F
or over eight decades, Italian furniture
maker Molteni Group has wowed with its
fantastic interior decor and luxury lifestyle
designs. Now, the marque has opened a sumptuous
new showroom in Wan Chai’s Harbour Centre – a
grandiose event that also celebrated Molteni’s 85th
anniversary. On this special occasion, we caught up
with Andrea Molteni, third-generation scion of the
Molteni family and Director of Product Development
for Molteni&C / DADA, the group’s home and kitchen
furnishings arm.Tell us about your family’s company, the
Molteni Group.
We are a family company that’s celebrating its 85th
anniversary this year. It was started after WWII by
my grandfather, Angelo, in Brianza, the hub of luxury
Italian furniture. We began as a small woodworking
workshop, but over time, my grandfather decided
to move from crafting traditional furniture into
modern designs. He also switched to an industrial
manufacturing model. Both these decisions
really put Molteni ahead of our time. Through the
decades, we continued growing, diversifying and
gaining acquisitions, and today, we encompass the
breadth of the interior design and furniture making
industries with branches across the world.When did you decide to join the company, and
what does your current role entail?
It was a strange evolution to be involved in this
family business from an early age. I remember
spending weekends playing in the factory, and I was
always fascinated by how things worked and how
they go together. So, personally, it was a natural
progression from that to studying architecture to
joining the family business.INFO:
Molteni&C / DADA
unveils brand new
showroom in the
heart of Wan Chai
Shop 202, 2/F, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong