1950. A new story never begins from zero - its roots always stretch far back and it starts to take shape even before the story looks like a story. It all begins with an intuition of Rolando Ciatti. As a curious and attentive observer of a world that is changing so fast around him, he understands that a place in the house must be found for that strange, new object – the television - which was about to shake the Italians habit. That’s how Ciatti was founded, in Borgo San Frediano, in Florence Oltrarno, as the first company in Italy to produce TV benches. 1984 A new idea, a new hunch. Thanks to her innovative vision, Flavia Ciatti together with Gianni Pareschi, her precious Art Director, presents Ciatti a Tavola at the Milan Furniture Fair. This collection confidently brought concepts and materials into homes - steel above all - that up until then were used exclusively for public and industrial spaces. 2018. The journey is going on... The collection presented by Opinion Ciatti at the Salone del Mobile beckons to the world of art, a return to its early years and at the same time facing the most innovative challenges. Among the novelties there is Ptolomeo Vino. Conceived on the drafts left by Bruno Rainaldi, it is the transformation of the famous Original Ptolomeo bookshelf into a scenographic wine rack. In September the multi-awarded French chef Alain Ducasseopens in Paris his new floating restaurant Ducasse sur Seine. Opinion Ciatti is part of the project, working on the interiors in partnership with Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman. Opinion Ciatti is a young and close-knit group always ready to face new challenges.

Bruno Rainaldi was born in Milan in 1952. His training was hands-on, having started at a young age to work in design communication. In his early years in Milan he managed the first High-Tech emporium in Corso di Porta Ticinese, moving on to work first alongside Maddalena De Padova in the historical showroom in Corso Venezia and then with Enrico Baleri as partner in Baleri & Associati, where he was in charge of defining communication strategies for design companies and stores. His beginnings as an autodidact encouraged him in later life to ironically and anti-celebratively define himself as a “street designer” and his style as “chaotically rigorous”. In the mid-1980s he founded Studio Rari – of which he became the soul and creative director. He also started working as art director with some of the top Italian design companies, leading his name to be associated, amongst others, with Alivar, Casprini, MDF Italia, Mussi Italy, Sintesi, Slamp, Terzani. His encounter, in those same years, with the Ciatti family marked the beginning of an important personal and artistic alliance, that led to the establishment first of CCR and then of Opinion Ciatti. In the early 2000s, his career took a turn towards the world of design. In 2002, together with Marta Giardini, he founded ENTRATALIBERA, a very special space in the heart of Milan dedicated to design and design culture, sales and encounters. At the same time, his focus shifted to studying and creating objects, furnishing accessories and lamps, where the expertise gained over the years in this sector mingled with design inventions. Amongst the numerous pieced designed there is the Ptolomeo bookshelf, for which, in 2004, he was awarded the Compasso d’Oro. In 2006, together with the very young Lapo Ciatti, who had just entered the family business, he founded Opinion Ciatti, of which Bruno Rainaldi was President, partner and art director. He passed away prematurely in February 2011.