The Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau, designed by Le Corbusier for the 1925 Paris exhibition, was a pioneering example of modernist architecture, influencing contemporary design.Read More →
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco from February to December 1915, celebrated the Panama Canal’s completion and showcased the city’s recovery from the 1906 earthquake.Read More →
Julius Jirasek (1896–1966) was a modern architect and designer based in Vienna. He designed residences, shops, and furniture, known for their simplicity and modernity.Read More →
The Daily Mail newspaper sponsored the Ideal Home Exhibition (from 1908). These shows provide an insight into popular taste and aspiration across all facets of domestic design and organisation in Britain.Read More →
The Milan Triennial X was the Triennial in Milan sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE)on 5 November 1953. Its theme was Prefabrication – Industrial Design. It was held at the Palazzo dell’Arte and ran from 28 August 1954 to 22 November 1954.Read More →
The 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes aimed to restore French decorative arts and luxury goods, featuring diverse international design trends and influencing twentieth-century design.Read More →
Benno Premsela (1920 – 1997) was a Dutch textile and exhibition designer. He studied interior design at the Nieuwe Kunstschool, Amsterdam. Read More →
On May 5th, 1959, the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) authorised the Milan Triennial XII. The Palazzo dell’Arte served as its location, and it lasted from July 16th to November 4th, 1960. School and Home was the theme.Read More →
It is referred to as the world’s most important cultural exhibit. The 1960 Triennale was the 12th to be held since 1930, and was created around the themes, “Home and School.” It was held during the middle to the “Cold War, and nations from both sides of the ‘Iron Curtain’ were exhibiting by invitation.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 →