carlo mollino


Bisiluro Nardi Giannini Auto by Carlo Mollino. A red asymmetrical racing car

Bisiluro Nardi Giannini Auto by Carlo Mollino.  Photo © Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci.

series of editorials on prominent designers

they called carlo mollino’s style “aerodynamic surrealism,”

and his life and work in some

ways very much resemble the ski tracks in snow that he so loved to carve.
while leaving very little that is material in his wake, mollino managed to focus the attention of millions on his smooth, graceful and laconic style.


Carlo Mollino sitting on the road side, looking at the camera

Carlo Mollino. Photo: press office of Zanotta.

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born in Turin, Italy

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everything is permissible as long as it is fantastic. —carlo mollino

Carlo Mollino looking at a crystal

Carlo Mollino circa 1936. Photo: www.pamono.com