Erik Herlow, a Danish architect and designer, created the innovative 1954 Obelisk stainless steel flatware set, blending functional industrial design with Scandinavian aesthetics throughout his career.Read More →
Jens Risom, a Danish American designer, created influential furniture pieces throughout the 20th century, emphasizing shaped wood and practical designs despite material limitations post-World War II.Read More →
Pierre-Émile Legrain was a French designer known for his innovative bookbinding and furniture influenced by Cubism and African art. He died in 1929.Read More →
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), was an American sculptor and designer. He was born in Los Angeles and professionally active in New York. He was influential and well-received in the twentieth century. He produced sculptures, gardens, furniture and lighting designs, ceramics, architecture, and set designs throughout his lifetime of creative experimentation. His work, both subtle and bold, traditional and modern, set a new standard for reintegrating the arts.Read More →
Kramer’s father was the owner of the most well-known of Frankfurt hat shops. In 1916, immediately after school, Kramer was drawn into military service and remained a soldier through the end of the First World War. The following year he trained at the Bauhaus for a few months before quitting, disillusioned with the technical level of the training, then began a three-year architectural study in Munich with Theodor Fischer.Read More →
Rapin worked as a painter, illustrator, furniture designer, and decorator. From 1903, his furniture was generally simple. From 1910, he began to produce more elaborate designs using exotic materials and carved wood panels by Eve Le Bourgeois and Charles Hairon. These designs were in response to the challenge from the designers of the Münchner Vereeingite Werkstätten für Kunst in Handwerk exhibiting at the Salon of the same year.Read More →
Aldo Cibic is a self-taught architect, designer, researcher, environmentalist and humanist. He was born in Vicenza and professionally active in Milan.Read More →
Jacques Hitier (1917-1999) was a notable French interior architect and designer, known for his industrial furniture and influential role in design education at École Boulle.Read More →
Meta-Memphis, an Italian furniture firm, was established in 1988 after the closure of Memphis by Ettore Sottsass. The collection included art furniture alongside old Memphis designs.Read More →
Vittorio Introini was an influential Italian architect and designer known for innovative furniture, integrating form and function with modern materials, leaving a lasting design legacy.Read More →