Livio Castiglioni

Livio Castiglioni
Born(1911-01-16)16 January 1911
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died30 April 1979(1979-04-30) (aged 68)
Milan, Italy
EducationPolitecnico di Milano
Known for
  • Architecture
  • Design
Boalum lamp designed for Artemide in 1969–1970 (with Gianfranco Frattini)

Livio Castiglioni (16 January 1911 – 30 April 1979) was an Italian architect and designer. He made a significant contribution to twentieth-century Italian lighting design and was an early proponent of the practice of industrial design in Italy.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Campbell, Gordon, ed. (2006). "Castiglioni". The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press. p. 208. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195189483.001.0001. ISBN 9780195324945.
  2. ^ Scodeller, Dario (2003). Livio e Piero Castiglioni: il progetto della luce [Livio and Piero Castiglioni: lighting projects] (in Italian). Milano: Electa. ISBN 88-370-2056-2. OCLC 52771344.
  3. ^ Myerson, Jeremy (1990). Lamps and Lighting. Sylvia Katz. Boston, MA: Springer New York. ISBN 978-1-4684-6661-4. OCLC 852790619.