He moved to Milan in 1984, where in 1992 he received a degree in architecture. In 1993 he lived in New York City where he attended a movie-direction course at the New York University. In 1994, he was commissioned to design his first project: the “Anna Molinari Blumarine” shop in London. In the same year he opened his own studio in Milan.
From 2000 until 2003 he worked as Art Director at Bisazza, contributing in the international growth of the mosaic tile brand. Since 2001 he has worked for Italian design brands such as Cappellini, Driade, Meritalia, Flaminia and Casamania.
In 2008, on behalf of the Municipality of Milan, the Rotonda di Via Besana museum housed an exhibition about his work, "Teach me the freedom of swallows”. In 2009, the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, invited Novembre to curate and design an exhibition on his work: “Il fiore di Novembre”. In 2010, the City of Milan was represented by an installation that he designed and curated in the Pavilion of Italy at Expo in Shanghai.
In 2009, Novembre designed an art installation, titled Per fare un albero, ‘To make a tree’, in conjunction with the city of Milan's Department of Design, Events and Fashion and Fiat — featuring 20 full-size fiberglass planter replicas of the company's 500C cabriolet along Via Monte Napoleone, Milan’s fashion center. The installation lasted several months.
2011 is the photography year: after art-directing of the exhibition “Lavazza con te partirò” at the Teatro dell'Arte of the Triennale of Milan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the company's calendar; he also designed and curated the Steve McCurry exhibition at MACRO Testaccio, Rome. In April 2012 he signs the new exhibition setting for the fifth edition of Triennale Design Museum. In 2014, Casa Milan, the new headquarters of the A.C. Milan, were open, where all interiors are designed by Fabio Novembre.
Architecture
Anna Molinari Blumarine store, Hong Kong and London (1994), Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei (1995)
Cafè l’Atlantique bar-restaurant, Milan, 1995
B Square store, Hong Kong, 1996
Blu discothèque, Lodi, 1997
ON Natural Wellness Center, Milan, 1997
bar Lodi, Lodi, 1998
SHU bar-restaurant, Milan, 1999
Via Spiga showroom, Milan, 1999
Li Cuncheddi hotel, Olbia, 2000
Tardini store, New York City, 2000
Divina discothèque, Milan, 2001
UNA Hotel Vittoria hotel, Florence, 2003
Bisazza stands, Stuttgart and Bologna (2000), New Orleans, Bologna and London (2001)
Bisazza showroom, Barcelona (2001), Milan (2002), New York and Berlin (2003)
Novembre house/office, Milan, 2004
Meltin’ Pot stands, Berlin and Barcelona (2005), Florence (2008)
Meltin’ Pot showroom, New York (2005), Milan, (by SICIS The Art Mosaic Factory )(2006)
Stuart Weitzman store, Rome (2006), Beijing and Beverly Hills (2007), Hong Kong, New York and Paris (2008)
Margherita e Co. shop in shop, Bergamo, 2008
ALV showroom, Milan, 2009
Moscara restaurant, Milan, 2010
"HIT Gallery", Hong Kong, 2012
"Who's Who", Milan, 2013
"Who's Who", Rome, 2014
"Carpisa", Naples, 2014
"Carpisa", Milan, 2014
"Casa Milan", A.C. Milan, Milan, 2014
Design
Honlywood chair, for B&B Italia, 1988
Mediterranea chaise longue, for Bonacina, 1991
Bottle prototype, for Uliveto, 1995
ORG table, for Cappellini, 2001
NET carpet, for Cappellini, 2001
AND sitting system, for Cappellini, 2002
S.O.S. Sofa Of Solitude armchair and chaise longue, for Cappellini, 2003
Point of purchase products, for Meltin’ Pot, 2005
RPH sofa, for Cappellini, 2006
Air Lounge System collection, for Meritalia, 2006
+13 plus one tree pot, for Casamania, 2007
maniglie Love Opens Doors handle collection, for Fusital, 2007
Moving Fashion Award, for Il Sole 24 ore, 2007
100 Piazze trays, for Driade, 2007
SW416 small table, for Meritalia, 2007
HIM&HER chairs, for Casamania, 2008
STFS Slow The Flow System water tap, for Stella, 2008
Void System sanitary ware Line, for Flaminia, 2008
DIVINA sofa, for Driade, 2008
SEC armchair, for Cappellini, 2008
Histograms armchair and table, for Gispen, 2008
Magic Carpet, for Cappellini, 2008
Green Line vase, for Bitossi, 2009
Joy baby chair, for Casamania, 2009
Nemo chair, for Driade, 2010
Luciola lamp, for Driade, 2010
Abath chair, for Casamania, 2010
OK stool, for Kartell, 2011
Robox bookshelf, for Casamania, 2011
Strip chair, for Casamania, 2011
HP, for Wallpaper and Reebok, 2011
Happy Pills vase, for Venini, 2012
36h 56h chair, for Driade, 2012
Murana vase, for Venini, 2012
World's best glassware, for RCR, 2013
F3 outdoor furniture, for Vondom, 2013
Boom lamp, for Venini, 2013
Love Hurts Eventually ring, 2013
Jolly Roger chair, for Gufram, 2013
I Have a Lifestyle window display, for Tommy Hilfiger, 2013
In punta di piedi table, 2015
Exhibitions, Shows, Installations
Installation Nuovamente, exhibition on recycle, Milan, 1996
Installation Love over all, Paris, 2002
Installation Casa, Verona, 2003
Installation Skybaby, Milan, 2005
Installation Philips Transition: Light on the move, Milan, 2007
Exhibition Teach me the freedom of swallows, Milan.
