Eileen Gray (1879 – 1976) Irish/French Furniture Designer
2022-04-26
Eileen Gray was an French furniture designer and architect. Her work reflected a stylistic pastiche of far eastern and french influences.Read More →
Bruno Mathsson (1907 – 1988) Swedish Designer & Architect
2022-04-18
Mathsson grew up in the town of Värnamo in Sweden’s Smland region, the son of a master cabinet maker. After a brief period of schooling, he began working in his father’s gallery.Read More →
Design Classics – Influential & Important Design Examples
2022-02-06
A design classic is readily recognisable and elicits a range of emotions in individuals, including nostalgia and inventiveness.
The following are some of the posts I have completed on objects, architecture that may be considered classic designs.Read More →
Alberto Rosselli (1921-76) Italian architect and industrial designer
2022-02-04
Alberto Rosselli (1921-76) Italian architect and industrial designer. He was born in Palermo. He was professionally active in Milan. Read More →
Helen Abson Australian Architect and Fabric Designer
2022-02-03
Helen Abson, who trained as an architect, is an Australian designer. She pursued architecture for five years; founded ZAB Design where she designed fabrics that exhibited a preoccupation for texture achieved through pattern and colour.Read More →
Cristian Cirici (b.1941) Spanish Architect and Designer
2022-01-31
Between 1962-65, he worked in the office of architects Frederic Correa and Alfonso Mila and, in 1962, in the office of architects James Cubitt and Partners, London. In 1964 (with Pep Bonet, Lluis Clotet, and Oscar Tusquets Blanca), he founded the Studio PER. Read More →
Daniela Puppa (b.1947) eclectic Italian architect and designer
2022-01-17
From 1977 to 1983, he worked as the chief editor of the design magazine Modo and as a consultant for the fashion magazine Donna. She designed interiors for Driade, Gianfranco Ferré, Montres and GFF Duty Free, Fontana Arte, Granciclismo sports machines, and Morassutti/Metropolis, as well as serving as an image and product consultant for the Croff/Rinascente chain. Read More →
Zaha Hadid (1950 – 2016) architect, artist and designer
2022-01-17
She was described by The Guardian as the “Queen of the curve”,who “liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity”Read More →
Mario Botta (b.1943) Swiss Architect and Designer
2022-01-17
While the space arrangements in this structure are inconsistent, its relationship to its site, separation of living from service spaces, and deep window recesses echo his stark, robust and towering style. Read More →
Mogens Koch (1898 – 1992) Danish Architect and Designer
2022-01-14
In 1934, he set up his own design office. He designed the 1932 Safari chair, still in production today by Interna in Frederikssund (Denmark). He designed a range of objects, including furniture for Rasmussens Snedkerier, Ivan Schlechter, Cado, Danish CWS, and Interna; carpets; fittings; silver; and fabrics for use in the restoration of Danish churches. He published the book Modern Danish Arts — Craftsmanship (1948).Read More →
René-André Coulon (1908 – 1997) furniture with tempered glass
2022-01-13
René-André Coulon was a furniture designer from France. He did architectural studies until 1937. In his work, Coulon integrated tempered glass, some of which Hagnauer, Vienna, made. He designed the interior furniture of Adnet for Saint-Gobain.Read More →
Rinaldo Petrini ( b. 1931) Italian teacher and designer
2022-01-13
1954, LDV Polytechnic, Alessandria, United Arab Emirates, diploma in architecture. 1968 – Master of Science, University of Tennessee. Doctor es Lettres, Paris, LaSorbonne, 1974. Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1973–1974. Postgraduate architectural restoration, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1973–1974.Read More →
Pierluigi Cerri (b.1939) Italian Architect/Graphic/Exhibition Designer
2022-01-13
He was active as an exhibition designer, designed 1978 ‘Peter Behrens und die AEG’ exhibition, Berlin; 1978 ‘Carrozzeria Italiana’ exhibition, Turin and Rome; 1981 ‘Identité Italienne,’ Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; 1983 ‘Alexander Calder’ exhibition, Turin; 1984 ‘Italian Design,’ Stuttgart and Tokyo; 1984 ‘Venti Progetti per il futuro del Lingotto,’ Turin; 1986 ‘Futurismo e Futurismi,’ Venice. Industrial design clients included B&B Italia, Fiat, IBM, Molteni, Unifor, Missoni, and Marotto.Read More →
Hélène de Mandrot (1867 – 1948) Swiss Designer and Arts patron
2022-01-13
She was a wealthy lady with cultural aspirations, who spent her time travelling between the great cultural centres and fashionable holiday resorts of Europe, and who liked to gather artists and authors around her.
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Kisho Kurokawa (b.1934) Japanese Architect and Furniture Designer
2022-01-11
In 1960, at the age of 26, he made his debut into the world as one of the founders of the Metabolism Movement. Read More →
Oscar Niemeyer (1907 – 1912) Brazilian architect and designer
2022-01-10
Oscar Niemeyer (1907 – 1912) was a Brazilian architect and designer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He studied architecture at the National School of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro.Read More →
John Eberson (1875 – 1954) American Designer famous for the atmospheric theatre
2022-01-09
John Eberson was an american designer who was known for his cinema décors. One of his earliest, the 1923 Majestic Theatre in Houston, Texas, was a loosely recreated garden of a late-Renaissance palazzo in Italy. Through his workshop Michelangelo Studios, he was was successful at producing elaborate plasterwork for his theatre décors in Spanish, Moorish, Dutch, Chinese and other styles.Read More →
Arne Jacobsen (1902 – 1971) Danish architect and furniture designer
2022-01-09
In 1927, Jacobsen established his practice in Hellerup. He was Denmark’s first exponent of Functionalism, influenced by Modern architecture of the 1930s, such as Le Corbusier, Gunnar Asplund, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His first significant assignment was the Bellavista housing complex in Copenhagen, which he completed between 1930 and 1934.Read More →
Mart Stam (1899 – 1986) Dutch architect and designer
2022-01-04
His design approach has been categorised as New Objectivity, a counter-movement and outgrowth of Expressionism that emerged during the Great Depression in Germany in the 1920s.Read More →
Pier Luigi Nervi (1891 – 1971) – Italian Architect
2022-01-01
After experience with a concrete contractor, he set up his firm in Bologna in 1923. His first structure was a 1927 cinema in Naples: His first important work was the 1930-32 Communal Stadium in Florence, widely published as an early example of Modern architecture. Read More →