Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni studied at Polytechnic University of Milan. Training under Giannino Castiglioni is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is architecture and industrial design. Giannino Castiglioni is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Lierna. Employment is recorded with Polytechnic University of Milan and Brionvega. Positions recorded include full professor. Works named in the authority record are Lierna Chair and San Gabriele Arcangelo in Mater Dei Church. Work by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Israel Museum, ADI Design Museum and Museo Castiglioni. Distinctions recorded are Gold Medal for Italian Architecture and Compasso d'Oro.

• Name — Pier Giacomo Castiglioni • Born — 22 April 1913 • Birthplace — Milan, Italy • Place of death — Milan • Spouse — Maria Coduri de Cartosio • Father — Giannino Castiglioni • Family — Achille Castiglioni, Livio Castiglioni (brothers) • Field — Architecture, design • Training — Politecnico di Milano • Awards — Compasso d'Oro • Website — piergiacomocastiglioni.it

• Illustration — With brother Achille • Illustration — Pier Giacomo Castiglioni receiving the Compasso d'Oro award in 1955 Pier Giacomo Castiglioni was born on 22 April 1913 in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. He was the second son of Livia Bolla and the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni. Castiglioni studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and graduated in 1937. His elder brother Livio and younger brother Achille were also architects. He married Maria Coduri de Cartosio on 30 December 1942.

In 1937 or 1938 he started an architectural design practice with his brother Livio and Luigi Caccia Dominioni. Amongst the designs produced by the practice were the first Italian bakelite radio for Phonola. The studio closed in 1940. After the Second World War, he and Livio joined by their younger brother Achille, who had also graduated in architecture in 1944. Much of their work was in product and exhibition design, but they also carried out a number of architectural projects, including the reconstruction in 1952–53 of the Palazzo della Permanente, which had been destroyed by bombing in 1943. Livio Castiglioni left the practice in 1952 or 1953. From then until Pier Giacomo died, he and Achille worked as a team; most of their designs are not attributable to either one of them. Products designed by the Castiglioni brothers in the post-war years included the "Turbino", "Luminator", "Toio", and "Arco" lamps for Flos S.p.A. (company), the "Spalter" vacuum cleaner, and a number of audio devices for Brionvega including the RR 126 radiogram. Working alone, Pier Giacomo designed the "Mezzadro" stool for Zanotta based Marcel Duchamp's concept of "ready made". However, it was not manufactured until 1971, three years after Castiglioni's death. In 1956 he was one of the founding members of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) in Milan and also taught life drawing at the Politecnico di Milano from 1964 to 1968. Castiglioni's work was awarded 5 Compasso d'Oro awards. He died in Milan on 27 November 1968.

• Illustration — Tabletop radio designed for Phonola (1939) • Illustration — Architectural drawing of San Gabriele Arcangelo in Mater Dei (1956–1959) • Illustration — Perspective drawing of San Gabriele Arcangelo in Mater Dei • Illustration — Milan Triennale X, Industrial Design exposition (1954) • Illustration — Another view of Milan Triennale X • Illustration — Another view of Milan Triennale X • Illustration — Spalter vacuum cleaner (1956) • Illustration — Spalter (technical drawing) • Illustration — Sanluca armchair designed in 1959 for Gavina (drawing showing construction detail) • Illustration — RR 126 radiogram designed for Brionvega • Illustration — Sella stool designed for Zanotta • Illustration — Mezzadro stool designed for Zanotta • Illustration — Drawing of Arco lamp designed for Flos (1962) • Illustration — Analog Piped Radio receiver designed for Brionvega (1967–1970)