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Achille Castiglioni (16 February 1918 – 2 December 2002) was an Italian architect and designer of furniture, lighting, radiograms and other objects.[1]

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  1. 57 relations: ADI Design Museum, Allied invasion of Sicily, Arco (lamp), Arflex, ArtCenter College of Design, Artillery, Brera Academy, Brionvega, Cassina S.p.A., Centre Pompidou, Chartered Society of Designers, Classics, Compasso d'Oro, Denver Art Museum, Exhibit design, Found object, Giannino Castiglioni, Giuseppe Parini, IF Product Design Award, International Forum Design, Israel Museum, Kartell, Liceo artistico, Liceo classico, Livio Castiglioni, Lombardy, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Marcel Duchamp, Metal spinning, Milan, Milan Triennial, Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne), Museum of Design, Zürich, Museum of Modern Art, Paola Antonelli, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Pio Manzù, Polytechnic University of Milan, Polytechnic University of Turin, Professor, Radiogram (device), Readymades of Marcel Duchamp, Reed & Barton, Royal College of Art, Royal Designers for Industry, Royal Society of Arts, Scale model, Sicily, The arts, University of Genoa, ... Expand index (7 more) »

  2. Italian furniture designers
  3. Italian industrial designers

ADI Design Museum

The ADI Design Museum is a museum in Milan, Italy, which houses the historical collection of the ADI Compasso d'Oro Foundation, as well as temporary exhibitions, public talks and initiatives.

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Allied invasion of Sicily

The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).

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Arco (lamp)

The Arco lamp is a modern floor lamp designed by brothers Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni for in 1962. Achille Castiglioni and Arco (lamp) are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients.

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Arflex

Arflex is an Italian company that makes and sells contemporary furniture.

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ArtCenter College of Design

ArtCenter College of Design is a private art university in Pasadena, California.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Brera Academy

The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the italic or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy.

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Brionvega

Brionvega is an Italian electronics company that is known for manufacturing futuristic television sets and audio equipment, its contributions to post-second world war technological and social advancement in Italian industry, collaborations with well known industrial designers and architects, and its impact on the aesthetics of 1960s Italian design. Achille Castiglioni and Brionvega are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients.

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Cassina S.p.A.

Cassina S.p. A. is an Italian manufacturing company specialised in the creation of high-end designer furniture.

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Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais.

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Chartered Society of Designers

The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) is a professional body for designers.

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Compasso d'Oro

The Compasso d'Oro is an industrial design award originated in Italy in 1954. Achille Castiglioni and Compasso d'Oro are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients.

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Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is an art museum located in the Civic Center of Denver, Colorado.

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Exhibit design

Exhibit design (or exhibition design) is the process of developing an exhibit—from a concept through to a physical, three-dimensional exhibition.

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Found object

A found object (a calque from the French objet trouvé), or found art, is art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function.

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Giannino Castiglioni

Giannino Castiglioni (4 May 1884 – 27 August 1971) was an Italian sculptor and medallist. Achille Castiglioni and Giannino Castiglioni are Brera Academy alumni.

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Giuseppe Parini

Giuseppe Parini (23 May 1729 – 15 August 1799) was an Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.

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IF Product Design Award

The iF Product Design Award was introduced in 1954 and is annually conferred by the iF International Forum Design.

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International Forum Design

iF International Forum Design GmbH (iF) is a Hanover-based organization providing design-related services.

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Israel Museum

The Israel Museum (מוזיאון ישראל, Muze'on Yisrael, متحف إسرائيل) is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem.

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Kartell

Kartell is an Italian company that makes and sells plastic contemporary furniture. Achille Castiglioni and Kartell are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients.

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Liceo artistico

Liceo artistico is a type of secondary school in Italy.

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Liceo classico

The liceo classico or ginnasio is the oldest public secondary school type in Italy.

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Livio Castiglioni

Livio Castiglioni (16 January 1911 – 30 April 1979) was an Italian architect and designer. Achille Castiglioni and Livio Castiglioni are architects from Milan, Italian furniture designers, Italian industrial designers, Lighting designers, Polytechnic University of Milan alumni and product designers.

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Lombardy

Lombardy (Lombardia; Lombardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.

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Luigi Caccia Dominioni

Luigi Caccia Dominioni (7 December 1913 – 13 November 2016) was an Italian architect and furniture designer. Achille Castiglioni and Luigi Caccia Dominioni are architects from Milan, Compasso d'Oro Award recipients, Italian furniture designers and Polytechnic University of Milan alumni.

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Marcel Duchamp

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art.

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Metal spinning, also known as spin forming or spinning or metal turning most commonly, is a metalworking process by which a disc or tube of metal is rotated at high speed and formed into an axially symmetric part.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Milan Triennial

The Milan Triennial (Triennale di Milano) is an art and design exhibition that takes place every three years at the Triennale di Milano Museum in Milan, Italy.

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Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne)

The Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (German for "Museum of Applied Art"; MAKK) is a decorative arts museum in Cologne.

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Museum of Design, Zürich

The Museum of Design, Zürich (German: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich) is a museum for industrial design, visual communication, architecture, and craft in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Achille Castiglioni and museum of Modern Art are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients.

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Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli (born 1963) is an Italian architect, curator, author, editor, and educator. Achille Castiglioni and Paola Antonelli are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients and Polytechnic University of Milan alumni.

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Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (22 April 1913 – 27 November 1968) was an Italian architect and designer. Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni are academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan, architects from Milan, Compasso d'Oro Award recipients, Italian furniture designers, Italian industrial designers, Lighting designers, Polytechnic University of Milan alumni and product designers.

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Pio Manzù

Pio Manzoni (2 March 1939 – 26 May 1969), was an Italian automotive, product, and furniture designer who worked under the name Pio Manzù. Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù are Compasso d'Oro Award recipients, Italian furniture designers and Italian industrial designers.

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Polytechnic University of Milan

The Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano, abbreviated as Polimi) is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 42,000 students.

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Polytechnic University of Turin

The Polytechnic University of Turin (Politecnico di Torino, abbreviated as PoliTO) is the oldest Italian public technical university.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Radiogram (device)

In British English, a radiogram is a piece of furniture that combined a radio and record player.

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Readymades of Marcel Duchamp

The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that the artist selected and modified, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art".

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Reed & Barton

Reed & Barton was a prominent American silversmith manufacturer based in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, operating between 1824 and 2015.

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Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City.

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Royal Designers for Industry

Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers.

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Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation.

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Scale model

A scale model is a physical model that is geometrically similar to an object (known as the prototype).

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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The arts

The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation.

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University of Genoa

The University of Genoa, known also with the acronym UniGe (Università di Genova), is a public research university.

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University of Parma

The University of Parma (Università degli Studi di Parma, UNIPR) is a public university in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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Vitra Design Museum

The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany.

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Walter Paepcke

Walter Paepcke (June 29, 1896 – April 13, 1960) was an American businessman and philanthropist who was prominent in the mid-20th century.

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Weil am Rhein

Weil am Rhein (High Alemannic: Wiil am Rhii) is a German town and commune.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zanotta (company)

Zanotta is an Italian furniture company particularly known for the iconic pieces of Italian design it produced in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.

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See also

Italian furniture designers

Italian industrial designers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Castiglioni

Also known as Achille Castiglione, Lierna (chair), Lierna (sedia).

, University of Parma, Victoria and Albert Museum, Vitra Design Museum, Walter Paepcke, Weil am Rhein, World War II, Zanotta (company).