Zanotta – Joy H132 rotating shelf cabinet

In the Joy furniture project, Castiglioni pursued the idea of technological and formal zeroing. Joy is in fact a multiple function "neutral" object, possible archetype of a new type. Its originality lies in the movement of the shelves made with extreme simplicity: several horizontal planes are free to rotate around vertical pins made of steel tubes. Joy is an "object of invention" born from the thought of one of the most authoritative masters of Italian Design.

A "mobile rotating plane" difficult to classify and that once again establishes a typological record. An apparently simple piece of furniture, consisting of six "L inverted" elements and a low portal that serves as a support base for the metal joints on which the elements are inserted.

Mobile rotating shelves version with five shelves.

Achille Castiglioni

Achille Castiglioni was born in Milan in 1918. Already in 1940 he dedicated himself to the tests of industrial production together with the brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968). After graduating in architecture in 1944, he began research in the field of forms and new materials with the aim of developing an integral design.

He is one of the founders of ADI in 1956. In 1969 he taught "Artistic Design for Industry", he was also professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Turin until 1980, then professor of "Industrial Design" in Milan until 1993.

Since 1950 he has been active in the field of research and experimentation of exhibition installations (Triennale di Milano, Montecatini, Agip, Rai).

Between 1984 and 1986 his solo exhibition was organized by the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst (Vienna), then at the Akademie der Kunst (Berlin), the Triennale di Milano (Milan), the Kunstgewerbe Museum (Zurich), the Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), the Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) and the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris). He was awarded nine Compassi d'Oro.

Zanotta

Founded in 1954, Zanotta is recognized as one of the major protagonists of the history of Italian design. In particular since the 1960s, guided by the intuition and extraordinary entrepreneurial ability of its founder Aurelio Zanotta, conquer the international scene thanks to emblematic products for formal innovation. The technological research supported by the continuous evolution of the quality of materials and production processes is one of the best in the world.

The cultured and precious history of Zanotta is renewed in 2017 in the union with Tecno starting a common project. This implies the consequent strengthening of synergies and commercial strategies at the international level under the guidance of Giuliano Mosconi. It brings irony to the domestic universe, which suggests different ways to feel better in the world of the home, which for the first time has included in its catalog the works of the great masters of design, creating an unparalleled "collection" of masterpieces, awarded and exhibited in the most important design museums.