
Angelo Mangiarotti
Italian designer and architect
Angelo Mangiarotti designed pieces that more than anything are sculptures made out of wood, bronze, stone, glass, and other materials. He explored sculpture in all of his creations.
Angelo Mangiarotti (born February 26, 1921, Milan, Italy–died July 2, 2012, Milan, Italy) was an Italian designer and architect. Mangiarotti began his architectural training at Politecnico di Milano, earning a degree in architecture in 1948, in the context of a growing criticism towards Rationalism in favor of a greater freedom of expression and simplicity. In 1953, Mangiarotti served as a visiting lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Technology. While in the United States, he got to meet and get acquainted with Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. After his return to Italy in 1955, he opened a studio of architecture with Bruno Morassutti and designed large projects, such as the Via Cantore Skyscraper (1955) in Genova and theMater Misericordiae Church (1956-1957) in Milan, but the duo ended their partnership in 1960. In the same year, Mangiarotti opened a solo studio. read more
Notable Furniture Designs by Angelo Mangiarotti
Some of Mangiarotti’s most notable furniture designs were created following the establishment of his studio, where he masterfully designed sculptural and functional stone, stone-bronze and wood-bronze combination tables, consoles, and bookcases. For some of these designs, he partnered with the Skipper company and produced the Incas console table (1978), Estral shelving system (1981), Marble dining tables, Central table (1985), and the Clizia bench (1990), among others.

Mangiarotti also collaborated with other important design manufacturers of the time, among the products that resulted from these collaborations are the space-age Maritime ceramic clock for Klein and More (1956) which was originally designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for a ship, the iconic Secticon Model T1 table clocks (1960), the Model 1110 lounge chair for Cassina (1964), the Lesbo and Saffo lamps for Artemide (1966/1967), the Giogali modular lighting system for Vistosi (1967), the Fratelli Brambilla ceramic ashtrays(1968), the Aida table lamp for VeArt (1969), a series of office furniture sets for Molteni, and several glass sculptural vases for Vistosi.
The Academic Career Of Angelo Mangiarotti
In addition to his prolific design portfolio, Angelo Mangiarotti maintained intense academic activity inside and outside of Italy. In 1953 and 1954, he served as visiting professor at the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and in 1963 and 1964, he taught a course at the Istituto Superiore di Disegno Industriale in Venice. He also served as visiting professor at the University of Hawaii in 1970, at the École Politecnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 1974, and at the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Institute of Technology in Adelaide in 1976.

In 1982, he held the role of adjunct professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Palermo, and in 1983, he served as a professor at the Department of Composition at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence. In 1989 and 1990, he served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture in Milan, and in 1997, he worked as an adjunct professor teaching a course in industrial design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano.
Angelo Mangiarotti’s design received many awards during his professional life, among these are the Domus Formica award (1956), the American Industrial Partners award (1972), the gold medal in architecture by the Accademia della Torre of Carrara (1998), and a dedicated solo exhibition at Calenzano’s Design Museum in May 2010.
Portrait Photo of Angelo Mangiarotti courtesy of the Angelo Mangiarotti Foundation
For more information on Angelo Mangiarotti please visit Studio Magiarotti
Last updated: March 17, 2020
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Wood table with three cast iron bases

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Black marble table

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Incas - Console Table

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Alabaster sculpture

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Alabaster table lamp

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Barbados ashtray

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Dining table

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Bronze sculpture

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Cavaedro onyx vase

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Coffee table with wooden top

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Coffee/side tables

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Colorwood bowl

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Conduttore Di Luce - pendants

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Dining table 302

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Dining table with wooden top

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Equilibrio Gravitazionale

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Equilibrio Gravitazionale

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Glass vase

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Lounge chair, model 1110

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Marble objects

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Modular sofa

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Office chair

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Variazioni marble vase

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Table-bronze base & enameled copper top

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Vase

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Tensio - chair

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Wood sculptures

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Wooden objects, dark wood

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Wooden objects, light wood

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Steel sculpture Vuoto in Equilibrio

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Eros marble console

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Pair of chairs

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Wood table with three cast iron bases

Angelo Mangiarotti
Black marble table

Angelo Mangiarotti
Incas - Console Table

Angelo Mangiarotti
Alabaster sculpture

Angelo Mangiarotti
Alabaster table lamp

Angelo Mangiarotti
Barbados ashtray

Angelo Mangiarotti
Dining table

Angelo Mangiarotti
Bronze sculpture

Angelo Mangiarotti
Cavaedro onyx vase

Angelo Mangiarotti
Coffee table with wooden top

Angelo Mangiarotti
Coffee/side tables

Angelo Mangiarotti
Colorwood bowl

Angelo Mangiarotti
Conduttore Di Luce - pendants

Angelo Mangiarotti
Dining table 302

Angelo Mangiarotti
Dining table with wooden top

Angelo Mangiarotti
Equilibrio Gravitazionale

Angelo Mangiarotti
Equilibrio Gravitazionale

Angelo Mangiarotti
Glass vase

Angelo Mangiarotti
Lounge chair, model 1110

Angelo Mangiarotti
Marble objects

Angelo Mangiarotti
Modular sofa

Angelo Mangiarotti
Office chair

Angelo Mangiarotti
Variazioni marble vase

Angelo Mangiarotti
Table-bronze base & enameled copper top

Angelo Mangiarotti
Vase

Angelo Mangiarotti
Tensio - chair

Angelo Mangiarotti
Wood sculptures

Angelo Mangiarotti
Wooden objects, dark wood

Angelo Mangiarotti
Wooden objects, light wood

Angelo Mangiarotti
Steel sculpture Vuoto in Equilibrio

Angelo Mangiarotti
Eros marble console

Angelo Mangiarotti
Pair of chairs
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Angelo Mangiarotti 1955-1964
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