Pietro Chiesa
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5585" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Pietro Chiesa [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482155526721{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] Pietro Chiesa started his training with the painter and furniture maker Giovan Battista Gianotti. In 1921 Pietro Chiesa had already opened his shop in Milan under the name “Bottega di Pietro Chiesa S.A”, which specialised in the creation of lead mirrors. His following works were solo or with other artists. In the beginning of the 1920s he participated in the Biennalle in Monza, Biennale in Venice,l’Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and the...
Piero Fornasetti
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5582" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Piero Fornasetti [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482155119186{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] An established Italian painter, sculptor, craftsman, and decorator, Piero Fornasettimaintained a highly original style throughout his career. He developed an eclectic style, based on 1900s motifs inspired by Neo-Classicism and Early Renaissanceornamental and pictorial motifs. He created furniture, ceramics and decorative objects. Piero Fornasetti was also influenced by Surrealism and metaphysical painting. In 1930 he started to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera in Milan but was expelled in 1932. Piero Fornasetti carried on painting...
Paolo Buffa
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5570" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Paolo Buffa [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482152912484{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] Paolo Buffa was the son of painter and glassworker Giovanni Buffa. After training in the studio of architect and designer Gio Ponti and Emilio Lancia, Paolo Buffa opened his own space with Alberto Cassi Ramelli in 1928. Here he focused on the design and production of objects in neoclassical style: in line with the tendency of the 1920s. In the 1930s,Paolo Buffa was busy with more wide-ranging projects: public spaces such as shops and...
Osvaldo Borsani
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5567" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Osvaldo Borsani [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482152467015{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] Osvaldo Borsani studied at Accademia di Brera and architecture at Politecnico in Milan, graduating in 1936. As early as 1932 ABV Arredamenti Borsani was opened in Milan by Osvaldo Borsani. (He followed in his father’s footsteps: his family was running an important furniture “atelier”.) While still in school, Osvaldo Borsani participated to the V Triennale di Milano in 1933, presenting his “Casa Minima” a purely rationalist project. During the post war years, Osvaldo Borsani designed...
Ignazio Gardella
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5550" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Ignazio Gardella [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482147670975{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] Ignazio Gardella is one of the Italian masters of architecture and a representative of the Modern Movement. Not only the architecture, but also his individual way of designing is done in a light and simple way. His furniture is modern, distinct and slender. In 1947 he founded the Azucena factory with Italian architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni, which produced furniture, lamps, and household furnishings. The production of prototypes and projects were undertaken by Tosi' s sisters....
Ico Parisi
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5546" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Ico Parisi [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482146708336{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] Ico and Luisa Parisi were the creators of the style of italian furniture during the 1950s. For the first time since the war, Ico Parisi organised a small but significant furniture exhibition in Como in 1945. In 1947 his wife Luisa founded La Ruotastudio that would become the site of their architecture and furniture studio. The two artists created modern designs together which were representative of the period and also designed for important companies such...
Guglielmo Ulrich
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5541" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Guglielmo Ulrich [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1482145886663{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"] Guglielmo Ulrich, architect, project manager and designer came from a noble family of Danish descent. During the years of his training, he was influenced by writer and architect Arrigo Boito; an important figure in Italian culture at the time, with a strong interest in the conservation of historical buildings. Guglielmo Ulrichthen studied at the Accademia Brera and graduated in achitecture at the Politecnico di Milano in 1928. His works represent one of...
Giuseppe Ostuni
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5537" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Giuseppe Ostuni [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1481719610947{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"]Oluce is the oldest Italian agency of active design in the lighting field. Founded in Milan by Giuseppe Ostuni in 1945, the year that inaugurated a definitive fertile period for the birth of other important firms (Azucena, Lamperti, Arredoluce, Stilnovo): these companies represent a true meeting place for designers in the Milan area. The first Triennale that saw participation with Oluce was in 1951; a Luminator designed by Franco Buzzi and hosted in...
Gio Ponti
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5534" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Gio Ponti [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1481718711689{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"]After graduating, the architect Gio Ponti, opened a studio with the architects Mino Fiocchi and Emilio Lancia in Milan. He later collaborated with the prestigious ceramic firm Richard Ginori. He became director of architecture and design magazines 'Domus' and 'Stile'. Here he published his most significant projects and he kept in touch with new tendencies as well as Italian and foreign established professionals. The result was the expression of his maturity together with the...
Gino Sarfatti
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="82px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_scroll_icon="no"][vc_column width="5/6" css=".vc_custom_1481222579595{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="25px"][vc_single_image image="5529" img_size="80x80" alignment="center" style="vc_box_circle_2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][vc_column_text] Gino Sarfatti [/vc_column_text][eltd_section_subtitle color="" text_align="center" text="Designer" width=""][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_separator position="center" color="#ff7348" border_style="dotted" width="82" thickness="2"][vc_empty_space height="15px"][eltd_elements_holder][eltd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1481711274425{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}"]After having accomplished classical studies, Gino Sarfatti graduated in the Ingegneria Aeronavale in Genova. Following this he transferred to Milan where he associated with Franco Albini, Lucio Fontana, Lica and Albe Steiner. In 1939 he founded Arteluce, a company which soon became an international reference point for the modern movement within the lighting field. Alongside his activities, Gino Sarfatti worked on the production of another four hundred models of lamp, in a constant...