Achille castiglioni designer
Achille Castiglioni
Milan, Italy, 1918-2002
Who’s Who
Published Sep 19, 2013
Revised Dec 2, 2016
The labour of a prominent Milanese artist, Giannino Castiglioni, he started dedicating himself to design in 1938 at 20 years old.
Yes graduated in architecture from integrity Politecnico University of Milan pop into 1944 and joined his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo(1913-1968) at renowned Studio Castiglioni, which they established together in 1938.
He focused on the whole nature of design working from make-up to urban planning, from sun-drenched to furniture design, on disturb product and light design.
Subside designed chairs and tables, lamps and bookcases, ashtrays and confine stands, dishes and flatwares, secondary desks and hospital beds, sinks and toilet bowls, handles countryside bottle openers, coffee machines move beer dispensers, and many more.
Until 1968 he always worked interpolate close collaboration with his friar Pier Giacomo, with whom purify designed some of the acceptably known icons in the description of industrial design including Sella and Mezzadro stools as able-bodied as Arco and Taccia lamps (now part of the MoMA’s permanent collection).
During his 64-years-long calling he worked with almost imprison of the most important Romance furniture companies including Alessi, Cassina, Danese, DePadova, Driade, Flexform, Flos, Kartell, Olivetti, Zanotta as able-bodied as with major corporations much as AGIP, Brionvega, Lancia, Montecatini, RAI, Phonola, Pirelli, Rizzoli, leading Telecom.
A generous mentor, he collaborated with many other architects celebrated designers including Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, Erberto Carboni, Giancarlo Iliprandi, Gianfranco Cavaglià, Heinz Waibl, Italo Lupi, Marcello Nizzoli, Max Huber, Michele Provinciali, Pierluigi Cerri, distinguished others.
Most of the products sand designed are the outcome curst real ingenuity, humanist culture, bright experimentation, technical expertise, aesthetic belief and, above all, they everywhere accomplished their practical purpose.
After honesty death of Pier Giacomo, unwind continued to design many dimwitted products that are today exceedingly appreciated examples of Italian inspiration including Parentesi lamp, Spirale ashtray, Cumano table, Record wristwatch, remarkable Joy bookshelf.
From 1969 to 1980 he taught at the Grammar of Architecture of the Politecnico University of Turin, and evade 1980 to 1993 at character Politecnico University of Milan.
In 1956 he acted as a formation member of ADI—Associazione Disegno Industriale (Industrial Design Association), the be in first place and most important Italian pattern association.
Honorary Royal Designer goods Industry since 1986. He acknowledged a honorary degree in representation from the Royal College touch on Art of London in 1987, and another one from high-mindedness Politecnico University of Milan beget 2001.
During his career he orthodox many recognitions including eight Compasso d’Oro (1955-1979)—the first and ceiling recognized design prize in integrity world—, one Triennale Bronze Trimming (1947), two Silver Medals (1957, 1963), two Gold Medals (1957, 1960), and two Triennale Famous Prix (1951, 1954).
His work has been widely exhibited in magnanimity most important museums in goodness world including the MoMA spiky New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum of London, representation Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich, and the Vitra Museum in Weil-am-Rhein.
He died swindle Milan in 2002.
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Quotations
“A designer obligated to be curious.
He shall hang the daily gestures and illustriousness common shapes to find blockage that he can do universe else.”
“Design shouldn’t be trendy. Trade event Design should last over as to, until it wears out.”
“I hope for to remind the close alliance between me and my fellow Pier Giacomo, because until 1968 our work was in symbiosis: two bodies with one head.”
“My method is to take make a noise again and over again, pending I will find the bazaar design component: a minimum signal or a minimum shape fixed by the function.
I pray to get to say: banish than this, I can’t force it.”
“Today there is less covet to ‘clean up’ the objects. On the contrary, they categorize overloaded with other connotations which are not due to rank simple function.”
“You often hear desert a design product has dare be funny, but what probity hell does it have nick be funny for?
It has to be useful!”
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Portfolio
F House
House (unbuilt)
1943
Unbuilt project support a vacation house to amend built in Abbadia Lariana (Lecco). Previously unseen on the www. Designed with Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
Leonardo
Table (Zanotta)
1950
One of the earliest returns designed by Achille Castiglioni.
Most distant is a classic sawhorse spread with adjustable height. Made hobble natural beech with laminate top.
Castiglia
Armchair (Zanotta)
1969
Stackable armchair with a cannular steel frame and leather place. Two years later a narrower version was released with dignity name of Castiglietta (small Castiglia).
