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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.
Designmuseo – Helskinki 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
Mid Century North American Furniture Designers
A Snapshot of Mid Century North American Furniture Designers
Superleggera, 699, Gio Ponti
The Superleggera is a super-stable chair, designed to be lifted up with just one finger.
Arne Jacobsen Grand Prix chair
What is it that makes the Grand Prix a favourite with collectors?
What is the Compasso d’Oro award?
The Compasso d'Oro prize was instituted by the Rinascente company in 1954 and was initially an idea of Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli.
The use of composite materials and plywood in furniture design
In the mid-fifties, the making of furniture began to take industrial form and so it became to look into the use oc composite materials in furniture de...Read More
A guide to the use of glass in architecture and design
The idea of using traditional materials with design as the intrinsic component in architecture has found a number of supporters in Italy.