Lamborghini and Riva 1920 Expand Their Furniture Collection with Two New Sideboards

The Authentic Living line, designed by Karim Rashid, debuted at Salone del Mobile.

Lamborghini and Italian woodworking house Riva 1920 unveiled two new sideboards at Salone del Mobile for their joint Authentic Living furniture collection, designed by Karim Rashid.

The automotive design vocabulary behind the furniture

Riva 1920 pairs old-school dovetail joinery built to last decades with forms borrowed from cars that depreciate the moment they leave the dealer, a tension that signals genuine craft credibility rather than logo-stamped flat-pack furniture.

Calibrating the distance between supercar and sideboard

Lamborghini's Finesse bookcase offers both a restrained walnut finish and an optional carbon fiber version, and offering both choices simultaneously is a more sophisticated approach than simply licensing a logo.

Shared values driving the partnership

Katia Bassi, Lamborghini's Chief Marketing Officer, framed the logic plainly: shared values such as design, technological research, craftsmanship, and quality of materials make this partnership genuine, authentic, and consistent.

From Ad Personam spec sheets to living-room finishes

The carbon fiber bookcase option reads like a nod to the kind of buyer who specifies forged composite on their Aventador's interior trim, extending the Ad Personam customization philosophy into living spaces.

Automotive DNA translated through Italian woodcraft

Karim Rashid visited both the Riva 1920 and Lamborghini factories, observing how robotics and hand craftsmanship interplay at each facility before translating automotive design DNA into traditional Italian woodcraft.

Fluid forms from the road to the living room

The collection leans into fluid, dynamic forms that echo the aerodynamic surfaces of Lamborghini's road cars, executed in walnut, solid wood, and black leather rather than aluminum and carbon composite.

Informal Luxury as a guiding concept

Lamborghini positions the entire collection under a concept it calls Informal Luxury — restrained enough that a visitor might admire the craftsmanship without ever guessing the connection to a supercar manufacturer.

Why the partnership works both ways

Lamborghini contributes design language and brand gravity, while Riva 1920 contributes material knowledge and production capability in solid wood that would take decades to develop internally.

A curated line, not a broad licensing play

The distinction with Authentic Living is its specificity: two Italian manufacturers and one designer producing a curated seven-piece furniture line, signaling that Sant'Agata is designing for the whole life, not just the drive.