Carimate

A historic Danish design company, over the course of its 140 years, thanks to collaboration with far-sighted designers and architects such as Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm, Fritz Hansen has produced a rich portfolio of furnishings such as tables, chairs and armchairs, now considered design “classics” and identified as true timeless icons such as the Egg and Swan armchairs.

Vico Magistretti, born in 1920 in Milan, inherited his passion for architecture from his family, already renowned and active in the field and from whom he took inspiration for his future studies at the Polytechnic of Milan, where he graduated in 1945. During his professional activity, Magistretti dealt with architecture, urban planning and industrial design. In 1948 he won the Grand Prix of the VII Triennale. He participated in exhibitions and held conferences in Europe, America and Japan. Furthermore, some of the objects he designed are still present today in the permanent collections of the MoMa in New York and 13 other American and European museums. Magistretti's approach to design, which makes him one of the most important fathers of Italian design, is based on process principles, first of all the very close interaction with the manufacturing companies starting from the concept and design definition of the product.