Sergio Asti
Olivari Designers
Milan, 1926-2021
An architect by training, Asti mainly works in interior and exhibition design. He has taught in Italy and Japan, a country with which he has always had an elective relationship. He has greatly promoted Italian design since the 1950s.
— Up&Up bowl
Asti designs one of the first modular kitchens (Boffi I, 1954) though he is mainly remembered for his lamps (Profiterole, Martinelli, 1968), tableware (soda siphon, Saccab, 1956) and glass vases (Marco, Salviati, 1962 Golden Compass Award). These are all have a strong sculptural feel.
His objects are in the most important collections, such as those of the London Design Museum and MoMA in New York.
— Supernova lamp, Bilumen 1971
— Profiterolle lamp, Martinelli 1968