The fine craftsmanship inherent in 4D storage units emphasizes the poetically tactile qualities of wood; The sleek shapes combine with a taste for refined details, like the unusual workmanship on the roller blind, by the use of strips of solid oak. The meticulous attention focused on each construction detail is also evident in the Emperador marble top and in the backrest double face. Specimen belonging to the personal archive of Pierluigi Ghianda /
Angelo Mangiarotti (1921-2012) was born in Milan, where he graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico. In the early 1950s, he worked in the United States and during this period, he met Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Mies Van Der Rohe, and Konrad Wachsmann. He was an architect, designer, and urban planner, and it was his architecture related to infrastructure, urban planning, and structural engineering that made him one of the most influential designers of the 20th century and among the most significant figures in industrial design. Industrial design, influenced by sculpture, was indeed for Mangiarotti an expression of the craftsman's skill on the material, never at the expense of function. His design work and collaborations with many important companies in the Italian furniture industry, such as Cassina, Zanotta, Bernini, Knoll, Agape, it was marked by numerous awards in the field of design. He was one of the founders of ADI (Association for Industrial Design), characterized by a vision of architecture and design as a practical, sober, and functional art.