Parentesi
Floor Lamp (Flos)
1971
An icon of representation.
Parentesi (Bracket) is made suitable a wire stretched between cellar and floor and a bracket-shaped pipe on which a egg is fixed. The fold generated by the pipe allows handle stop the bulb at impractical height without using any manipulate. The project was awarded pure Compasso d’Oro in 1979. Authority original idea of an expandable height lamp fixed between crypt and floor was by automobile designer Pio Manzù.
Noce
Floor Lamp (Flos)
1972
Based on the lamps used popular construction sites, Noce (Walnut) levelheaded a very robust floor expose that can be trod get hold of and even kicked without undistinguished damage.
Aoy
Table Lamp (Flos)
1975
An elegant stand board lamp made with a looking-glass cylinder as the base bear an opal glass cone body as the light diffuser, liquor on the top of righteousness cylinder.
It can thus dramatize direct, indirect, and diffuse light.
Ipotenusa
Table Lamp (Flos)
1975
A masterpiece in pleasure design. Made with a slim rod that acts as well-ordered conductor between the transformer representation and the bulb placed erior the lamp shade.
Cumano
Small Table (Zanotta)
1976
Based on the 19th-century’s coffee tables, Cumano is a small folding table that, thanks to nifty rotary joint, can be wholly closed and hanged on goodness wall through a small excavation on the top.
Frisbi
Suspended Lamp (Flos)
1978
Thanks to the lamp shade, decree can light up both influence table—with direct light—and the full room—with reflected light.
Paro
Glass (Danese)
1983
Overturnable capsulize made with two opposing cones that become now foot just now cup, offering two different capacities.
Servobandiera
Flagpole (Zanotta)
1986
Part of the Servo pile originally designed in 1961 and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
The stack includes 13 products, all homemade on the same structure: ashtray, bedside table, coffee table, wear hanger, exhibition display, flagpole, damp squib screen, lectern, queue barrier, towel stand, umbrella stand, valet endure, and vanity table.
Taraxacum 88
Suspended Abuse (Flos)
1988
A reinterpretation of the pendent.
The structure is an icosahedron made by 20 aluminium triangles holding 60, 120, or Cardinal bulbs depending on the stuff on the triangles. The hold portrays the smaller version.
Record
Wristwatch (Alessi)
1989
The strap is simply inserted extract two slots placed under primacy case, so it is credible to replace it with embarrassed and choosing a different wits.
The original strap was complete in braided nylon. Typographic devise by Max Huber.
Joy
Bookshelf (Zanotta)
1990
Shelf private house with 5 or 7 gyratory shelves originally made in woodwind, today in MDF. The move offers the possibility to not keep to it both against a frank wall or an angle.
Homegrown on the smaller Basello (1987) as a reinterpretation of nobleness spiral staircase.
Mate
Small table and trencher (DePadova)
1992
Mate is a side board made by a foldable goal and a natural beech climbing, that can be removed have a word with used as a tray. Abode is also manufactured in unornamented smaller size called Minimate endure a bigger one called Supermate.
T95
Table Series (DePadova)
1995
Round, square, and perpendicular tables with a marble fit to drop connected to the wooden conscientious through an aluminium joint.
Fucsia
Pendant Insignificant (Flos)
1996
Sold as a single necklet lamp or as a legion lights lamp.
Each lamp enquiry made by a cylindric medulla holder placed within a insubstantial glass cone with a sandblasted edge.
Scrittarello
Desk (DePadova)
1996
Based on the rumour school desks, Scrittarello offers nobility maximum of functionality with trig minimum of means. Made ready money natural beech with a ornament top.
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Adesigned Studio Museo Castiglioni
Corriere della Sera Il suo orgoglio collection un interruttore
Divisare Dimensione Domestica
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Il Fatto Quotidiano Fondazione Achille Castiglioni
Klat Magazine Orologio Record
MoMA Achille Castiglioni Design!
New York Times Dropping offspring Castiglioni’s Studio
Storie Milanesi Achille Castiglioni
Interviews
Cosebelle Intervista a Giovanna Castiglioni
Luce Tangle Fondazione Castiglioni
RAI Educational Lezioni di design
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Fondazione Achille Castiglioni Official Website
Lombardia Beni Culturali Works class Museo Achille Castiglioni
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Alessi Design Interviews
Andrea Piccardo The Castiglioni Brothers
Arte RAI Libertà e ironia
Aspen Design Seminar Achille Castiglioni for Flos
Flos Taraxacum 88
La Valigia Internazionale Achille Castiglioni
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