Collection: Gae Aulenti
Gae Aulenti was born in 1927 in Palazzolo dello Stella in the province of Udine.
She graduated at Politecnico di Milano in 1953 and since then she has been working in the fields of architectural design, urban planning, interior and industrial design, theatrical scenography.
Since the early years, her projects express the desire to link together multiple aspects of the architectural discipline. Numerous industrial design products were created to complete architectural projects. Among the most famous there are lamps "Pipistrello" and "King Sun" for the Olivetti Showrooms in Paris and Buenos Aires (1966-67) and, with Piero Castiglioni, the lamp "Bugia" for Musée d'Orsay (Paris, 1986) and "Cestello" for Palazzo Grassi (Venice, 1986).