Lungangolo
Lungangolo
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be filled with beautiful design—but for some reason just never were. Due to this thinking he did many designs intended specifically for the corners of the home. Lungangolo is one of those. Lungangolo is a multi-use piece of furniture originally produced by Bernini. The frame is made of four slender pillars with square cross-sec-tions in between to support the square shelves placed in various heights. The structure is strengthened by a drawer and a side piece. The position of the drawer and elimination of part of the support meant it had to be manufactured in two versions—to work for both left and right handed.
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Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be filled with beautiful design—but for some reason just never were. Due to this thinking he did many designs intended specifically for the corners of the home. Lungangolo is one of those. Lungangolo is a multi-use piece of furniture originally produced by Bernini. The frame is made of four slender pillars with square cross-sec-tions in between to support the square shelves placed in various heights. The structure is strengthened by a drawer and a side piece. The position of the drawer and elimination of part of the support meant it had to be manufactured in two versions—to work for both left and right handed.
"If I have to choose one word about Achille – curiosity. I grew up with a man who was very, very playful. Curiosity is linked to toys, curiosity is linked to other people, other countries, other mentalities. If you are curious you can remain young."
Product Material
Solid and veneered oak treated with natural oil or black oil
”I have always desired to do the opposite. Not because I have an anarchic behaviour, but because I think the fundamental basis of design consists in thinking the opposite”. Renowned Italian designer Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002) had a passion for re-designing, re-inventing and re-conceptualizing. Traditional interior design objects would pass through his Milan-based studio and end up perfected. He always aimed at enhancing and glorifying the value of the design. Throughout his career he worked to raise design to an ever-higher level of synthesis - stripping design down to the very core and eliminating everything superfluous. During his career Achille Castiglioni collaborated with many designers, among them Giancarlo Pozzi. Together they made Trio and Comodo in 1991.
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Achille Castiglioni
”I have always desired to do the opposite. Not because I have an anarchic behaviour, but because I think the fundamental basis of design consists in thinking the opposite”. Renowned Italian designer Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002) had a passion for re-designing, re-inventing and re-conceptualizing. Traditional interior design objects would pass through his Milan-based studio and end up perfected. He always aimed at enhancing and glorifying the value of the design. Throughout his career he worked to raise design to an ever-higher level of synthesis - stripping design down to the very core and eliminating everything superfluous. During his career Achille Castiglioni collaborated with many designers, among them Giancarlo Pozzi. Together they made Trio and Comodo in 1991.
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Achille Castiglioni
Giovanna Castiglioni inherited her father Achille’s curiosity and playful nature, two characteristics she applies in running his studio museum and in keeping his spirit alive.
There are many ways to uphold a design legacy. For Giovanna Castiglioni, daughter of Achille (1918-2002), one of the giants of 20th-century Italian design, it goes beyond archives and history to making her father relevant in the modern world. She does this in diverse ways, running Fondazione Achille Castiglioni with brother Carlo, and being the “voice” of his studio museum, a storyteller keeping Achille’s ideas alive and fresh.
Fondazione Achille Castiglioni
Giovanna Castiglioni inherited her father Achille’s curiosity and playful nature, two characteristics she applies in running his studio museum and in keeping his spirit alive.
There are many ways to uphold a design legacy. For Giovanna Castiglioni, daughter of Achille (1918-2002), one of the giants of 20th-century Italian design, it goes beyond archives and history to making her father relevant in the modern world. She does this in diverse ways, running Fondazione Achille Castiglioni with brother Carlo, and being the “voice” of his studio museum, a storyteller keeping Achille’s ideas alive and fresh.