Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the significant contribution to design culture made by Cassina, the first company to develop and industrialize timeless reeditions.Since 1973, when Cassina launched the iMaestri Collection, the company has authentically reissued some of the most iconic models by the greatest architects of the twentieth century. The brand began this process in 1965 with the first reeditions of furniture by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, expanding over the years to create a specific collection with names such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and Frank Lloyd Wright. These designs have been updated, finding new life, thanks to innovative technological development carried out by the company, always in respect of the original designs.
The collection also tells of encounters between the company and renowned Italian architects, including Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, and Franco Albini, and of how this combination of creative exce
