Born in Milan in 1918, Achille Castiglioni was a designer and architect, and one of the most influential figures of 20th-century design. His work is distinguished by a design approach rooted in the observation of everyday life and in the reduction of form to its essential elements. Castiglioni explored the relationship between objects, function, and human behavior, conceiving design as a tool to understand and improve the way we inhabit the world.