HESSENTIA, a brand of the company Cornelio Cappellini, is dedicated to contemporary Handmade in Italy furniture, international furniture design and the production of customisable furniture for residential and interior design projects. The identity of Hessentia takes shape from the encounter between materials, art, design and Italian artisanal tradition. The collections express a continuous research into materials and shapes, enriched by artistic craftsmanship, textured surfaces, handmade finishes and highly customisable solutions.
Tables, seating, storage units and furnishing accessories become protagonists of the space, defining its atmospheres, proportions and relationships. The product is no longer perceived only as a furnishing element, but as a visual and sensory experience capable of bringing value to the interior layout. The continuous interplay between artistic metal casting, resin surfaces, artistic glass, precious marbles, textured concrete, selected wood essences, natural fibres and three-dimensional fabrics gives shape to a distinctive and contemporary aesthetic language, conceived for exclusive residences, architect-designed villas, showrooms and international interior design projects.
Our history
HESSENTIA is the contemporary brand of the company Cornelio Cappellini, which is a family company founded in the 1950s in Brianza, a district recognised worldwide for excellence in furniture production and for its manufacturing culture linked to Italian design.
The company bears the name of its founder, Mr. Cornelio Cappellini. With the beginning of the new millennium, management passed to the second generation, which still holds key roles in the creative, production and commercial direction of the company.
Originally founded on the production of classic-style furniture, the company established itself in the main international markets also thanks to the launch, in 2010, of the “haute couture of interiors” collection, characterised by lacquers in pearlescent colours, sophisticated natural leathers and fabrics, Murano glass elements and ceramic details.
In 2018, a new stylistic evolution began, moving towards products and collections with a modern design, culminating in the rebranding and the introduction of the new HESSENTIA logo. Today, the brand represents the synthesis of family history, manufacturing expertise and a contemporary, international and material vision of living.
brianza design district
HESSENTIA was born and developed in Brianza, one of the most recognised territories in the world for the culture of furniture and Italian design. Located a few kilometres from Milan, this production district has represented for generations a place of encounter between artisanal expertise, technical capability, aesthetic research and attention to detail.
For HESSENTIA, belonging to the Brianza Design District means operating within an ecosystem where each project takes shape through materials, expert hands, production technologies and direct control of the entire manufacturing process. The close synergy between creative development, technical department, production and showroom makes it possible to transform every intuition into a contemporary piece of furniture capable of combining precision, emotion and material identity.
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Hessentia's team
Behind every HESSENTIA product lives a team made up of different skills, united by a shared vision of contemporary living. Creativity, knowledge of materials, production experience, technical development and attention to the client interact every day to transform an idea into a piece of furniture capable of expressing balance, function and material value.
Leaded by the creative vision of Claudio Cappellini, the team follows every phase of the process: from aesthetic research to the definition of finishes, from technical design to production, through the dialogue with architects, interior designers, showrooms and international customers. This approach allows HESSENTIA to explore different materials and processes, while maintaining a constant harmony between creative intuition, design research, manufacturing precision and Italian craftsmanship.
Milan, City of Design
The connection between HESSENTIA and Milan represents a natural extension of the brand’s identity. A few kilometres from the production headquarters in Brianza, Milan is the meeting point between design culture and an international vision of contemporary living.
Within this context, HESSENTIA Gallery Milano is the brand’s urban space, created to present collections, materials and atmospheres. Not simply an exhibition space, but a visual and sensory experience in which artistic finishes, textured surfaces and contemporary pieces of furniture interact with international customers attentive to Made in Italy design, customisation and quality of materials.
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Our Values
Reason and Emotion
HESSENTIA was born from the balance between reason and emotion, between design precision and material sensitivity. Each piece of furniture takes shape through a dialogue between proportion, function, aesthetics and artisanal sensibility, with the aim of going beyond standard solutions and creating ambiences defined by a strong identity.
Reason leads the project, the coherence of proportions, the selection of materials and the quality of construction.
Emotion accompanies the research into forms, surfaces, colours, artistic finishes and the tactile and visual perception of every element. From this balance comes contemporary Handmade in Italy furniture capable of transforming technical precision and creative freedom into an authentically emotional experience.
Handmade in Italy
For HESSENTIA, Handmade in Italy means transforming Italian manufacturing tradition into a contemporary language made of matter, research and artistic craftsmanship. Every product is manufactured in Italy through a process that combines artisanal expertise, technical development, attention to detail and deep knowledge of materials.
HESSENTIA’s production capability is a synthesis of creativity, innovation and artisanal know-how shaped by experience. These qualities make HESSENTIA a specialised partner able to provide high-level design solutions for international architects and interior designers.
For HESSENTIA, it is still the human hand that makes every piece unique and unrepeatable, with subtle variations in surface, reflections, texture or tactile perception. It is precisely this uniqueness that gives value, identity and emotion to the product itself.
Matter is at the centre of this vision. Artistic metal casting, resin surfaces, artistic glass, precious marbles, artistic textured concrete, selected woods, natural leathers, textured fabrics and natural fibres become design tools through which HESSENTIA interprets contemporary Handmade in Italy furniture.
Art and Living
HESSENTIA interprets the home as a space where art, materials and design engage in a natural dialogue. Every new product is born from a creative freedom leaded by technical knowledge and artisanal culture, with the aim of transforming furniture into a presence capable of evoking silent emotions, sophisticated harmonies and new perspectives on contemporary living.
Art enters the products through surfaces, processes and details: an artistic casting, a resin surface crossed by light, a coloured glass, a three-dimensional texture, a marble vein or a natural fibre can become the starting point for an interior design project.
In this vision, the home is not only a function of living, but a place of connection between people, furniture and space. HESSENTIA creates contemporary Handmade in Italy furniture designed for sophisticated interiors, where shapes, materials, artistic craftsmanship and design sensitivity define a personal and recognisable way of experiencing the home.
Tailor-made
The concept of tailor-made goes far beyond the simple customisation of a product. It means dedicating time and attention to every stage of the relationship with the client, establishing an authentic dialogue that makes it possible to understand preferences, lifestyle and personal vision.
Each project is therefore born from a shared journey, where expertise, sensitivity and interpretative ability come together to give shape to an exclusive and unrepeatable result. Every piece is studied to respond precisely to the client’s needs in terms of dimensions, material selection and finishes.
From this perspective, tailor-made becomes a true expression of care for the client. It is the desire to offer dedicated responses to individual needs, the ability to transform a request into a project that reflects identity, taste and personality.
This approach enhances uniqueness, builds relationships of trust and gives every creation a distinctive and authentic character.
