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When your eye catches the Cilindro ottoman for the very first time it looks remarkably familiar. The reason is simple: Luigi Caccia Dominioni’s acclaimed, Classic design was populari...

Pole position is a celebration of the sports car seat, beautiful and comfortable and seen in the best drawing rooms. This padded bergère is a rarity among Lui...

The name Imbuto (funnel) gives away the provenance of this lamp yet there is precious little funnel left. The lamp comprises a metal, cone-shaped lampshade a top a slender stem diffusing a generous halo of light. The fact that the lamp was originally going to be called “flute” perfectly illustrates how Luigi Caccia Dominioni found inspiration in the everyday and the exotic. The humble funnel meets a sophisticated glass flute, a kitchen implement used for water sits beside a wine or champagne glass, the one functional the other distinctive, one made of plastic or metal and the other of crystal: in Caccia Dominioni’s world, the everyday and the exceptional are harmoniously interwoven. As functional as it is Minimalist, the Imbuto lamp...

The name Imbuto (funnel) gives away the provenance of this lamp yet there is precious little funnel left. The lamp comprises a metal, cone-shaped lampshade a top a slender stem diffusing a generous halo of light. The fact that the lamp was originally going to be called “flute” perfectly illustrates how Luigi Caccia Dominioni found inspiration in the everyday and the exotic. The humble funnel meets a sophisticated glass flute, a kitchen implement used for water sits beside a wine or champagne glass, the one functional the other distinctive, one made of plastic or metal and the other of crystal: In Caccia Dominioni’s world, the everyday and the exceptional are harmoniously interwoven. As functional as it is Minimalist, the Imbuto lamp...

Designed for the Monticello country club on the outskirts of Milan, the Toro sofa and armchair can be admired from every angle and confidently take up centre stage. Why Toro - bull in Italian? Because you can literally “take it by the horns” thanks to the metal frame emerging through the padding. The seat arms terminate in handles that allow you to move and rotate the furniture with consummate ease. The Milanese country club guests used to configure and reconfigure the seating as required, moving them closer together to converse or further apart for peace and quiet. These bulls are docile and easy to handle. More like Sitting Bull, the legendary Sioux leader who features in so many films and Italian cartoon...

Luigi Caccia Dominioni loved to surprise but never to shock. His objects are a play on scale and proportion as you can see in Chinotto. With a wave of a magic wand this scaled down a...

From the moment it was first presented at the XI Triennale in Milan in 1953, Catilina became one of Luigi Caccia Dominioni’s classics. He loved the design so much that guests in his studio would settle down by his desk to chat in these chairs. At first glance you would be forgiven for assuming this unusual object to be unfinished. Instead Caccia Dominioni created both a new chair and defined how to sit in it. Catilina is not designed for relaxation and letting go but for thoughtfulness and elegance. You could almost be transported back to ancient Rome ensconced in the seat of the Roman senator, Lucio Sergio Catilina, after whom the chair is named. In turn, the chair harks back to medieval thrones...

The greatest designers know only too well that success lies in the detail. Luigi Caccia Dominioni took a forensic interest in all his work,whether a large-scale architectural project or a piece of furniture. The ABCD armchair is the acme of design and it continues to surprise us today. Through subtle changes to Caccia Dominioni’s original concept and drawing, this very traditional reading chair has been updated to meet the needs of contemporary living. ABCD is at once classic and timeless - memorable for its fine details. It is easy to move thanks to two small wheels yet retains its stability. The back legs differ in shape to the front ones in a playful nod to the chair’s square, octagonal and circular forms that are not apparent at first glance. The upholstery studs...

The greatest designers know only too well that success lies in the detail. Luigi Caccia Dominioni took a forensic interest in all his work, whether a large-scale architectural project or a piece of furniture. The ABCD armchair is the acme of design and it continues to surprise us today. Through subtle changes to Caccia Dominioni’s original concept and drawing, this very traditional reading chair has been updated to meet the needs of contemporary living. ABCD is at once classic and timeless - memorable for its fine details. It is easy to move thanks to two small wheels yet retains its stability. The back legs differ in shape to the front ones in a playful nod to the chair’s square, octagonal and circular forms that are not apparent at first glance. The upholstery studs...

Cavalletto is a table designed by Caccia Dominioni in 1941 for his marital home. He found it so pleasing it followed him in all his subsequent moves and was added to the Azucena cata...

The Base Ghisa, cast iron lamp is one of Luigi Caccia Dominioni’s most Minimalist designs. Even the name of this table lamp highlights the very essence of t...

From the moment it was first presented at the XI Triennale in Milan in 1953, Catilina became one of Luigi Caccia Dominioni’s classics. He loved the design so much that guests in his studio would settle down by his desk to chat in these chairs. At first glance you would be forgiven for assuming this unusual object to be unfinished. Instead Caccia Dominioni created both a new chair and defined how to sit in it. Catilina is not designed for relaxation and letting go but for thoughtfulness and elegance. You could almost be transported back to ancient Rome ensconced in the seat of the Roman senator, Lucio Sergio Catilina, after whom the chair is named. In turn, the chair harks back to medieval thrones...