Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Milanese designer and architect Achille Castiglioni sought to inject personality into all of his work, and found deep inspiration in everyday objects. A legend of Italian mid-century modernism, he created iconic, universally loved table lamps, chairs and other lighting and furniture with his likeminded brothers during the postwar years.
There was the Snoopy lamp, which brings to mind the unmistakable Peanuts character, while the shape of a common street lamp inspired the design behind the Arco floor lamp. Elsewhere, the Toio floor lamp — a provocative fixture in any living room — was made with automotive parts as well as run-of-the-mill recreational gear.
Castiglioni studied the classics at Liceo Classico Giuseppe Parini, art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and finally architecture and design at the Polytechnic University of Milan. After graduating in 1944, Castiglioni began working with his brothers Pier Giacomo and Livio at the studio they cofounded with classmate Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
Livio left to pursue lighting design and sound technology, leaving Achille and Pier Giacomo to continue to collaborate on various projects. One such design was the iconic Taraxacum hanging lamp for FLOS which featured a resin “cocoon” created with sprayed plastic polymers that protects its steel core and allows for the diffusion of light.
Castiglioni won Italy’s highest award for industrial design — the Compasso d’Oro — seven times, and the Museum of Modern Art was home to his first individual retrospective in the United States. Castiglioni later taught at the Polytechnic University of Turin and at Polytechnic in Milan.
Castiglioni’s designs remain timeless. Some of them can be found in Tokyo’s Living Design Center Ozone, the Triennale di Milano and the Hangaram Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Marble, Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Carrara Marble, Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Steel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Belgian Black Marble, Steel
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Marble, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Aluminum, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Italian Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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20th Century Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Stainless Steel
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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20th Century Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
Aluminum
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Achille Castiglioni Furniture
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