Antonio Citterio
ANTONIO CITTERIO was born in Meda in 1950 and graduated in architecture at the Politecnico of Milan. From 1972 he worked in the field of industrial design as a designer and consultant. He works with many manufacturers such as B&B Italia (Charles Sofa), Flexform, Flos (Kelvin and Lastra light range), Kartell (Dolly folding chair, glossy table range, Spoon stool and chair range) and Vitra.
He won the Golden Compass Award in 1987 and 1995 and the 'Mobil' system and the 'Battista' folding table for Kartell are exposed in the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art of New York.
In 1981 he also started working on architecture and interiors, establishing a multi-disciplinary architecture and design studio with experience ranging from architecture to corporate design comprising total creative directing for a mixed range of international clients.
Between 1987 and 1996, Terry Dwan joined Antonio Citterio to work on many architectural projects all over Europe and Japan, developing interiors for stores and offices including the Esprit Headquarters in Milan, Amsterdam and Antwerp and the Polsterfabrik in Neuenburg (Germany) for Vitra.
In 1996/97 Antonio CITTERIO and Partners participated in numerous design projects including the Corporate Design for the Commerzbank pilot branches in Germany, a new retail environment for Habitat in Paris, the Interior Concept for smart Centres, buildings and exhibition stands selling the new Smart car, the restructuring of the existing Line 1 Metro system of Milan, the restructuring of the Line A metro system of Rome. In 1999 he became art director for Brionvega.
Antonio CITTERIO has taught at Domus Academy of Milan from 1990 until 1992 and at La Sapienza University of Rome in 1997. He has been the external examiner for the Furniture Design Course of Royal College of London from 1993 until 1995. Since 1999 he has taught at the "Accademia di Architettura" of Mendrisio (Switzerland).
He currently lives and works in Milan.
