Lagostina was founded in 1901[1] in Omegna, Province of Verbania, Italy, as a family business initially focusing on stainless steel flatware.

On the shores of Lake Orta, a region famous for handcrafted household goods production, the company was founded by Carlo Lagostina and his son Emilio.

The distribution of electric power, the development of railway networks, and the presence of a skilled workforce heavily impacted the industrial boom.

This material, totally new for this purpose but already known for its aesthetic qualities and its robustness, enables Lagostina to express the Italian art style of living.

The range bore the famous logo of "the little house with smoking chimney" and a met great success, immortalized in 1956 in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA).

The industrial boom inexorably went ahead in 1955 with the launch of the first thermo-diffusion base: Thermoplan, which provides excellent heat conductivity across the bottom of the product.

Thus a new plant and new office were built with the help of architect Carlo Mazzeri, who had already participated as a designer to create the Moon Line handles and the kettle with Thermoplan base.

During those years, Lagostina kept on drawing attention by an innovative and humorous communication such as "The Line" (La Linea) created by Osvaldo Cavandoli.

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