CUF Milano Lab department is constantly researching the best materials, construction, design hypothesis and details regarding office furniture. The CUF Milano Labteam is constantly engaged on development of new furniture lines based on specific design briefings that are in the name of increasing environmental sustainability, support to external designers on the development of new products, review and restyling of existing furniture lines and design on the basis of physical standards of the product and chemical standards of the materials, with laboratory tests in order to obtain specific certifications from institutions.
Paola Ripamonti graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. She obtained the specialization in Bio-architecture at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna. For over 20 years, she has been collaborating with Milan companies in setting up office spaces and designing office furniture lines. In recent years, she has overseen the design of the new exhibition spaces for Centrufficio S.p.a., as well as the technical design, within the R&D department, of partition walls and glass windows. Her work is characterized by the pursuit of simplification in production processes.