
ALBORE’S MISSION
Making the difference to be different
The environmental impact of the traditional production chain is no longer bearable by our planet. The immense warehouses full of products that remain unsold, is a problem that couples with the approximately 14 tons of CO2 caused by the entire production chain due to the numerous process steps spread out between them.
WITH ALBORE START A NEW DAY
ALTERNATIVE CHOICE
We at Albore want to start writing a new story, a new day, proving that it is possible to improve, by presenting our sustainable design, made simply differently... sustainable indeed!
FROM INSPIRATION TO LIGHT
ALBORE'S PROCESS
We make each of our lamps from initial inspirational sketching, through 3D modelation and the rapid prototyping, to final production on demand with the finishing and the final assembly.
LESS GLUES IS BETTER
3D PRINTED THREADS & JOINTS
The parts of each of our lamps are assembled by means of joints and threads specially designed for each project to avoid the use of glues and to allow easy assembly and disassembly.
MORE THAN LAMPS
GET INSPIRED
Albore's lamps tell their own story. When designing, one of our greatest challenges is to give a language to each of our creations.
Form and function entwine in the tale that starts with an initial inspiration and it is transformed into an essential design that creates a strong physical and emotional interaction.
ALBORE'S FUNDERS & DESIGNERS
WHO ARE
We first encountered the 3D Print during our undergraduate studies, and we were immediately fascinated by its endless formal possibilities.
So soon after we graduated, we shifted our focus to the possibilities that 3D printing provided instead at the production level, and we began to collaborate closely with an our ex colleague Andrè Zhu, creating our first studio ‘ ZM Design Lab’.
This initial experience allowed us to launch the first product, and to improve the entire production process, leading us to want to create a true sustainable design brand, through which we want to present a different production method in alternative way.
Then was born 'Albore design'. From an idea of Jacopo Mandarino (on top) and Mirko Maletta (on bottom).
FROM "ZM DESIGN LAB" TO "ALBORE DESIGN"
The 'Puddy' lamp is the first design product born from a university thesis. We launched it on 'Kickstarter' after finishing the studies with our first collaboration studio 'ZM Design Lab'. Find it in our shop!