Zanotta – Albero amaranth plant pots

It is 1983 when Achille Castiglioni imagines a subtle, dynamic presence in his composition. Flexible in its articulated overall design, designed to accommodate indoor plants in their respective pots, supported (as if they were caring hands) by circular plates arranged rhythmically along the height of the structure.

Horizontally each element is free to rotate 120 degrees. So as to better organize the arrangement of plants of different sizes, in this small domestic "vertical forest", towards an optimal encounter with light.

Castiglioni said: "a good project is not born from the ambition to leave a mark, the mark of a designer, but from the desire to establish an even small exchange with the unknown character who will use the object we designed".

In this case, an alien tripod or a forerunner in the domestic furnishing format of the Vertical Forest, the Albero vase holder is itself an unusual character that populates the domestic environment.

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.