Kartell – The Famous Plastic Culture

The story of a company that made plastic an enduring attraction

The Italian companyΒ KartellΒ is famous around the world for having invented the culture of plastic furniture and interior fittings. Kartell was founded in 1949 byΒ Giulio Castelli, a chemical engineer with a vision to create something good from plastics, a material whose applications were still relatively unexplored. A fruitful collaboration with the great designerΒ Gino ColombiniΒ started, who won the firm its first Compasso d’Oro award in 1955. Particularly since the plastic-loving era of the 1960s and 70s, Kartell has become an enduring household name; from theΒ famous designs of Anna Castelli Ferrieri and Joe Colombo in the 1960sΒ to more recent hits such asΒ Philippe Starck’s Ghost ChairsΒ orΒ Ron Arad’s Bookworm shelves, Kartell has consistently chosen to work with the world’s most talented designers whileΒ reinventing plastic as a quality material for the new age.

You can see their product designs on the following www.kartell.com

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Tags: chair, design, Giulio Castelli, kartell, plastic furniture, product design

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