Born on May 18, 1883, in Berlin, Walter Gropius is considered one of the greatest pioneers of modern architecture of the 20th century and is primarily remembered as the founder of the Bauhaus, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The son…
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by Evi Mibelli. “You surround yourself with the things that are important to you. Your space, your things: this is who you are” This phrase was displayed on one of the walls of the exhibition dedicated to Konstatin Grcic, which took place in 2015 at the Vitra Design Museum in…
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Marco Zanuso was born in Milan on May 14, 1916. He graduated in architecture in 1939, and his long professional career began in 1945, at the end of World War II. He was an architect, designer, urban planner, and landscape architect, but above all, a “thinking architect,” always ready to…
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“Light must strike at the heart—and nowhere else.” (Ingo Maurer) We remember Ingo Maurer—designer, artist, and entrepreneur—who masterfully fused poetry, design, and industry, always placing light and the emotions it evokes at the center of his work. Born on May 12, 1932, on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance, Maurer trained…
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Born in Oviedo (Spain) on May 12, 1961, but a Milanese by adoption for over twenty years, Patricia Urquiola is one of the most important figures in contemporary design and an icon of female creativity. Award-winning, exuberant, eclectic, and unstoppable, the list of her bestselling projects is endless, with many…
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Treating yourself to a bath wrapped in scented foam is an undeniable pleasure. If this ritual also includes design at center stage, the pleasure doubles. Classic or ultra-modern, compact or spectacular, freestanding bathtubs transform the beauty routine into an open-stage show. Because they mix cutting-edge materials with practical functions and…
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Carpenter, designer, artist: his vocation goes beyond the classic definitions, always exploring new ways of working metals with versatile handmade projects. Every creative follows their own path: there are those who study in renowned schools, those who learn in studios with high-sounding names and those who, immediately, work for large…
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by Costanza Carbotta. “I hope to keep alive in the present the memory of what has been.” This is the core, the soul of Patrizia Italiano‘s design, a designer who, through her works inspired by the colors and stories of her homeland, looks to the future of tradition. From a…
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On the occasion of his birth (May 3, 1931), which falls today, we wish to pay tribute—through design—to a great master who contributed to the creation of many domestic objects. Born in Milan, Aldo Rossi was an extremely multifaceted figure. Today he is best remembered as an architect, but throughout…
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Craftsmanship looks at the magic of transparency with the curiosity of a child and finds its most charming representation in the skills of two true artists: Laurence Brabant and Alain Villechange. Through their works, they encapsulate the visible and the invisible, shaping one of the dreamiest and most delicate materials,…
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