Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

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Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (born April 22, 1913 in Milan ; † November 27, 1968 there ) was an Italian industrial designer , architect and urban planner .

biography

Industrial design pavilion designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Photo by Paolo Monti , 1954.

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni was born as the son of the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni (1884–1971) and Livia Bolla, daughter of the rector of Liceo Zucchi in Monza . Like his two brothers Achille (1918–2002) and Livio (1911–1979), Pier Giacomo Castiglioni also studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Milan, where he received his diploma in 1937. In 1938 he first set up an office with Livio Castiglioni on Corso di Porta Nuova in Milan. In 1939, together with Luigi Caccia Dominioni, they designed the Phonola "547" radio set, which revolutionized the design known up to that point and had a Bakelite housing . On December 30, 1942, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni married Maria Coduri de Cartosio. From this marriage the daughter Giorgina (* 1943 in Como ) emerged, who works as an architect and industrial designer in Milan.

In 1944 Achille Castiglioni also joined the office community. 1945 ended the collaboration between the Castiglionis and Luigi Caccia Dominioni. While Livio Castiglioni also left the joint office in 1952, Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni designed numerous design objects in the post-war period and remained together as partners until Pier Giacomo's untimely death. In 1962 Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni moved their office to Piazza Castello in Milan.

Her most famous design objects include the floor lamp Arco for Flos, designed in 1962 , which has a base made of Carrara marble and an extendable, arched shaft made of satined steel.

From 1964 to 1968 Pier Giacomo Castiglioni taught as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Milan Polytechnic , after having started teaching there in 1957.

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni was one of the most influential designers in Italy and one of the most famous in the world. For Dino Gavina (1922–2007), the founder of Gavina Spa and Flos , he was one of the top ten designers in the world. Castiglioni's works are in the collections of the most important museums and are exhibited in museums of industrial design and contemporary art around the world, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Triennale Design Museum in Milan .

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni died in Milan in 1968 at the age of only 55.

Industrial design

Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni: view drawing of the parish church of San Gabriele Arcangelo in Milan, built 1956–1959
Chairs and armchairs
  • 1957 Sella saddle seat for Zanotta , with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1957 Mezzadro chair for Zanotta , with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1959 chair Lierna , whose name is derived from the town on Lake Como, after Cassina and Gavina , with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1960 Sanluca chair for Gavina (later Knoll International , Bernini Poltrona Frau ), with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1965 Tric wooden folding chair for BBB, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1965 Firenze wall clock for Alessi, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1966 Allunaggio three-legged seat for Zanotta , with Achille Castiglioni
to shine
  • 1954 Luminator floor lamp for Flos, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1960 Gatto table lamp for Flos, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1960 Taraxacum pendant lamp for Heisenkeil (today's Flos SpA collection )
  • 1962 Arco floor lamp for Flos, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1962 Taccia table lamp for Flos, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1962 Toio floor lamp for Flos, with Achille Castiglioni
  • 1967 Snoopy table lamp for Flos, with Achille Castiglioni

architecture

  • 1959 Parish Church of San Gabriele Arcangelo in Via Termopili in Milan , with Achille Castiglioni

Collections

  • Lierna chair in the Triennale di Milano museum, Italy
  • Toio floor lamp in the Museum of Modern Art in New York

See also

literature

  • Silvia Cattiodoro: Pier Giacomo 100 volte Castiglioni, Milano, in edibus, 2013, ISBN 8897221173 .
  • Matteo Vercelloni: Achille e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, 24 ore cultura, Milan 2012
  • Paolo Portoghesi, Castiglioni, Achille e Pier Giacomo (subvoce), in Dizionario enciclopedico di architettura e urbanistica, vol. I, Roma, 1968, p. 510
  • Gillo Dorfles, Introduzione al disegno industriale, Einaudi, Torino 1972.
  • Centro Kappa (a cura di), Il design italiano degli anni '50, Editoriale Domus, Milano 1980, pp. 120-121, 153, 174, 202-203, 264, 275.
  • Vittorio Gregotti, Il disegno del prodotto industriale Italia 1860-1980, Electa, Milano 1982.
  • Andrea Branzi, La casa calda. Esperienze del nuovo design italiano, Idea Books, Milano 1984.
  • Penny Sparke, Italian Design 1870 to the present, Thames and Hudson, London 1988.
  • Giampiero Bosoni, Architetture provvisorie alla Fiera Campionaria, in Fiera Milano 1920-1995.
  • PA, Fratelli Castiglioni Storie vere di progetti, in “Abitare”, 1992, 306, aprile, pp. 223-226.
  • Marco Romanelli, Achille Castiglioni 1992, in “Domus”, 1993, 745, gennaio, pp. 68-75.
  • AA.VV., Alla Castiglioni, catalogo della mostra, Cosmit, Milano 1996.
  • Herbert Muschamp, A Purist Who Makes Simplicity Seductive, in “The New York Times”, 1997, October 17, pp. 33, 36.
  • red., Buon compleanno, Achille, in "Casabella", 1998, 653, febbraio, pp. 82-83.
  • Hans Höger , Michele De Lucchi. Essere irriverente per andare più in profondità, in “Domus”, 1999, 819, ottobre, p. 57 (intero art. Pp. 54-63).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://fondazioneachillecastiglioni.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2007-2015-uno-studioi-lungo-un-secolo.pdf
  2. ↑ cf. "Chiesa in via delle Termopili a Milano", in: Casabella continuità 1959, issue 224
personal data
SURNAME Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1968
Place of death Milan