By Gabriele
This week our usual appointment with the Design Icon doubles, exceptionally and for an exceptional product.
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni are undoubtedly two of the greatest names in twentieth-century design.
The “creatures” of these brilliant brothers are exhibited all over the world, from our Triennale, to the MoMA in New York passing through the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
There are many projects that have remained in the history of design, just think of the Sanluca armchair, the Parentesi lamp or the iconic Arco (to which we have dedicated an in-depth analysis that you can read here).
Today, however, our attention shifts to one of the most beautiful pieces of industrial design ever made by the Castiglioni brothers: the Radiofonógrafo RR 126 for Brionvega.
Designed in 1965, the radiofonograph is characterized by a style as unique as it is inimitable.
Designed by the Castiglioni brothers as an anthropomorphic object in which you can see the eyes, nose and mouth in adjustments and instruments and ears in speakers.
The product also plays with the modularity of its configuration, which can in fact be modified from time to time according to needs.
The speakers can be placed on top of the turntable to listen to the radio or on the sides to create a stereophonic effect not bad.
This wonderful design object has been loved and collected for over 50 years and has recently returned to production.
Among his most famous admirers (and owners) David Bowie, whose Brionvega Radiofonografo was auctioned by Sotheby’s in 2016, for the amazing sum of 257,000 pounds.
In our warehouses these days we have a beautiful specimen of RR 126, which will not have belonged to the real White Duke, but is for sale at human prices!
