Achille Castiglioni
Born in Milan in 1918. As early as 1940 he devoted himself to experimenting with mass-produced artifacts, with his architect brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo. After receiving his degree in architecture in 1944, he and Pier Giacomo initiated their designing career; the poetic was entirely based on “new” forms, techniques and materials. The aim was to attain an "integral" design process.
One of the founders of the ADI, he has starred in numerous Milan Triennale shows. Castiglioni's part in creating some of the cleverest modern design objects has been particularly important.
