The Artist Designer (Page 3)

The Artist-Designer category celebrates the visionaries whose work has profoundly influenced the decorative arts, shaping movements, materials, and aesthetics across history. From William Morris’ intricate textile patterns to Eileen Gray’s modernist furniture, these artists seamlessly blend artistic expression with functional design. This section explores their creative processes, landmark works, and lasting impact on disciplines such as furniture, ceramics, textiles, glass, and metalwork. Whether pioneering Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, or contemporary digital design, these artists redefine the boundaries between art, craft, and industry, leaving an enduring legacy in the decorative and applied arts world.

Georgia O'Keeffe featured image

GEORGIA O’Keeffe, the acclaimed American painter and pioneer of modern art, lived long enough she was 98 when she died to see her work honoured as masterpieces in American museums. She continued to paint regularly well into her eighties until her eyesight began to fail, and she had to give up what she once called her “struggle to do justice to the feelings Nature inspires.”Read More →

Pattern Thinking Cover Art

R. Buckminster Fuller: Pattern-Thinking is a major reassessment of Fuller’s legacy in the context of design, examining his singular vision of new conceptual models for design and architecture, alongside his ideas on their potentially world-altering consequences. Read More →

Constructed Head by Naum Gabo

Naum Gabo, a Russian sculptor, was a pioneer in constructivist art, studying at Munich University and teaching at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Architecture. His life and work exemplify artistic innovation and the power of art to shape societal structures.Read More →

Keith Haring Jigsaw

Haring’s work grew to popularity from his spontaneous drawings in New York City subways—chalk outlines of figures, dogs, and other stylized images on blank black advertising-space backgrounds. He also painted his figures on the lower part of the subway walls sitting on the floor. Read More →

Abstract colorful landscape photograph by Franco Fontana featuring vibrant green, yellow, and red fields with a single white tree in the background.

Fontana has shot advertisements for brands such as Fiat, Volkswagen, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Snam, Sony, Volvo, Versace, Canon, Kodak, Robe di Kappa, Swissair, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and The New York Times.Read More →