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Achille Castiglioni

Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002), né et mort à Milan, est diplômé d'architecture du Politecnico di Milano en 1944. Il rejoint alors ses frères Livio et Pier Giacomo, puis forme avec ce dernier un tandem qui dure jusqu'en 1968 : Arco et Toio pour Flos en 1962, Mezzadro et Sella pour Zanotta en 1957. Seul ensuite, il poursuit le même travail d'observation des gestes et des objets ordinaires. Il enseigne au Politecnico de Turin à partir de 1969, puis à celui de Milan dès 1980. Huit Compasso d'Oro jalonnent sa carrière, et ses pièces figurent au MoMA, au Victoria and Albert Museum et au Centre Pompidou. Flos et Zanotta éditent toujours une large part de ses dessins.

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Achille Castiglioni spent his life repurposing ordinary objects into self-evident designs: a tractor seat becomes the Mezzadro stool, a car headlight becomes the Toio floor lamp. With his brother Pier Giacomo, he designed pieces for Flos, Zanotta, and Brionvega that have never left their catalogues. Here you will find the Arco, Taccia, Parentesi, Mezzadro, and the Cumano folding table.

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Born in Milan in 1918 and a 1944 architecture graduate of the Politecnico di Milano, he began experimenting with industrial products in 1940 with his brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo. The studio he shared with Pier Giacomo produced most of his work until the latter’s death in 1968; he then continued alone until 2002.

He began teaching in 1969, first at the University of Turin's Faculty of Architecture, then at the Politecnico di Milano until 1993. Nine Compasso d'Oro awards were bestowed upon him between 1955 and 1989. Fourteen of his pieces are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, with others in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Vitra Design Museum.

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