‘Mesures de l’homme’ , clean geometries and open spaces: Le Corbusier is the father of modern architecture.
According to him, architecture is the masterly and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light: Charles Edouard Jeanneret is […]
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Design icons
Design icons are those who have made the history of this industry or represent a benchmark at present. This section is dedicated to the protagonists of the world of design: designers, companies, studios, who set new, higher standards with their activities.
An authentic Flos-ophy: illuminating the human experience with pieces by the world’s most famous artists
It all started with a word: Cocoon. Without this plastic material originally used as a protective packaging by the US […]
Young and BIG: Bjarke Ingels is the enfant prodige of a pragmatic, utopian architecture
Pursuing an ideal that Ingels himself calls ‘hedonistic sustainability’, Bjarke Ingels Group‘s projects seek to question how sustainability can be […]
Ross Lovegrove’s design formula: minimal organic forms, maximum natural beauty
Ross Lovegrove is an inventor of forms with a function: inspired by the logic and beauty of nature, his idea […]
The beauty of Italian craftsmanship: Pedrali launches New Ideas 2020 collections
Pedrali, a furniture brand based at the foot of the Italian alps in Bergamo, has been manufacturing contemporary design furniture […]
Destroyer of the building system and form manipulator
If it’s wow, it’s Gehry: known for his stunning, postmodernist design, which often resembles an artwork, Frank Gehry finds inspiration […]
Know-how and creativity are Smeg solution for the best home experience
There’s a region in Northern Italy that over the decades has generated a globally acclaimed series of Italian excellence: Ferrari, […]
An unparalleled ability to dress spaces with light, a formula that inspires the soul
With a multidisciplinary approach and a manifesto declared in 1989, Steven Holl and his fellows have clear ideas and a […]
Explore a piece of design history with the new website of Memphis – Milano
Memphis announces the launch of its site memphis-milano.com The new web platform hosting the products, archives, and history of the […]
Ron Arad is a daring innovator with industrial materials and technology
Ron Arad belongs to those creatives whose work is hard to categorize. Primarily recognized as an industrial designer, this British-Israeli […]
Santiago Calatrava is the neo-futuristic architect of organic, zoomorphic buildings
Santiago Calatrava‘s huge stylized natural elements contributed to turning him into a world-famous star architect. To him, architecture responds to […]
Enzo Mari’s Mariolina is an icon in the design world
Enzo Mari is considered to be one of the greatest exponents of Italian design and in-deed of world design. The […]
