Boma Ny

GPA Monti
 1972
M501

The architects Gianemilio Monti, Pietro Monti and Anna Bertarini, highly professional and kind people, intrigued our father with their proposal to make the first plastic handle produced in Italy. Of course Boma turned out to be the most widely used and appreciated. Dad was always particularly keen on specifying that they were made using Durethan resin by the Bayer company from Leverkusen, Germany. He liked to mention that for two reasons.

FINISHES

  • NE - Black NE - Black NE - Black
  • GR - Grey GR - Grey GR - Grey
  • BI - White BI - White BI - White
Clear

MATERIAL

Nylon

TYPOLOGY

Door handles - Round

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

Installation directions

COMPLETE COLLECTION

Boma Ny

COLLEZIONE COMPLETA

Boma Ny

DOCUMENTAZIONE TECNICA

Istruzioni di montaggio

Boma Ny

Boma Ny,
 1972

One is that the plastic was an excellent material, and the other was because the technicians at Bayer were so forthcoming and generous with advice. For a company like Olivari, used to making its handles in metal, plastic had seemed risky. Would the market appreciate it? It was a wager, and it was won

Casa d’abitazione in via A. Moro a San Donato Milanese - 1991
— Residential housee in via A. Moro a San Donato Milanese - 1991

Besides being a good calling card in the design world, year after year the Boma was a best-seller.

VEDI BIO GPA Monti

SEE BIO GPA Monti

Casa d’abitazione in via Calco 2 (con Enrico Freyrie), Milano 1954-1956
— Residential house in via Calco 2 (con Enrico Freyrie), Milano 1954-1956

The novelty of shape and colour combined with the inexpensiveness of the material and production process made for long-lasting success, and this has continued to be so over time. — Antonio Olivari

— Coat hook in multilayer plywood, de Padova ICF 1955