ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

(MILAN, 1918 - 2002)

Design is one of the highest expressions of creativity, and Achille Castiglioni was one of its greatest masters. With his functional and purist yet playful objects, Castiglioni showed us that form and function, while certainly the main ingredients for successful design, cannot be a designer's only concerns

His highly individual work still displays an ironic humor, lively sense of paradox, and thoughtful concern for formal balance. During his long career, he has been a professor of interior and industrial design at both the Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano and has been honored with eight Compasso d'Oro awards. He is one of the most important and complex figures in Italian design of the 20th century.