FENIS Collection: Museo del Design 1880-1980, Milano - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln
Homage to Carlo Mollino Project year
Carlo Mollino (6 May 1905 – 27 August 1973) was an Italian architect , designer and photographer .
> > > A world record price for a piece of 20th Century Furniture was set in June 2005 when a piece designed by Carlo Mollino was auctioned by Christie's New York: An oak and glass table for Casa Orengo from 1949 sold for $3,824,000.
Born in Turin, Carlo Mollino was the son of Eugenio Mollino, an engineer. As he grew up, Carlo Mollino became interested in a variety of topics that were as outrageous as his art, such as design, architecture, the occult, and race cars.
He was once credited as saying, "Everything is permissible as long as it is fantastic."
That credo was certainly reflected throughout his body of work. Mollino's architecture and furniture are famous for their ability to enable occupants to manipulate volumes at a whim.
Carlo Mollino died in 1973, while still workingIn the last years of his life (between 1965 and 1973) he designed the two buildings that made him famous: the Camera di Commercio building and the Teatro Regio in Turin.
Interieur / Apartments / Hauses :
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- Casa Miller, Turin (1936)
- Casa Devalle, Turin (1939-40)
- Casa Minola, Turin (1944-46)
- Casa Orengo, Turin (1949)
- Casa Rivetti, Turin (1949)
- Casa Mollino, Turin (1960-1968)
- Casa Pistoi, Turin (1968)
