Andries Van Onck

Born in Amsterdam in 1928, Andries Van Onck studied industrial design in the Netherlands and at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm with Max Bill, Tomás Maldonado and Walter Zeischegg. In Italy from 1959, he worked with Ettore Sottsass on Olivetti’s first electronic machines, founded his Milan studio in 1965 and from 1972 designed with his wife, Hiroko Takeda.

His Tiramisù stepladder for Kartell, from 1991, pairs a painted steel frame with glass-filled polypropylene steps and can hang on the wall after use.