Castiglioni, Magistretti, and Albini are famous Italian designers in the lighting industry who have made their mark with their iconic works recognised globally.
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Explore the wonderful, posthumous lighting creations of three design greats from Italy where their legacy continues to live on.
Luisa chair and Cicognino side table designed by Franco Albini for Cassina; The “AS41Z” dining light designed by Franco Albini for Nemo Lighting. Image: Cassina and Nemo Lighting
Franco Albini (1905 to 1977)
Franco Albini was considered to be the most significant Italian ?Neo Rationalist? designer of all times and ages. Albini was born in Robbiate in the province of Como in Italy. After graduating in architecture from the Politechnico di Milano in 1929, he started his career in the studio of Gio Ponti. He soon set up his own design firm in Milan in 1931 and one of his pioneering pieces was a 1939 radio made of glass, designed to reveal the machine’s internal components. In the 1940s, Albini was the editor for the Casabella magazine, and it was also during this period that Albini converted his way of thinking to rationalism, eventually becoming one of the key players in the development of the rationalist movements in architecture, furniture, and industrial design sectors.
Given the opportunities arising from the growing reconstruction trends after World War II, Albini worked on researching and...