Ironic, poetic, sculptural, surprising: the most original designer lamps play with unusual shapes and materials, transforming light into a narrative element. If you dare, you'll find in them the unique ability to bring personality and character to any space. And, also, to express who you are. They illuminate, of course, but above all...
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“A classic is something that, every time you look at it, is accepted as it is, without any means of improving it.” (Warren Platner) Warren Platner was born in Baltimore on June 18, 1919, and is one of the exponents of American Modernism of the 60s. After graduating in architecture from Cornell…
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An internationally renowned designer and architect, Matteo Thun was born on June 17, 1952, in Bolzano, a region that has had a profound impact on his work. After attending the Salzburg Academy and graduating in architecture from the University of Florence, he moved to Milan where he met Ettore Sottsass and…
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by Sara Gecchelin. The Milanese decorative lighting design brand, capable of combining artisanal excellence and high-end solutions, launches a new collection that transforms light into a colorful interior design gem. There are details that immediately stand out. Objects placed on a white wall that, by their mere presence,…
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Tapio Wirkkala was born in the Finnish city of Hanko on June 2, 1915, to an architect father and a woodcarver mother. He developed an early passion for the arts and studied at the Helsinki School of Applied Arts, specializing in decorative sculpture in 1933. A versatile designer, graphic designer, and artist, he is a…
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“Time is one of the few things that can define the quality of an object.” To summarize Richard Sapper's remarkable career and exceptional contribution to Italian design, it's enough to recall the citation for which he was awarded the Compasso D'Oro for Lifetime Achievement in 2014,…
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by Maria Chiara Antonini. There are architects and designers who move to another country and become famous abroad, even before they reach their hometowns, like Patricia Urquiola or Ron Arad. Others, however, remain deeply rooted in their hometowns, becoming an important hub…
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by Evi Mibelli. “You surround yourself with the things that are important to you. Your space, your objects: that's who you are.” This phrase graced one of the walls of the exhibition dedicated to Konstatin Grcic, held in 2015 at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. Born…
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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 best remembered as the founder of the Bauhaus, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The son of an architect, he decided to…
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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. Architect, designer, urban planner, landscape architect, but above all, an "architect of thought," always ready to redefine customs and traditions and...
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