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Alberto Saggia & Valerio Sommella
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Arne Jacobsen was born and raised in Copenhagen. In 1927, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. After graduating, he obtained his first job at the office of the City Architect of Copenhagen launching his own office only two years later. Arne Jacobsen is a world famous Danish modernistic architect. His buildings are numerous in Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
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 Luca De Bona & Dario De Meo
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Bakery Group
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Barlas Baylar
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Behurst
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Benjamin Hubert
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Bizzarri Design: Stefano Bizzarri & Claudio Cinti
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Brodie Neill
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The passion for objects meant as industrial products is the glue of the professional partnership between Alfredo Chiaramonte and Marco Marin, promoting partners of the homonymous Designstudio.
The different activities experienced through the years (interiors, graphics, industrial and lighting design) brought to a mixed knowledge, contaminated by ideas developed in many fields.
Alfredo Chiaramonte was born in Bologna in 1961 and studied at the Faculty of Architecture of Venice.
Marco Marin was born in Venice in 1964 and graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts specializing in industrial design.
They worked together with well known companies such as Andromeda International, Axo Light, Artificia, Bonaldo, Calligaris, Cattelan Italia, Emu group, Eurobags, Estasis, Fornasarig, Gruppo editoriale Gemina, Hoffman Italia, Miniforms, Moulinex, NasonMoretti, Renault Italia, Sica, Vistosi.
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Chris Basias
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Christian Lava
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Belgian Interior architect and designer Christophe Gevers was born in Antwerp in 1928 and died in Ohain in 2007.
In the 60s and 70s he build an intriguing body of work from which we find little information today. Little known to the general public, Christophe Gevers can be counted among the leading interior designers of the postwar period.
He designed the interiors of a wide range of restaurants and brasseries in Brussels (including a branch of the fast food chain Quick in 1984), designed several bank buildings and gave shape to various furniture, lighting fixtures, some of which are still in production today by Quattro Benelux and Axis 71. He started his own company Gevers Design and was thirty-three years a teacher at La Cambre in the Department of decor and furnishings.
Thanks to a retrospective of Christophe Gevers oeuvre in 2008, he gained a new status in Belgium.
His pieces are now desired and sought-after, and he enjoys the success he deserves…
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Christophe Pillet
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Constantin Wortmann
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Cristina Celestino
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David Pompa
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Dodo Arslan
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Draw
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Edmondo Testaguzza
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Edmondo Testaguzza, Lennart, Matteo Ugolini
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Edmondo Testaguzza, Matteo Ugolini
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Emmanuel Babled
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Preben Juhl Fabricius (1931-1984) (left) and Jørgen Kastholm (1931-2007) (right) were driven by a mutual mission to make form a pure derivative of function. Both were architects and graduated from the Danish School of Interior Design, where they studied under Finn Juhl and subsequently with Arne Jacobsen. Although they partnered for less than a decade, creating only a handful of designs, Fabricius & Kastholm left a legacy of work honoured in museums around the world — from the Museu de Arte in São Paulo to MoMA in New York and the Musée d`Art Moderne in Paris.
While Fabricius was trained as a cabinetmaker and Kastholm as a blacksmith, this balance of perspectives helped define a new kind of luxury, adding an elegant facet to the prevailing functionalism of Danish Modern. Sleek, elongated shapes, streamlined symmetry and a modern mix of materials characterised pieces commissioned for international airports, penthouse apartments, high-profile lifestyle magazines and even early James Bond films.
The P376 pendant lamp is a perfect example of Fabricius & Kastholm's subtle architectural slant on design. Originally conceived in 1963, five concentric shades create gradations of curves towards the middle of the lamp to emit a soft, diffused light. The discrete placement of the shades and the silky aluminium finish culminate in a cohesive expression that is both iconic and enthralling.
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Italian designer Francesca Smiraglia lives and works in Milan and southern Italy. Born in 1983, she graduated in 2008 in Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano with a specialization in product and lighting design. She is always constantly looking for ways to improve her knowledge and develop new methodologies of « design thinking »: her training begins with product development of furniture and lighting fixtures and then she focus her job on lighting design to achieve greater awareness of light. She currently works as lighting designer, mainly for Interior design, retail and hospitality industries and also as a product designer in particular thinking of products that explore the conceptual and anthropolo-gical sphere, the relationship between human and environment, considering formal aesthetics of the products focused on the interaction with them and their functionality.
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Franziska Hinze
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Giorgio Biscaro
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Guglielmo Berchicci
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Hansandfranz
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Hopf & Wortmann - Büro für Form
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Hvidt & Mølgaard
Peter Hvidt (1916-1986) and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993) were pioneers of Danish mid-century design and the founders of Copenhagen-based firm Hvidt & Mølgaard.
Renowned for the simplicity of their works, the duo established a simple and precise aesthetic designing countless pieces of furniture over the years, many of which became icons of the era. The success of the AX chair (crafted in 1950) was a seminal moment for the pair. Not only did its smooth, tightly controlled silhouette secure their stance as leaders of Danish modernism, but the use of laminated wood allowed the chair to be produced on a mass scale and exported internationally. This forward-thinking approach to industrialized production paved the way for a new movement that drew upon classical craftsmanship techniques to make affordable, beautifully crafted home furnishings.
