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Cassina

Cassina is one of Italy's most significant furniture brands, founded in 1927 by brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in Meda (Brianza, Province of Monza e Brianza) as "Amedeo Cassina" — initially as a small craft workshop for coffee tables and furnishing work (renamed "Figli di Amedeo Cassina" in 1935). The decisive transformation occurred in the 1950s: major commissions for the interior fitting of cruise ships — including the Andrea Doria in collaboration with Gio Ponti — forced the development from craft to industrial production methods and created the context for the development of icons such as the Leggera chair and the Superleggera (both Gio Ponti). Cassina thereby became one of the pioneers of industrial furniture design in Italy. Art Director since 2015: Patricia Urquiola. The company is part of the Poltrona Frau Group. Headquarters: Meda. DOS flagship stores: Meda (HQ), Milan (2), London, Madrid, New York (2), Paris (2), Shanghai.

Cassina I Maestri Collection: began in 1964 with the acquisition of worldwide exclusive production rights for designs by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand (LC1, LC2, LC3 armchairs, LC4 chaise longue). Continuously expanded since: Gerrit T. Rietveld (1968, from Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1972), Erik Gunnar Asplund (1983), Frank Lloyd Wright (1986, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation), Charlotte Perriand separately (2004). Cassina SimonCollezione: 2013 following acquisition of the historic Simon brand (Dino Gavina & Maria Simoncini, 1968): Carlo Scarpa, Marcel Breuer, Kazuhide Takahama. Further icons from own production: Maralunga sofa (Vico Magistretti, Compasso d'Oro 1979), Soriana (Afra + Tobia Scarpa), L.W.S. Lazy Working Sofa (Philippe Starck, 1994), Met sofa (1990s), 8 Otto (Piero Lissoni). Awards: 4 Compasso d'Oro, including 1991 for the company's overall role. MedaMade logo as quality guarantee of local production.

For architects and interior designers, Cassina is the canonical address for furniture that connects design history and contemporary design within a single catalogue — with a Maestri Collection representing the most significant assembly of licensed 20th-century icons in serial production, and a contemporary own production that under Patricia Urquiola's art direction conducts one of the liveliest dialogues between heritage and avant-garde.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cassina

Cassina is one of Italy's most significant furniture brands, founded in 1927 by brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in Meda (Brianza, Province of Monza e Brianza) as "Amedeo Cassina" — initially as a small craft workshop for coffee tables and furnishing work (renamed "Figli di Amedeo Cassina" in 1935). The decisive transformation occurred in the 1950s: major commissions for the interior fitting of cruise ships — including the Andrea Doria in collaboration with Gio Ponti — forced the development from craft to industrial production methods and created the context for the development of icons such as the Leggera chair and the Superleggera (both Gio Ponti). Cassina thereby became one of the pioneers of industrial furniture design in Italy. Art Director since 2015: Patricia Urquiola. The company is part of the Poltrona Frau Group. Headquarters: Meda. DOS flagship stores: Meda (HQ), Milan (2), London, Madrid, New York (2), Paris (2), Shanghai.

Cassina I Maestri Collection: began in 1964 with the acquisition of worldwide exclusive production rights for designs by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand (LC1, LC2, LC3 armchairs, LC4 chaise longue). Continuously expanded since: Gerrit T. Rietveld (1968, from Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1972), Erik Gunnar Asplund (1983), Frank Lloyd Wright (1986, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation), Charlotte Perriand separately (2004). Cassina SimonCollezione: 2013 following acquisition of the historic Simon brand (Dino Gavina & Maria Simoncini, 1968): Carlo Scarpa, Marcel Breuer, Kazuhide Takahama. Further icons from own production: Maralunga sofa (Vico Magistretti, Compasso d'Oro 1979), Soriana (Afra + Tobia Scarpa), L.W.S. Lazy Working Sofa (Philippe Starck, 1994), Met sofa (1990s), 8 Otto (Piero Lissoni). Awards: 4 Compasso d'Oro, including 1991 for the company's overall role. MedaMade logo as quality guarantee of local production.

For architects and interior designers, Cassina is the canonical address for furniture that connects design history and contemporary design within a single catalogue — with a Maestri Collection representing the most significant assembly of licensed 20th-century icons in serial production, and a contemporary own production that under Patricia Urquiola's art direction conducts one of the liveliest dialogues between heritage and avant-garde.