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Enzo Mari (27 April 1932 [1] [2] – 19 October 2020) was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Early life and education
Gufram is an Italian furniture manufacturer known for avant-garde, conceptual, witty, and Pop-art influenced designs; the unconventional use of industrial materials; collaborations with well known architects and designers; and the contribution its products made to the aesthetics of the 1960s Radical period of Italian design.
Zanotta is an Italian furniture company particularly known for the iconic pieces of Italian design it produced in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. These include the "Sacco" bean bag chair and "Blow", the first mass-produced inflatable chair.
This preference for furniture systems led to designs like Additional Living System (1967–1968) and the chairs Tube (1969–1970) and Multi (1970), which could be assembled in various positions to get a great number of sitting positions. They reflect Colombo's main goal, variability. His futuristic designs were integrated micro-living-worlds.
He participated in the Triennale di Milano competition in 1939 and 1947 and won the Garzanti competition for the standardization of furniture. He contributed to the Italian design magazines Domus and Stile and the French architecture magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. [3] He also served in the Italian Army during World War II. [5]
Italian Rococo furniture was usually upholstered with rich and colourful fabrics, such as velvet and silk, and furniture was usually lacquered. [1] Furniture from Piedmont was typically very French in style, Lombardy produced more sober and wooden furnishings, Genoa was known for its rich fabrics and colourful styles, and Venice for its ...
B&B Italia SpA is an Italian modern furniture company founded in 1966 by Piero Ambrogio Busnelli, who had previously co-founded C&B Italia (with Cesare Cassina). [1] His descendants own and manage the company. In 2021 Piero Lissoni was named Artistic Director of B&B Italia. It is part of Flos B&B Italia Group.
Casabella is a monthly Italian architectural and product design magazine with a focus on modern, radical design and architecture. It includes interviews with the world's most prominent architects . History and profile