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Achille Castiglioni
Milan, Italy, 1918-2002
Who’s Who
Published Sep 19, 2013
Revised Dec 2, 2016
The son of a prominent Milanese sculptor, Giannino Castiglioni, he started dedicating himself to design in 1938 at 20 years old. He graduated in architecture from the Politecnico University of Milan in 1944 and joined his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo(1913-1968) at renowned Studio Castiglioni, which they established together in 1938.
He focused on the whole field of design working from architecture to urban planning, from exhibition to furniture design, on to product and light design. He designed chairs and tables, lamps and bookcases, ashtrays and valet stands, dishes and flatwares, school desks and hospital beds, sinks and toilet bowls, handles and bottle openers, coffee machines and beer dispensers, and many more.
Until 1968 he always worked in close collaboration with his brother Pier Giacomo, with whom he designed some of the best known icons in the history of industrial design including Sella and Mezzadro stools as well as Arco and Taccia lamps (now part of the MoMA’s permanent collection).
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Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Luigi Caccia Dominioni was an italian architect, interior designer and urbanist. He was born in Milan on 7th december 1913 and he is still alive. It belongs to the noble Milanese family (originally from Novara) of Caccia Dominioni. He completed the entire course of study, up to High School, at the Institute Leone XIII in Milan, under the teaching of the Jesuits. In 1931 he joined the faculty of Architecture at the Politecnico University of Milan. He graduated in 1936 and obtained the professional qualification in Venice. In 1936, with his brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, opened a professional studio. During his military service from 1939 to 1943, he refuses to join the Social Republic of Salò, so he had to escape to Switzerland. Since 1945, resumed his work as an architect, first with his colleague Achille Castiglioni, then, from 1946, with its own professional studio. In 1947 he devoted himself to the production (Azucena) of furniture and design objects with the architect Ignazio Gardella. They worked mainly in buildings in Milan and province: the Caccia Dominioni's House in Piazza S. Ambrogio(1947/50); some buildings in Piazza Carbonari (1960/61); the Palace of Santa Maria alla Porta (1961); the residential complex in San Felice, with