Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[3] [4] [5] It was devoted to architecture, interior design, furniture, product design and graphic arts and was published both in Italian and English. [6] In 1976, the magazine was sold to Segesta Publishing group. [7] Later it became part of the RCS Group and began to be published by RCS MediaGroup. [8]
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.
In addition to furniture design, Italy has also set trends for industrial design with the prototype of the light Luminator Bernocchi in 1928. The Moka pot , designed by Alfonso Bialetti , was a ground-breaking design upon its release in 1933, and it continues to be manufactured to this day with few modifications.
Domus is an architecture and design magazine founded in 1928 by architect Gio Ponti and Barnabite father Giovanni Semeria. Published by Editoriale Domus, the magazine is issued 11 times a year on a monthly basis and has its headquarters in Rozzano , Milan .
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]
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.
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.
Giovanni "Gio" Ponti (Italian pronunciation: [ˌdʒo pˈponti]; 18 November 1891 – 16 September 1979) was an Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher. [4] During his career, which spanned six decades, Ponti built more than a hundred buildings in Italy and in the rest of the world.