Pierre Castignola

French-born designer Pierre Castignola (1995) graduated Cum Laude from the Design Academy in 2018. Grounded in the conceptual his work offers a surprising, sometimes surrealist outcome. His conceptual focus being on the perceptions of the world, with a strong fascination for semiotics and symbols to lead to a radical and critical design. He sets out to redefine the model of creation and consumption. He is currently based in The Netherlands.

Work

Not A Plastic Chair

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'Not A Plastic Chair' (2025)
Pierre Castignola
24" x 21 x 32" H in // 61 W x 53 D x 81 H cm
Polished Bronze

Copytopia Chandelier

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Pierre Castignola

43 H x 28 W x 27 D in / 110 H x 71 W x 69 D cm

Polypropilene and Aluminium, Lighting Elements

2021

Pierre Castignola's current series, Copytopia, investigates and questions the legitimacy of Intellectual Property by reappropriating one of the most common object of our surrounding : the infamous monobloc plastic lawn chair. Using different models of this chair as raw material that he cuts and re-assemble together, the final outcome overstepping on various copyrights while adding the one of the ar tist pushes to wonder who owns its intellectual property.