Guglielmo Ulrich
In 1930 the architect, furniture designer and writer Guglielmo Ulrich (1904-1977) founded the home furniture company Ar.Ca (Arredamento Casa) in Milan, Italy.
Ico Parisi summarized his standing as follows: "Ulrich was certainly a figure at the forefront among the architects and designers working in Milan at the time: a group of personalities of great value who, like it or not, are those to refer to for the history of the architecture of the 1940s and 1950s."
Biography
Ulrich attended the Scuola Speciale di Architettura at the Brera Academy and graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano in 1927, the start of a successful career.
Ar.Ca was founded with Renato Wild, a cultured furniture maker and dealer, and Baron Attilio Scaglia, an entrepreneur who owned a furniture shop. Key to the company's rise within the Italian furniture industry was its close relationship with Domus, the influential Italian design magazine founded by Gio Ponti.
Models and collaborations
Ulrich's designs combine organic, vivid forms with a refined use of materials and conspicuous craftsmanship.