Exhibition Il fiore di Novembre (The Novembre's flower), Milan, 2009
Installation Per fare un albero with Fiat 500, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Capri, 2009/2010
Installation Milano creative City, Italian Pavilion, Expo Shanghai, 2010
Exhibition Unexpected Guests - Homes of Yesteryear, Design of Today at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli at Milan, 2010
Installation The Rainbow Thieves, Moscow, 2010
Installation Per fare un albero for Fiat, Milan, 2010
Installation Ieri, Oggi, Domani, Milan, 2010
Exhibition Franko B I still love, Milan, 2010
Installation Bang for Lasvit, Milan, 2011
Exhibition Lavazza Con te partirò, Milan, 2011
Exhibition Steve McCurry, Rome, 2011
Exhibition TDM5, at Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012
Installation Stay Human for BMW, Rome, 2012
Exhibition Seconda Pelle for A.C. Milan, at Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012
Event Lapsus for Gufram, Milan, 2013
Installation Here I Am for IMIB, Milan, 2014
Installation We Dance for Lexus, Milan, 2014
Installation Salone del Gusto for Lavazza, Turin, 2014
Installation The Earth Defenders for Lavazza, at Eataly, Milan, 2014
Installation Who Are You? for Replay, Milan, 2015
Bar Lavazza Expo 2015 for Lavazza, at Expo Milano 2015 Milan, 2015
Exhibition From These Hands: A Journey Along the Coffee Trail, for Lavazza and Steve McCurry at Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan, 2015
Exhibition The Trophy Factory for A.C. Milan, at Casa Milan, Milan, 2015
Lectures and Workshops
Faculty of Architecture, Delft Netherlands, 2001
Faculty of Architecture, Milan Italy, 2001
Katoenveem, Rotterdam Netherlands, 2001
Faculty of Architecture, Palermo, 2002
Contract World Event, Hannover Germany, 2003
Faculty of Architecture, Düsseldorf Germany, 2003
Seoul Living Design Fair, Seoul Korea, 2003
Architecture and Water workshop, Havana Cuba, 2003
Royal Institute of British Architects, London United Kingdom, 2004
Il mosaico tra arte e architettura, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2005
Clubovka Event, Bratislava Slovakia, 2005
Interview with Vico Magistretti, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2005
The Visual Power Show, Eindhoven Netherlands, 2005
L’architettura spiegata ai bambini, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, 2005
I Saloni WorldWide, Moscow Russia, 2005
Future Design Days, Stockholm Sweden, nel 2005
IV International Architecture and Construction Forum, São Paulo Brazil, 2006
University of Lecce, Lecce Italy, 2006
Italian Design Talks I Saloni 2007, London and New York City, 2007
Trendboard Workshop, Cologne Germany, 2007
The Great Indoors Award, Maastricht Netherlands, 2007
Exotica Event, Tel Aviv Israel, 2007
Tasmeen Doha Design Conference, Doha Qatar, 2008
Festival dell’ Architettura, Cagliari Italy, 2008
Vitra Workshop, Boisbuchet France, 2008
Interieur ’08, Kortrijk Belgium, 2008
Publications
A Sud di Memphis, Idea Books, Milan, 1995 ISBN 978-88-7017-120-4
Be your own Messiah, Milan, 2001
Tra la contemporaneità degli input e la primordialità degli output, Abitare n.471, April 2007
A chi e a che cosa serve un Museo del Design?, Abitare n.480, March 2008
Why I created a table with 171 legs, L’uomo Vogue n.390, April 2008
Il pesce fuor d’acqua, Velvet n.18, May 2008
Il design spiegato a mia madre, Rizzoli, Milan, 2011 ISBN 9788858659113
