Brianform — Made in Italy Stoneform

For architecture and interior design studios, and master contract companies

The questions a studio asks us before entrusting us with a project

Our answers, in writing.

Brianform makes upholstery and furniture in wood and metal. Stoneform works natural stone. We have been producing in our own workshops since 1982.

We will send you the full document, with the project photographs, as a PDF. Tell us a couple of things about yourself: knowing who is reading helps us answer properly when you write to us.

Question 01

“When will I know what it really costs?”

As soon as our technical office has reviewed your drawing: every piece is engineered and priced item by item. Customised sizes, materials and finishes are included in the quotation at no extra cost, and so is the production waste: nothing is charged separately.

Our commitment: a reply within 24 hours to every request.

Question 02

“Can I see the stone before cutting?”

Yes. We buy the blocks at the quarry and cut the slabs ourselves. Before production we send you photos of the selected slabs and you choose where each piece is taken from, among twenty marbles, with no change in price. Seen a stone with a trade name nobody knows? Send us a photo and we will tell you what it is.

Hotel counter clad in light marble slabs with continuous veining
Slabs cut from the same block: the veining carries on from one to the next.

Question 03

“Can I choose the leather and fabric, also selecting them elsewhere?”

Of course. Our sample range has seven leather categories, from Italian tanneries only, and seven fabric categories, including fire-retardant ones. You can also select leather and fabric from any other supplier: send them to us and we will work them. Sizes, padding, stitching and bases adapt to your design.

Our commitment: every upholstered piece can be customised.

Élan sofa and armchair in a penthouse, with the Veil coffee table
The same model changes size, padding and covering to suit the drawing.

Question 04

“I need three pieces, not three hundred. Will you take it on?”

Yes, with the same care. We ask for no minimum order, and a different size affects the price only through the material and work involved. Every piece ships in its own crate.

Our commitment: one piece is already an order.

Question 05, for master contract companies

“And what if it is a hundred rooms?”

It is our standard. Large hotel supplies are our core business, and that is why customisation is always included. We deliver hotels of over a hundred rooms on schedule, in lots when needed, directly and for FF&E contractors: every piece arrives with the label, photo and reference of your schedule, with documents grouped by product family.

Panoramic hotel room with sea facing glazing
A hotel room among our projects: supplies of over a hundred rooms are our standard.

Question 06

“Besides sofas, do you also make beds, wardrobes and counters?”

Yes, the complete fit-out of the property: beds and headboards, wardrobes, desks, counters and wall panelling for public areas, down to hotel mattresses. In American walnut, burr and solid wood, or in melamine for intensive use. We also make kitchens for contract supplies.

Our commitment: wood, metal, stone and upholstery under one quality control.

Buffet island with a light stone top on a walnut front
Stone top and walnut front in one piece: wood and stone come from the same workshops.

Question 07

“The specification calls for Class 1 IM. How do you get it on a piece we designed?”

  • On the finished product. We certify under article 10 of the Italian Ministerial Decree of 26 June 1984, testing the finished piece.
  • One extra sample. For each product we make a sample for the testing laboratory, quoted separately.
  • No delays. Testing and approval take about three and a half months, but do not delay delivery.

Question 08

“How long from drawing to finished piece?”

From four to eight weeks after your approval. Before series production, our prototype room makes a prototype of any piece, in wood, metal, stone or upholstery: you check it, approve it, and only then do we start.

Our commitment: 4 to 8 weeks of production.

Counter detail: stone top edge, walnut veneer and a handle routed into the panel
The detail approved on the prototype before the series.

Question 09

“And if something goes wrong in two years?”

Every product carries a 24-month warranty. For resin composites we use only first-grade material, because second-grade material yellows and stains within two to three years. With every supply we send the certificates for each individual item.

Our commitment: a 7-year warranty on resin composites.

Question 10

“My client asks for sustainable materials. What can I tell them?”

  • We buy only traced, formaldehyde free wood: the certificate travels with the product
  • The slabs we cut ourselves from the block are not treated with PFAS: our sealers are silane and siloxane based
  • Offcuts become smaller pieces, wood is reworked, stone residue goes into road sub-bases

We have written a whole page on this: environment, materials and documents.

Question 11

“Does the design remain my studio's?”

Always. The pieces we make for studios and companies leave under their name and are protected by confidentiality agreements. Only the Brianform and Stoneform collections carry our name, and all of them are registered designs.

The next question is yours.

Send us the drawings and specification of your project: our technical office will reply within 24 hours with a first assessment of how to produce and ship it. At no cost and in full confidence.

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