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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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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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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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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“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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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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Arieto Bertoia was born on March 10, 1915 in a small town a few kilometers from Pordenone but while still young he moved to the United States, where he became Harry and an American citizen. A trained sculptor and goldsmith, during his university years he acquired an excellent knowledge of…
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An engineer with a passion for design, Isao Hosoe was born in Tokyo on March 8, 1942. He graduated in aerospace engineering with a thesis on a human-powered aircraft, then moved to Milan in 1967 to collaborate with Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli of the Ponti-Fornaroli-Rosselli studio. In 1985 he…
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by Evi Mibelli. It is a name that is unknown to most people and is not particularly well known even among “insiders”. Unless they’re collectors of Scandinavian design, and they enjoy participating in auctions, where his formidable furnishings fetch prohibitive prices. Carl Axel Acking was one of the most prolific…
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by Evi Mibelli “The architect’s job is not to create beautiful architecture, but spaces where people can live well and in harmony.” Her name is a flag bearer of the status of successful women in the world of contemporary architecture. A career that took its first steps in her beloved…
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