Brand
Cassina
ItalyCassina was founded in 1927 by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, as "Amedeo Cassina" — a cabinet-making workshop. After the war it separated design from production and began working with…
Brand Story
Heritage
Cassina was founded in 1927 by the brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, as "Amedeo Cassina" — a cabinet-making workshop. After the war it separated design from production and began working with outside architects, above all Gio Ponti, with whom it furnished the liner Andrea Doria in 1952 and produced the 699 Superleggera chair from 1957.
Philosophy
Cassina describes its path as the move from artisan workshop to industrial production, combining research and technology with long-standing craftsmanship. A Research Center opened in 1969, and the company received the Compasso d'Oro for its cultural contribution to Italian design.
Iconic Works
- I Maestri — authorised re-editions of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand (from 1964–65), later Rietveld, Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright, researched with the designers' foundations
- Maralunga by Vico Magistretti (Compasso d'Oro 1979), Soriana by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Cab by Mario Bellini
Today
Cassina continues to work with contemporary designers such as Piero Lissoni, Philippe Starck and Patricia Urquiola, runs Custom Interiors for contract projects, sells through stores and its own online shop, and is part of the Haworth group.
Gallery
Designers
Collections
Products
Maralunga Sofa
Vico Magistretti's 1973 bestseller with a backrest that rises on a bicycle-chain mechanism
Utrecht Armchair
Rietveld's 1935 Neoplastic armchair of separate planes, made for serial production at Metz & Co
684 Armchair
Soft upholstered armchair by Mario Bellini, 1973, with optional casters; Cassina.
8 Modular Sofa
Piero Lissoni's 8 of 2014: a modular sofa on an extruded aluminium base.
699 Superleggera
Gio Ponti's 1957 ash chair with 18 mm triangular legs and a hand-woven or upholstered seat.
9 Dining Table
Piero Lissoni's 9 Dining Table: a round top on a steel or aluminium stem and a marble base.
9 Occasional Table
Piero Lissoni's 9 Occasional Table: a round top on a slim stem and a cylindrical base.
905 Chair
Solid wood and saddle-leather chair by Vico Magistretti, 1964, relaunched by Cassina.
Accordo Low Table
Charlotte Perriand's sculptural lacquered low table, designed for her 1985 retrospective in Paris.
La Rotonda Table
Round table by Mario Bellini, 1976: three crossing solid wood legs, glass, wood or marble top.
La Basilica Table
Solid ash table by Mario Bellini, 1976, with pillar-like legs in 6- and 8-leg versions; Cassina.
LC6 Table
Painted steel base and glass or marble top, kept visibly apart by four height-adjusting supports.