Angelo Mangiarotti

Angelo Mangiarotti (26 February 1921 – 2 July 2012) was an Italian architect, designer, sculptor and urban planner.

Quotes

 * I believe that design is a [...] method usually means only the industrial one, so I wonder how to consider the Etruscan statues? there are millions in the world, there are museums full [...] but how did they manage to produce them? And they are all original Etruscan! So why shouldn't we consider them design?
 * Quote of Mangiarotti, in , Maestri del design: Castiglioni, Magistretti, Mangiarotti, Mendini, Sottsass'', Ed. B. Mondadori, 2005, ISBN 9788842498261


 * He is an architect, designer and sculptor. How would you define yourself? In the meantime, I am a convinced materialist [...] look that it is not thought that uses matter to express itself, it is matter that uses thought. If you do not know the matter you cannot speak of spirit.
 * Quote of Mangiarotti, in , Maestri del design: Castiglioni, Magistretti, Mangiarotti, Mendini, Sottsass'', Ed. B. Mondadori, 2005, ISBN 9788842498261


 * The Virtual Reality is yes the continuation of reality, but sometimes you can no longer understand what you are talking about in a pink, yellow or green thing, it is so devitalized.
 * Quote of Mangiarotti, in , Maestri del design: Castiglioni, Magistretti, Mangiarotti, Mendini, Sottsass'', Ed. B. Mondadori, 2005, ISBN 9788842498261


 * In my projects, I have always tried to make people's needs participate in the definition of the work. I would say that the fundamental starting point for designing a design object lies in the usefulness it has for people. An object that is not born of a necessity cannot even be considered as belonging to this category, design.
 * Quote of Mangiarotti, in , Maestri del design: Castiglioni, Magistretti, Mangiarotti, Mendini, Sottsass'', Ed. B. Mondadori, 2005, ISBN 9788842498261


 * Let's start together, you with the computer I at Hand [...] he hadn't started yet while I had already finished, and it was a very simple thing [...] the younger and more skilled they are, the less they have interest in drawing in Hand. I believe that today with information technology, you have great means at your disposal, of course there are databases left, it is not from there that a project comes out; culture is something else ... the risk is the loss of the gesture
 * Quote of Mangiarotti, in , Maestri del design: Castiglioni, Magistretti, Mangiarotti, Mendini, Sottsass'', Ed. B. Mondadori, 2005, ISBN 9788842498261


 * My works have always been born from the interest, the curiosity, that I have for the material and the possible ways of working it; and then find solutions often even at the limit, I would say. It is always necessary to pay close attention to the choice of materials with which an object will be made, since a relationship with the form is always very delicate. Technological innovation represents one of the fundamental aspects for the designer's work, but it must not lead to the exasperation of the technique at the expense of other aspects.
 * Quote of Mangiarotti, in , La felicità viene dalla correttezza'', DesignLibrary.it

Quotes about Angelo Mangiarotti

 * Angelo Mangiarotti is an absolutely original author of international architecture, one of the few Italian masters (such as Ponti, Nervi and Piano) able to export his own idea and project philosophy. architecture, engineering, design and art, thanks to its ability to dialogue with these normally distant disciplines - The profound sense of ethical values, civic commitment and moral rigor with which to feel every gesture of the profession make us Angelo Mangiarotti a rare example; unique designer in his being an architect, designer and sculptor at the same time. (Beppe Finessi)

Links

 * Gualtiero Galmanini
 * Pierto Portaluppi
 * Gio Ponti
 * Angelo Mangiarotti