Cassina Turns 80 With Exhibit in Milan
The firm produces designs by the likes of Gio Ponti, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 2/21/2008 12:00:00 AM
Italian furniture manufacturer Cassina quietly entered the scene in 1927 with a couple of small wooden tables. From this modest start the firm exploded to become what is now one of the most exclusive sources for contemporary Italian design. In conjunction with contemporary furniture fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, April 16-21, the firm will celebrate 80 years with the retrospective exhibit "Made in Cassina," on view through September 7.
Products, prototypes, working models, as well as sketches and drawings by designers will be on view, highlighting the company's history. Cassina became firmly established after World War II, when the firm began introducing to the world names which are now considered at the forefront of the contemporary design movement: Gio Ponti, Carlo De Carli, and Gianfranco Frattini, to name a few.
The Cassina Masters series was born in the 1960's with the production of designs by Le Corbusier. Today the series includes Charlotte Perriand, Gerrit T. Rietveld, Charles R. Mackintosh, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Erik Gunnar Asplund.
Designed by Ferruccio Laviani, "Made in Cassina" will be shown over nearly 11,000 square feet at Milan's Palazzo della Triennale. The exhibit will be accompanied by a book, curated by design historian Giampiero Bosoni.
An opening will be held April 15 at 7pm.
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