Antonio Citterio

 
Portrait of Antonio Citterio Antonio Citterio (* born 1950 in Meda/Italy), studied architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. In 1972 he began work as a designer and consultant in the field of industrial design, before joining Terry Dwan as a partner at Studio Citterio/Dwan. From 1990-92 he held a teaching position at the Domus Academy in Milan and was an external examiner for the Furniture Design course at the Royal College of London from 1993-95. Together with Patricia Viel, he founded the multidisciplinary office Antonio Citterio and Partners in Milan in 1999, and from 1999 to 2002 he also taught on the architectural faculty at the Università della Svizzera Italiana. He resumed a position on the faculty of this university in 2006. In addition to designing furniture classics such as Spoon and Gastone for Kartell or the Oson and Visaroll chair series for Vitra, Antonio Citterio also designed the manufacturing and administration complex for Vitra in Neuenburg, Germany.

Mobil
Lounge chair Grand Repos
ID Trim
ID Mesh
AC 4
T-Chair
Spoon Chair
Oson CE
Axess Plus
Oson C
Gastone
Follow Me
Spoon
Visalounge
Visavis
Visaroll 2
Visavis 2
ID Trim L
Unix Chair with five star base
Unix Chair with four star base
ID Soft
Battista
ID Trim Conference
Unix Chair with four-legged base on castors
Lounge chair Repos
ID Air

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VitraHaus - Èt År: Et Interview med Eckart Maise, 02.08.2011

... Lige for tiden er Suita-sofaen udstillet, og i den forbindelse talte vi på forhånd med Antonio Citterio, lyttede til hans feedback og optimerede derefter et par forskellige områder. Mange af møbeldesignerne er i regelmæssigt kontakt med vores in-house indretningsarkitekter, og der foregår altid en...



One Year VitraHaus: An Interview with Eckart Maise, 09.06.2011

... For example at the moment the Suita sofa display. We discussed that with Antonio Citterio in advance, gathered his feedback and then optimised a few points. But also many of the designers are in regular contact with our in-house interior designers and so there is always an exchange of...



Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2011 Interview: Eckart Maise, Vitra Chief Design Officer, 13.04.2011

... At the 2011 Milan Furniture Fair Vitra are presenting a range of new products from designers including Konstantin Grcic, Antonio Citterio and Barber & Osgerby. Ahead of the official launch we caught up with Vitra Chief Design Officer Eckart Maise to discuss the new products and the ... With, for example, Antonio Citterio we've been working together for 25 years. Or with the Bouroullecs we’ve now been co-operating for 12 or 13 years. And although there are obviously...



Orgatec 2010: Vitra, 02.12.2010

... And once we understood that, we were genuinely impressed with the concept. The other dominant designer within Vitra's Orgatec 2010 show was Antonio Citterio. In addition to the Suita Club Sofa / Armchair and  Unix Chair Citterio's most important contribution was without question the new ID...



2010 Designer Furniture World Cup:Italy 1 - Switzerland 1, 06.07.2010

... Knowing that they needed to defeat Fritz Haller's stable and flexible USM Haller system in order to advance the Italians choose to stick with Antonio Citterio for this all or nothing encounter. Setting quickly to work Antonio Citterio rolled out a succession of office chairs; ... However regardless of what Antonio Citterio tried, Fritz Haller always found a combination to match and ultimately took a 1:0 lead with a beautifully finished Haller Table. Undeterred...



2010 Designer Furniture World Cup:Italy 0-Belgium 0, 24.06.2010

... Following his ankle injury Cesare "Joe" Colombo was replaced for this match by Antonio Citterio, one of the most experienced designers in the Italian squad. Opening with a quick Mobil for Kartell Antonio Citterio quickly reinforced this with a Follow Me for Vitra. Despite the intensity ... All further attempts by both sides made little headway, and the match ended 0:0 The Group A table and all Group A results can be found...



(smow)offline: Moleskine Hand of the Designer, 15.03.2010

... Containing 462 hand drawn sketches from 150 designers - including Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius, Antonio Citterio or Alberto Meda - Hand of the Designer is intended as an intimate look into the creative process of the designer, and as a celebration of the everlasting power...



IMM Cologne: New Classics, 24.01.2010

... And so (smow) must be doing something right..... "Das Buch der Klassiker“ is available with the February issue of Schöner Wohnen - and all featured articles are, obviously,  available via...






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