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Latest Design Reviews & Articles
Interview With Conway Lloyd Morgan on European Design
In an era of globalisation can one speak of a European and national design character?
Peter Maly Biography and Interview
Peter Maly furniture designs are produced and sold by leading manufacturers in Europe and worldwi
Stefan Lengyel Biography
Since 1992 Stefan Lengyel has been professor honoris causa at the Hungarian University of Craft and Design of Budapest.
Luigi Caccia Dominioni Biography & Interview
Luigi Caccia Dominioni has been very active both as an architect and as a designer and can be considered one of its pioneers in Italy.
Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Biography
Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg learned his profession as a steel engraver and worked in the 1920s in the Peter Bruckmann & Söhne silverware factory.
Friedrich Becker Biography
"Friedrich Becker is one of the outstanding celebrity artists of our times. As an internationally renowned goldsmith, a creator of kinetic jewellery a...Read More
Afra and Tobia Scarpa Biography
They graduated in Architecture at the University of Venice and have worked both as architects and designers.
Tapio Wirkkala Biography
Tapio Wirkkala started his career in designing glassware for Iittala. Most famous of his early glass items is perhaps Kanttarelli (Chanterelle, 1946) ...Read More
Eva Brummer Biography
Eva Brummer was an art teacher who designed ryijy patterns,tapestries and household textiles.
Barceloformentor – Classic hotel & design
Barceloformentor, classic old world charm and world famous client list
Street Fashion, Design and Business
Design stands for designers, designer groups, artists and all creative people in the broadest possible way.
Defining Cultural Diversity and National Identity in 21st Century British Design.
The 21st century image of London continues to be a compelling one with a high cultural status. The young and the rich who come to visit, experience a ...Read More
MoMA and the objects of design
What is the purpose of MoMA?
Developing technology for design research
Using design technology to improve design and what are the three different stages in the development of technology?
Designers as Knowledge Workers
Designers rely on three kinds of knowledge: users knowledge, organisational knowledge and network knowledge. Find out more.
the Designmuseo – Finland
The Designmuseo is a place people will enjoy themselves and where objects will not “end up” but “get into”
Carlo Scarpa Biography
Carlo Scarpa Venice (1906 – Sendai 1978) Carlo Scarpa grew up in Venice in the company of the artists and intellectuals he encountered at t...Read More
Franco Albini Biography
Franco Albini (17 October 1905 – 1 November 1977) Albini read architecture at the Milan Polytechnic where he obtained his degree in 1929. After workin...Read More