Kartell Museum: Open 29 January 2011

The Kartell Museum, A museum that tells the company story and identity of the company Kartell opens its doors to the public January 29, 2011, Free admission and guided tours on request. Founded in 1949 with the aim to produce objects of design in plastic Kartell promotes the spaces that are designed to promote the public awareness of industrial design and aesthetic and productive processes connected to it. The collections consist of prototypes, products, The multi-proto objects in plastic. Kartell products are kept in the archives, drawings, photographs, posters and catalogs production.

Many signed Kartell icons display in the museum, located inside the establishment The collection consists of different types of items, from car accessories, household items, lamps, laboratory, to the furniture and furnishing accessories, arranged in chronological order.

They have collaborated with this company some of the major representatives of the Made in Italy: Marco Zanuso, the brothers Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Vico Magistretti, Gino Colombini and Anna Castelli Ferrieri whose objects are in production for over fifty years and which you can see many examples in the museum.

These big names are added and Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Ferruccio Laviani and many others who, following the thought of the founder of KartellGiulio Castelli, enhance the plastic product as an object of quality, not just technical but also aesthetic and visual.

The walls of the are characterized by a synoptic table that guides the visitor, and outlines the possible keys of interpretation relating to: events, design, technology and communication.