Antonio Citterio

Background

Antonio Citterio was born in Meda, near Milan, in 1950. He opened his design office in 1972 and graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano. From 1987 to 1996 he worked in association with Terry Dwan on buildings in Europe and Japan, and in 2000 he founded a practice for architecture and interior design with Patricia Viel, today Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel.

Signature Style

Citterio has never separated architecture from interiors or interiors from product design. His furniture pairs industrial logic with tactile comfort: precise, light structures — often in die-cast aluminium — carrying generous upholstery.

Notable Works

• Diesis for B&B Italia (1979, with Paolo Nava)
• Sity for B&B Italia, Compasso d'Oro 1987
• Charles sofa for B&B Italia (1997)
• Products for Flexform, Vitra, Kartell, Flos, Axor-Hansgrohe, Iittala and Technogym

Legacy

Twice awarded the Compasso d'Oro (1987, 1994) and named Honorary Royal Designer for Industry in 2008, Citterio taught architectural design at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio from 2006 to 2016. He is art director of Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena.