DESIGNER
The skilled hands of our artisans are joined by talented designers to create exclusive billiard tables of high quality.
Giovanni Luca Ferreri
Giovanni Luca Ferreri was born in Monza in 1970. He studied architecture at Politecnico di Milano and graduated in 1998. In 2003 gain a PhD in Composizione Architetturale at Università di Architettura a Venezia.
Since the beginning, he deals with Art, Applied Arts and Decoration. Since 2004 he teaches Composition and Urban Design atPolitecnico di Milano.
He works in Milan and a big part of his job is dedicated to the design of private homes. For Hermelin biliardi he realizes professional pool tables.
Steve Leung
Born in Hong Kong, Steve Leung is an internationally renowned architect, interior and product designer with over 40 years of design experience.
Taking inspirations from Asian culture and arts, his works are famous for their unique contemporary style. He has gained a high reputation in the industry and his works have received high acclaim worldwide.
In 2015, Steve was recognized in the Oscar of Interior Design – Andrew Martin International Interior Design Awards and conferred the Interior Designer of the Year Award, further reinforcing his leading status in the industry.
Hillsideout
It’s an Italian-German collaboration, that combines old restoration techniques with new and contemporary tools. It was founded in 2009 from Andrea Zambelli and Nat Wilms, the brand name is a linguistic game related to their vision of furnishings that finds inspiration in an external element from the land by bringing it “out” into interiors.
Hillsideout billiards stand out for their refined design.
Benedetta Colombo
Benedetta Colombo was born in Como in 1996. She graduated in 2020 in “Progettazione artistica per l’impresa all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera”.
Immediately after, she started her career in Hermelin biliardi as a designer, bringing a new, fresh, dynamic vision in a business with 200 years of history.
PARK ASSOCIATI
Founded in Milan in 2000 by Filippo Pagliani and Michele Rossi, Park Associati focuses on architectural design, urban planning, landscape, interior design and product design.
Park Associati’s approach to architecture is analytical, pragmatic and tailored, strong in tradition and at the same time capable of generating new linguistic codes through a process that combines listening, intuition and experimentation.
Whether it is the Regione Lombardia skyscraper, the Luxottica or Salewa headquarters, a residential space, a Hermés, Brioni or Canali luxury boutique around the world, the retrofitting of a Milan’s Modernist building or the restoration of an entire neighbourhood, Park Associati sees each project as an opportunity to seek innovative, tailor-made solutions expressed through quality and attention to human beings.
Andrea Zambelli
Andrea Zambelli, co-founder of Hillsideout since 2009 is a craftsman and designer with 15 years experience of working as an antique furniture restorer; His approach to Design comes from the use of ancient skills of application combined with a modernist and contemporary vision;
In 2022 Andrea Zambelli, under his new label AZ Design has begun creating series of work that reflect his thoughts and concepts which are personal yet universally relatable.
