In his lifetime, he designed and collaborated on close to 150 objects, many of which are still in production today.
Gatto designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Taccia designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Taraxacum 88 designed by Achille Castiglioni
Snoopy Table Lamp designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Stylos designed by Achille Castiglioni
Lampadina Table Lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni
TARAXACUM Pendant Lamp designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
IC LIGHTS Family designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
IC LIGHTS T designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
IC LIGHTS S designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
IC LIGHTS T designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
IC LIGHTS F designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
IC LIGHTS S designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
IC LIGHTS F designed by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS
Wes sits at Michael’s boyhood Herman Miller Swag Leg desk, as Sasha peers down from the stairs connecting their rooms, illuminated by a Flos Glo-Ball lamp.
Workers at the facility begin the manufacturing process by dipping a hollow, stainless steel pole into a mass of molten glass. Through a delicate process of adding air, shaping against a cast-iron mold, and triple-dipping, the blowers build up a layered ball.
The furnaces at Vetrerie New Glass, one of the facilities that Flos contracts to produce its Glo-Ball, burn at around two-thousand degrees celsius–temperatures at which sand becomes molten glass.
During blow-molding, an indentation is made in the neck of the Glo-Ball; when a technician taps the rod with a hammer, this indentation becomes an instant fissure in the fragile glass and the globe is separated. To prevent cracking in the glass, the balls are left in this slow-cooling kiln for two hours.
The kitchen and dining area is furnished with a salvaged timber table designed by Matt Eastvold, white Panton chairs, and a Glo Ball pendant lamp.
The Glo-Balls arrive at Flos for final assembly. A technician attaches the steel components that will join the matte orb to its metal base.
Once the Glo-Ball has received its final shape from the mold, a worker spins the translucent glass to continue cooling and to check for any imperfections or cracks.
The couple worked on the interiors with project architect Maria Danos. In the living room, an Arco lamp by Flos arches over a Jean-Marie Massaud for Poltrona Frau sofa, which joins an Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia coffee table, a Patricia Urquiola rug, and three-legged stools by Chris Connell.
The living and dining room of a recent residential project, featuring a Castiglioni lamp and a mirrored bar.