Filippo Alison

Filippo Alison
Born1930 (1930)
Torre Annunziata, Kingdom of Italy
Died2015 (aged 84–85)
Naples, Italy
OccupationArchitect
EmployerUniversity of Naples Federico II

Filippo Alison (1930 – 2015) was an Italian architect, designer, and academic. His detailed study of 20th century furniture was instrumental in the historical preservation of many well known classic designs.

Biography

Alison was born on 26 March 1930 in Torre Annunziata. His great grandfather was of Irish origin, and immigrated to Italy in the mid-19th century.

He received his degree in architecture 1957,[citation needed] and later became a professor of furniture and interior design at University of Naples Federico II.

Working together with Cesare Cassina in the late 1960s, Alison developed I Maestri collection of highly accurate and precise reinterpretations of iconic 20th century furniture designs. He is credited for being instrumental in the historical reconstruction and preservation of designs by Le Corbusier, Erik Gunnar Asplund, Gerrit Rietveld, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh amongst others.

In 2001 he was a member of the jury of the XIX Compasso d'Oro.

He died in Naples in 2015.

References

  1. 1 2 "Filippo Alison; architetto, autore e designer". archinform.net. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "E´ morto Filippo Alison, figlio illustre di Torre Annunziata" [Filippo Alison, an illustrious son of Torre Annunziata, has died]. torresette.news (in Italian). 25 January 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Addio a Filippo Alison maestro del design" [Farewell to Filippo Alison, Master of Design]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "ADI Death Announcement". ADI. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Abitare remembers Filippo Alison". Abitare. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "A tu per tu con i maestri" [Face to face with the masters]. Corriere della Sera Living magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 10 May 2026.