Both Hvidt and Mølgaard-Nielsen boasted superior technical skills. Mølgaard-Nielsen studied furniture design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Kaare Klint, while Hvidt gained knowledge of traditional craftsmanship during his time studying cabinetry at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen. Today, their work can be found exhibited at MoMA, Melbourne’s National Gallery, and Copenhagen’s Design Museum.
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Ini Archibong
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Jean-Francois Crochet
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Karim Rashid
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Laura Alesi & Silvia Braconi
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“Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and shade reveal these forms; cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage; the image of these is distinct and tangible within us without ambiguity. It is for this reason that these are beautiful forms, the most beautiful forms”.
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Luca De Bona & Dario De Meo
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Luca De Bona, Dario De Meo, Matteo Ugolini
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Marco Merendi
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Born in Milan in 1935, he is an architect, critic and designer.
The 8 Compasso d'Oro would be enough - alone - to explain the genius and inventiveness of Mario Bellini, an internationally renowned architect and designer, former director of Domus magazine. The numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad confirm an incredible career, the monographic of the MoMa - Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1987 the consecration of his absolute talent. Among the companies that have relied on him, over the years, stand out - in addition to Brionvega - Cassina, Yamaha, Rosenthal and Renault. Twenty-five of his works are present in the permanent collection of the MOMA - Museum of Modern art in New York.
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Marzio Rusconi Clerici
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Matteo Ugolini
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Mr Smith Studio
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Nicolas Terzani
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Nigel Coates
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Noè Duchafour Lawrance
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Noé Duchaufour Lawrance considers any project as an organic form that grows with its user. He imposes no limits on himself in the projects he realizes, he is ready to design harmonious living areas, as well as to define the image of a product or a shop window for famous brands. He refers not only to the universal character of nature
of nature to impose meaningful forms, but he also affirms that the concept of total art is now fundamental in contemporary creation.
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Paolucci, Stadera
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Patricia Urquiola
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Peter Jamieson
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Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish writer Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmark from 1911-14, and then at Technical College in Copenhagen from 1914-17. He started practicing traditional functionalistic architecture, but over the years his professional interests changed to focus mainly on lighting which is what he is most famous for.
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Sebastian Herkner
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Serge Mouille
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Slamp Creative Department
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Slamp Team
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Somone Micheli
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Sotirios Papadopoulos & Giovanna Colapristi
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Established in 2005 by Signe Bindslev Henriksen and Peter Bundgaard Rützou, Space Copenhagen is a design studio working across multiple disciplines from furniture, lighting and refined objects, to art installations, art direction and interior design for private homes, hotels and restaurants all over the world.
The ambition is to forge new paths by balancing opposites: classic and modern, industrial and organic, sculptural and minimal, light and shade.
The studio’s intuitive approach embodies designs that are distinctively shaped by the given circumstances, functional needs, and a fundamental interest in human behavior. It is a sense of and belief in slow aesthetic that centers quality and longevity.
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Spalletta, Croce, Ragnisco, Wijffels
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Stefano Bizzarri & Claudio Cinti
Stefano Bizzarri & Claudio Cinti
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Stefano Papi & Saviz Yaghmai
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STORAGEMILANO is an architecture and design firm founded in Milan in 2002 by Barbara Ghidoni, Marco Donati and Michele Pasini. The concept behind STORAGEMILANO is to operate in various areas of design from the construction of architectural ideas to installations. The work of STORAGE includes any aspect of the project: from the architectural shell to the furniture, with a particular accent on materials and shapes. The approach is based on the research of new aesthetics and spatial solutions, custom made for the client and interpreting its DNA in a personal way. Architecture, design, fashion, art and all that embodies form and volume are the main interest of STORAGE investigation. “Experimenting with unusual or different materials, with light and space, attention to detail and elegance are what surround us and inspire us today”.
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Studio 14
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Among the giants of Danish design, Verner Panton (1926-1998) established a unique reputation for his exuberant originality and tireless experimentation. Panton created lamps, furniture and textiles – and was also a sought-after interior designer. Although he was at the forefront of mid-century Danish Modern, Panton’s contribution was anything but mainstream. He enthusiastically embraced new materials, he splashed with a bold colour palette, and he playfully imbued many of his sculptural creations with a strong graphical expression – without ever compromising on quality or workmanship. Panton’s iconic designs have emerged as contemporary design classics – as strikingly inventive now as they were 50 years ago.
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Danish designer Øivind Slaatto holds a master's degree from the Danish School of Design. Before that he studied music at the Royal Academy of Music. His love of music and nature is reflected in his approach to the design process. Although he is best known for the poetic character of his design solutions, he also seeks qualities such as rationality, logic and harmony in his creations.
Øivind Slaatto wants his designs to be seen in a simple and light way, like playing a piece of music. His work covers areas as diverse as audio speakers, cars, furniture and suspensions. But his great passion is designing lighting solutions. His natural affinity for light leads him to constantly improve the way we perceive light and the mood it creates.