Vico Magistretti
Vico Magistretti (Ludovico Magistretti) (born October 6, 1920 in Milan ; † September 19, 2006 ibid) was an Italian architect and industrial designer .
Life
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Vico Magistretti, son of the Milanese architect Pier Giulio Magistretti (1891–1945), attended the Parini high school in Milan and began studying architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in autumn 1939. In 1943 he emigrated to Switzerland and attended lectures in Lausanne at the Champ Universitaire Italy. Here he met Ernesto Nathan Rogers from the BBPR office in Milan , who had to emigrate to Switzerland as the son of a Jewish-Italian mother. The eleven years older Rogers became an important reference person for Magistretti's further professional career. In 1945 Vico Magistretti returned to Milan, where he graduated from the Polytechnic in August of that year. From 1945, immediately after studying architecture, he worked together with Paolo Chessa initially as an architect in the architecture office of his father Pier Giulio, who died that same year. In 1959 Magistretti belonged to the Italian delegation of CIAM XI in Otterlo, along with BBPR , Ignazio Gardella and Giancarlo De Carlo . His project 'Casa Arosio in Arenzano ', built between 1956 and 1959, was presented at the congress .
In the 1960s, Vico Magistretti's work as an industrial designer began. Over the course of this decade, his designs were produced by renowned companies such as Asko , Artemide , Cassina and Rosenthal . He became known for his "Maralunga" sofa and the "Carimate" chair, which is a symbol of "Swinging London". In 1979 he received the Compasso d'Oro design award for his "Atollo" table lamp . A dozen of his designs belong to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City .
Design and architecture
Carimate dining chair for Cassina , 1959
Eclisse bedside lamp for Artemide , 1965
Eclisse bedside lamp for Artemide , 1965
Atollo table lamp for Oluce , 1977
Case Rosse holiday homes in Framura , 1967–70
Detailed view of the Case Rosse in Framura, 1967–70
- Buildings by Vico Magistretti photographed by Paolo Monti
Building in corso Europa 22, Milan 1955–1957, detail
Villa Arosio, Arenzano 1958: interior decoration
Building in via Leopardi, Milan 1961, with Guido Veneziani
Carimate Golf Club (with Guido Veneziani)
Tower house in Piazzale Aquileia 8, Milan 1964–1965
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Important design objects (selection)
- 1959 Carimate dining chair for Cassina
- 1965 Eclisse bedside lamp for Artemide
- 1967 Selene stacking chair for Artemide
- 1969 Dalù table lamp for Artemide
- 1969 Chimera floor lamp for Artemide
- 1970 Teti ceiling light for Artemide
- 1973 Maralunga sofa for Cassina
- 1976 Sonora pendant lamp for Oluce
- 1977 Atollo table lamp for Oluce
- 1983 Veranda sofa for Cassina
- 1994 Tuareg sofa and armchair for De Padova
Important buildings (selection)
- 1947–1955 Church of Santa Maria Nascente in Milan , with Mario Tedeschi
- 1953–1956 high-rise residential building Torre al Parco in Milan, with Franco Longoni
- 1955–1957 office building on Corso Europa in Milan
- 1956–1959 Casa Arosio house in Arenzano
- 1967–1970 Case Rosse holiday homes in Framura
- 1969–1971 residential and commercial building on Piazza San Marco in Milan
literature
- Vico Magistretti, Beppe Finessi: Vico Magistretti. Corraini Editore, Mantua 2003, ISBN 88-87942-62-5 .
- Andrea Savio (Ed.): Vico Magistretti. Case rosse a Framura. Alinea Editrice, Florence 2012, ISBN 978-88-6055-716-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of the Fondazione Vico Magistretti
- ^ Carmen Böker: On the death of the Milanese designer Vico Magistretti; The architect of simple things. In: Berliner Zeitung. September 21, 2006.
- ^ List of works by the Italian Chamber of Architects
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magistretti, Vico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian architect and industrial designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 2006 |
| Place of death | Milan |