Graduate of the Lisbon School of Fine Arts in 1961, Daciano da Costa gradually shifted from painting to focus entirely on design. In 1959, he founded Atelier Daciano da Costa, producing influential works that defined modern Portuguese design.
In 2013, his daughter Inês Cottinelli revived the atelier to preserve and expand his legacy, reissuing classic pieces for contemporary use. The atelier helped introduce Daciano’s designs to the Vitra Design Museum, including the Alvor and Quadratura Chairs, and last year has also been responsible for introducing another classic designer, António Garcia with the Osaka Chair designed by António Garcia for the portuguese pavilion at Osaka 1970
Through its reissues, the atelier aims to promote the work of Daciano, and now of António Garcia, whom it has recently begun representing. By reissuing these works, the atelier continues and extends the history of national design, incorporating it into contemporary creations enriching private and public spaces celebrating national design worldwide.
