Karakter Rampa Writing Desk
RAMPA WRITING DESK
RAMPA WRITING DESK
Designed by Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, 1965
Rampa, a multifunctional station on wheels from 1965, was inspired by the traditional florist’s display stands found on Italian town squares.
On one side, the steps serve as a bookshelf with the four steps being covered with tempered glass plates, and a compartment in the lower large step, which is closed with a flap door.
DESIGNERS
ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI
”I have always desired to do the opposite. Not because I have an anarchic behaviour, but because I think the fundamental basis of design consists in thinking the opposite”.
Renowned Italian designer Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002) had a passion for re-designing, re-inventing and re-conceptualizing. Traditional interior design objects would pass through his Milan-based studio and end up perfected.
He always aimed at enhancing and glorifying the value of the design. Throughout his career he worked to raise design to an ever-higher level of synthesis - stripping design down to the very core and eliminating everything superfluous.
During his career Achille Castiglioni collaborated with many designers, among them Giancarlo Pozzi. Together they made Trio and Comodo in 1991.
PIER GIACOMO CASTIGLIONI
The Italian designer and architect Pier Giacomo Castiglioni is the second of the three Castiglioni brothers.
Like his brothers, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni studied architecture at Milan Polytechnic.
In 1938 Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and his elder brother, Livio, founded a practice in Milan, which the youngest brother, Achille, joined in 1944. All three Castiglioni brothers were interested in both technology and art.
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni is regarded as the intellectual equal of his brother Achille. Until his untimely death in 1968, Pier Giacomo collaborated with Achille on numerous objects Rampa and Libreria Pensile among others.
The Castiglioni brothers exerted a strong influence on the younger generation of Italian designers. Pier Giacomo Castiglioni taught design at Milan Polytechnic from 1946 until his passing.
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BRAND
Karakter
PRODUCT TYPE
Writing Desk
COLLECTION
Rampa
PRODUCTION
Made in Denmark
MATERIAL
Solid and veneered oak (natural and/or smoke stained) with clear lacquer
DIMENSIONS
- Height : 136 cm
- Width : 100 cm
- Depth : 80 cm
INTEGRATED STORAGE & WRITING DESK
At the opposite side of Rampa, there are two visible compartments for storage as well as a larger flap that, when opened, acts as a writing desk, and reveals two more compartments, and six drawers. Thanks to the four castors, two of which has brakes, the object can easily be moved around or fixed.
ENVIRONMENT
Indoor
USE
Interior Furniture
LEAD TIME
14 - 16 weeks
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
1965
DESIGNERS
- Achille Castiglioni
- Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
FINISHES
- Smoked Oak
- Oak, Smoked Oak
TIMELESS DESIGN & CRAFTSMANSHIP
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni took their cue from the traditional florist's display stands found in Italian town squares to create Rampa, a multifunctional station on castors. Designed in 1965, it is beautifully executed by master cabinetmakers - as relevant and crisp as ever.
DRAWERS
Six
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MULTIFUNCTIONAL STORAGE & WORKSPACE
On one side, four steps serve as bookshelves with tempered glass plate tops, while the lower large step reveals a compartment behind a flap door. The opposite side of Rampa features two visible compartments for storage as well as a larger flap door that, when opened, acts as a writing desk, revealing two more compartments and six drawers.
