Achille Castiglioni

Achille Castiglioni was born in Milan in 1918 and since 1940 he has been experimenting industrial products with his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968). After graduating in architecture in 1944, he began to looking into forms and techniques and new materials, conceiving a complete design process. He was one of the founders of ADI in 1956. He achieved in 1969 the teaching qualification on "Artistic Design for Industry" and he also taught at Università di Architettura di Torino until 1980 and also he taught as lecturer in Politecnico di Milano until 1993 as fulltime "Industrial Design' professor. Since 1950 he has been working about exhibitions and mountings(Triennale di Milano, Montecatini, Agip, Rai). Fourteen of his works are exhibited at the MoMA in New York. Other works are in museums: Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Kunstgewerbe Museum (Zurich), Staatliches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (Munich), Design Museum (Prato), Uneleckoprumyslove Prague Museum (Prague), Israel Museum (Jerusalem), The Denver Art Museum, Vitra Design Museum (Weil am Rhein), Angewandte Kunst Museum (Hamburg and Cologne). From 1984 to1986 he organized a personal exhibition about his work by the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (Vienna), then at the Akademie der Kunst (Berlin), the Triennale di Milsno (Milan), the Kunstgewerbe Museum (Zurich), the Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), the Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) and the Center Georges Pompidou (Paris). He was awarded nine Compasso D'oro. Achille Castiglioni died in 2002.

 

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Alessi - Bulbul kettle

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Kettle made of 18/10 stainless steel with PA handle and whistle, black. Magnetic steel bottom suitable for induction cooking.
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Zanotta - Mezzadro black stool

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In 1970 Zanotta put into production, metaphorically calling it Mezzadro, the "metallic seat" that the Castiglioni brothers had designed in 1957 (together with the Sella seat, in production since 1983) for the exhibition "Forms and colours in today’s home" set up at Villa Olmo in Como.
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Table lamp with indirect and reflected light, designed for Flos by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni. AVAILABLE 110V - 240V
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Table lamp with indirect and reflected light, designed for Flos by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni. AVAILABLE 110V - 240V
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Table lamp with indirect and reflected light, designed for Flos by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni. Led bulb included. AVAILABLE 110V - 240V
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Table lamp with direct light with reflector in painted metal and base in white Carrara marble. Designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Voltage: 220-240V* *Version 110 available on request
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Table lamp with direct light with reflector in painted metal and base in white Carrara marble. Designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Voltage: 220-240V* *Version 110 available on request
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Alessi - Dry cutlery set 72 pcs

4180S24 x3
€709.65 €747.00
Cutlery set consisting of 18 tablespoons, 18 table forks, 18 table knives, 18 coffee spoons in polished 18/10 stainless steel with satin handle.