LUIGI MASSONI
Luigi Massoni (b. Milan, Italy 1930 – d. 2013) was an architect and designer who graduated from the Collettivo di Architettura in Milan. In the early 1950's he began working for Alessi and created his famous bar set. In 1957, he designed the cocktail shaker and the Serie 5 containers with Carlo Mazzeri. In 1959 he founded Il Mobile Italiano with architect Carlo De Carli and also formed a group of furniture industrialists (the Mobilia), one of the first centers for the promotion of Italian design.
In 1959, he began working for Boffi Cucine, designing some of the first modular systems for the home and kitchen. For Boffi he created the Dogu kitchen and bathroom, the Xila kitchen and bathroom, the Punto bathroom, the E15 kitchen, the AL15 kitchen and the A1 cupboard.
He was editor and director of Marmo Tecnica Architettura from 1956 to 1963 and played an important role in the development of industrial design business. His works are published in the most important Italian and foreign magazines and have been awarded numerous prizes and acknowledgements
In 1962, Luigi Massoni collaborated with the brothers Raimondo, Giovanni and Giuseppe Guzzini — together they formed a fruitful collaboration. He worked for Fratelli Guzzini and Harvey Guzzini, which later became i Guzzini, until 1976 where he was the art director as well as the communications advertising director.