Achille Castiglioni

Italian architect and designer (1918-2002) · Italy · Architects · Died at 84

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2021Honorary DegreeAward2002Died2 December 20021999Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1996iF product design awardAward1987Honorary DoctorateAward1957Gold Medal for Italian ArchitectureAward1956Compasso d'OroAward1918Born16 February 1918

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RR 126 [it] radiogram designed for Brionvega (1964)[1][2]

Record wristwatch designed for Alessi

Castiglioni family portrait with Achille (sitting), Livio, and Pier Giacomo (1922)

Mezzadro chair designed for Zanotta (1957)

Sella stool designed for Zanotta (1957)

Light switch designed for VLM (1968)

Parentesi suspension lamp designed for Flos [it] from Pio Manzù concept sketch (1971)

Awards

Honorary Degree2021

Lifetime Achievement Award1999

iF product design award1996

Honorary Doctorate1987

Gold Medal for Italian Architecture1957

Compasso d'Oro1956

Family

Father Giannino Castiglioni

Achille Castiglioni

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Achille Castiglioni was an Italian architect and designer. He is known for his furniture, lighting, radiograms and other objects, many of which are considered icons of post-war Italian design. As a professor of design, he advised his students "If you are not curious, forget it. If you are not interested in others, what they do and how they act, then being a designer is not the right job for you."

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Italy