Designer
Jean Nouvel
Initially Jean Nouvel dreamed of becoming a painter, but in the end he chose architecture, for him visual art, production and imagination.
Nouvel is the last of the existentialists, black is his colour, cinema his inspiration. He is an architect of the present moment.Jean Nouvel opened his studio in 1972, after...
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners, founded by Norman Foster, is a highly productive studio which stands on the banks of the Thames.
The long list of partners, design groups and associates on the studio’s web site is impressive. This is architecture, project and design at the highest levels: more than 300...
Dante Bonuccelli
Perhaps it's his Argentinian background, perhaps it\'s because he started out there, designing buildings, but Dante Bonuccelli is not an Italian architect.
No vices, no diva-style behaviour. A concrete, precise way of bringing architecture to design. With great attention to research and experimentation in new concepts, looking...
Michele De Lucchi
Perhaps it’s the beard, which he grew to be told apart from his twin brother, pehaps it’s his ironic smile, but Michele De Lucchi is able to play with seriousness, moving between art and design.
He was born in Ferrara, and studied architecture in Florence where he graduated 1975. He works with the studio Alchymia and became a partner in the Memphis group. He has been...
Rodolfo Dordoni
Rodolfo Dordoni is polite and elegant, like his designs, which range from art direction to industrial design, from refurbishments to exhibition and showroom fittings.
After graduating in Architecture at the Milan Politecnico in 1979, Dordoni started working in the world of design. He specialised in image strategy, from product to communication....
Ferruccio Laviani
Irony, playfulness and passion for design.
A pupil of the great Italian design teacher Achille Castiglioni, Ferruccio Lariani represents a new direction in design. Ferruccio Laviani was born in Cremona in 1960. After...
