Cassina

Cassina is the Italian luxury furniture house — founded in 1927 in Meda, Italy — that owns the licensed re-editions of Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Gerrit Rietveld and Mackintosh through its iCons / iMaestri collection. Browse the current Cassina catalogues, request brochures by mail, or flip the digital pages.

Cassina — The Brand

Cassina was founded in 1927 by brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina in Meda, Italy — the heart of the Brianza furniture district north of Milan. Through the post-war decades, Cassina industrialised the Italian luxury furniture craft and became the single most important commercial bridge between architect-designers and the residential furniture market. Today Cassina is part of the Haworth Lifestyle Design group alongside Cappellini, Karakter, Luminaire and Knoll — but operates with full creative independence and continues to manufacture in Meda, applying the marquetry, upholstery, and bentwood traditions that have run through the company since the late 1920s. Cassina remains the benchmark Italian luxury furniture brand for buyers who prize a documented design heritage backed by a real Italian manufacturing operation.

iCons / iMaestri — The Licensed Modernist Re-Editions

The single most distinctive thing about Cassina is the iCons (formerly iMaestri) collection — the catalogue of officially-licensed, foundation-authorised re-editions of furniture by the great modernist architects of the 20th century. The Le Corbusier programme is the headline: the LC1 sling chair, LC2 Petit Confort club armchair and sofa, LC3 Grand Confort, LC4 chaise longue, the LC6 Table en Tube d'Avion, LC7 swivel chair, and LC14 Tabouret Cabanon — all produced under exclusive licence from the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris and stamped with the foundation seal, the edition number, and the Cassina mark. The same programme covers Charlotte Perriand (the Tabouret Berger, the Refolo daybed, the Plana table, the Petite Bibliothèque), Gerrit Rietveld (the Red and Blue Chair, the Zig-Zag chair, the Berlin chair, the Steltman chair), and Charles Rennie Mackintosh (the Hill House 1 ladder-back, the Argyle chair, the Willow 1). Each iCons piece is engineered to the original drawings with the original materials, dimensions, joinery and finish — not a stylistic reinterpretation but a foundation-authorised production edition. For collectors and serious modern-design buyers, the iCons catalogue is the definitive reference for Le Corbusier and the related modernist masters.

The Contemporary Collection — Current Cassina Designers

Alongside iCons, Cassina runs an active contemporary design programme led by some of the most-recognised names in current European furniture design. Patricia Urquiola (the Husk series, the Gender chair, the Sengu sofa system, the Beam Sofa) is the most prolific contemporary Cassina designer and the brand's de-facto art director for the residential collection. Konstantin Grcic (the Mexique storage system, the Soft Props sofa) brings a Munich industrial-design rigour to the lineup. Patrick Norguet (the Vico Maple Wood collection) anchors the dining and lounge categories. Rodolfo Dordoni (the Bowy-Sofa, the Sengu Bold) extends Cassina's outdoor and large-format upholstery work. Philippe Starck, Jaime Hayon, Doshi Levien, Nendo, Mario Bellini (the eternal Cab chair, in production at Cassina since 1977 and still the brand's best-selling chair), and the late Vico Magistretti (Maralunga, Veranda, Sindbad) round out the active contemporary roster. Together, the contemporary collection is what makes Cassina a working luxury furniture brand rather than a museum-piece archive: the contemporary upholstery, dining, and storage systems are what populate Cassina-specified luxury residential interiors today.

Manufacturing in Meda — The Italian Craft Argument

Every Cassina piece is manufactured in the company's facility in Meda, Italy — the same Brianza district production base the company has operated from since 1927. The manufacturing combines industrial-scale wood working (chassis, frames, bentwood) with hand-applied upholstery, leather work, and marquetry. The iCons Le Corbusier furniture is built in the Meda factory under foundation supervision; the contemporary Urquiola and Grcic pieces share the same upholstery and frame production line; and the outdoor collection extends the same finishing standards to weather-resistant aluminum, teak, and outdoor fabric construction. The Italian-manufacturing argument matters commercially: Cassina is the only brand at this price point in the global luxury residential furniture market with a documented century-long single-facility manufacturing record. For buyers comparing Cassina against B&B Italia, Minotti, Poltrona Frau and the broader Italian luxury furniture set, the Meda manufacturing record is the strongest single argument for paying the Cassina premium.

The Cassina Catalogues

Cassina publishes a structured set of catalogues that work as both a design reference and a buying tool. The flagship Cassina Perspective Lookbook presents the full coordinated collection in styled interiors, with the iCons modernist re-editions integrated alongside the contemporary upholstery and dining work — this is the right Cassina catalogue to request first if you're considering specifying Cassina into a residential project. The category-specific Living, Sleeping, Outdoor, Home Office, and Lighting catalogues then go deep on each environment with the full sofa, chair, bed, table, and accessory lineup, dimensions, finishes, and the designer attributions. The Cassina + Karakter Lighting Collection covers the Cassina decorative lighting line in partnership with the Karakter brand — pendants, table lamps and sconces designed by the same contemporary roster. The Beds, Sofas, Armchairs, Chairs, Tables, and ContainerUnits catalogues are deep product-category cuts useful when you've already decided which environment you're spec'ing and want the full options grid.

Free Cassina Catalogues by Mail

All the Cassina catalogues listed here are available to order in print as a free brochure, or to flip through online. For a renovation, new-build, or single statement-piece purchase, the printed brochure is the right starting point — Cassina's photography and the depth of the iCons foundation documentation reward the printed format. The Cassina Perspective Lookbook is the flagship request; the category catalogues (Living, Sleeping, Outdoor, Home Office, Lighting) are the next level down for buyers focused on a single environment.