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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.
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.
Memphis was born on the evening of December 11, 1980, when Sottsass invited a group of young designers and architects to discuss the future of design. [3] Together, they wanted to change the concept of what design had been focused on, which had been Modernism and aimed to do so by creating and forming a new design collective.
Humberto and Fernando have been frequent collaborators with Edra creating numerous award-winning designs that include chairs, sofas, tables, cabinets, beds, lighting, and mirrors. All of their work is seemingly underscored by the assembly - nailing, riveting, stitching, knotting, welding, clipping - of individual elements into an overall form.
Poltrona Frau is a furniture-maker founded in 1912 by Sardinian-born Renzo Frau [2] in Turin, Italy, headquartered since the early 1960s [3] in Tolentino and specializing in leather seating for interior and automotive applications. [4] The company name combines poltrona, the Italian word for 'armchair', and Frau, the last name of its founder.
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.
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His works - produced in series but in limited numbers – characterise his eclecticism within the Italian culture of design. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During his artistic career, he created over 13,000 works, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] including a vast production of 20th century objects and furniture, especially in terms of diversity of decorations.