Raymond Loewy, a renowned designer, arrived in the US during the Great Depression, revolutionizing product design and creating iconic works like the Studebaker Starliner car.Read More →
The founders of the Salon d’Automne were a collective of artists and writers, including Eugène Carrière, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Rouault, Édouard Vuillard, Joris-Karl Huysmans and Émile Verhaeren…Read More →
As a visual designer, I am fascinated how people process visual perceptual information. The design process is about bringing order and form to our visualRead More →
The Société des Artistes Décorateurs was founded in 1901 to promote French craftsmanship and faced challenges in the changing art landscape.Read More →
Angelo Testa (1921 – 1984) was an American fabric designer. He studied at the Institute of Design, Chicago, to 1945. As well as being a fabric designer, he was a painter and sculptor.
He designed the 1941 Little Man abstract floral fabric, widely published and hailed as a new direction in textile design. It all began, in fact, with a doodle. A free-form sketch with a dancing shape that intrigued its artist.Read More →
Netsuke: A little Japanese sculptured item of ivory, wood, or porcelain that ranges in height and width from one-half to three inches. Mythological images, flowers, animals, gods, and goddesses are among the carvings. Netsuke pieces were initially employed as toggles in the fourteenth century. A cord was slipped under and over the obi and through a hole in the netsuke.Read More →
The Royal Academy of the Arts is an independent charity organization led by artists, hosting exhibitions, events, and a prestigious art school. Academics donate artwork to their Collection.Read More →
In 1985, Steve Jobs founded NeXT after leaving Apple. His collaboration with designer Paul Rand led to an iconic brand identity, culminating in Apple’s acquisition of NeXT.Read More →
Nani Prina, born in 1938, is an acclaimed Italian architect and designer known for his innovative designs and journalism in architecture, particularly in industrial design and furniture.Read More →
Osvaldo Borsani, a pioneering Italian furniture designer, co-founded Tecno to industrialize elegant, innovative furniture, notably the versatile P40 lounge chair, revolutionizing contract furniture.Read More →