Cassina is an Italian design furniture company founded in 1927 in Meda, in the province of Como, by Cesare and Umberto Cassina, two brothers who came from a family of carpenters.
In the 1950s, Cassina began collaborating with leading Italian designers, such as Gio Ponti and Vico Magistretti, producing high-quality, innovative furniture that became iconic in the design world. In the 1960s, the company continued to collaborate with internationally renowned designers, including Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Cassina continued to expand internationally, opening branches around the world and collaborating with new internationally renowned designers such as Gaetano Pesce and Philippe Starck. In 2005, Cassina was acquired by the Poltrona Frau Group, a leading company in the luxury furniture sector.
Today, Cassina continues to produce high quality designer furniture, collaborating with designers such as Patricia Urquiola, Piero Lissoni and Konstantin Grcic, and has won numerous awards for its work, including the Compasso d'Oro and the Red Dot Design Award. Cassina has become a reference company in the world of Italian and international design, and its furniture is present in important museum collections all over the world.
