Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
An accomplished architect, exhibition designer, furniture maker and magazine editor, Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig helped direct Italy’s rationalist architectural movement until his death near the end of World War II. Wounded twice and captured twice in World War I, Pogatschnig left military service to work as the editor and director of Casabella architecture magazine and went on to design the V Milan Triennale and VI Milan Triennale alongside fellow Italian architect Gio Ponti.
Originally born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now modern-day Croatia, Pogatschnig studied Italian in Trieste before joining the Italian army to serve in the First World War. After that harrowing and traumatic experience, he became a founding member of the first Fascist Party in Parenzo. In 1924, he graduated from Turin Polytechnic with an architecture degree and began designing bridges, pavilions and buildings, including the Gualino office complex, in Turin. Nearing 1928, Pogatschnig began work on pavilions for the Turin International Exhibition.
Pogatschnig’s involvement in the V and VI Milan Triennales stand today as some of his greatest contributions to Italian architecture. He held full control over the design of the latter exhibition, in 1936, which led to the opportunity to design many of the interiors of the Italian Pavilion at the Paris Expo the following year.
Pogatschnig’s reputation as an architect and designer were overshadowed only by his outspoken nature as an editor. By 1942, he openly criticized the Italian regime and left the Fascist Party to join the resistance a year later. These activities led to his capture, imprisonment and escape from Brescia in 1944. Ultimately, Pogatschnig was recaptured, tortured and transferred across prisons to Austria’s Mauthausen concentration camp, where he died on April 22, 1945, less than a month before the end of fighting in Europe.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating, tables, and case pieces.
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plywood, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Wood, Beech
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
String, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Plywood
1940s Italian Industrial Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Bentwood
1920s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Straw, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Twine, Wood
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Ash, Plywood
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Plywood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Plywood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Wood
1940s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Straw, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
1930s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Straw, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
1930s Italian Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood, Rope
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Birch
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Steel, Chrome
1950s English Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Velvet, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Aluminum
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech, Plywood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Iron
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
20th Century Italian Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Bentwood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rattan, Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plywood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wicker, Wood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech