The Artona line by the Scarpa duo was in fact the first line ever produced by Maxalto, the specialist division of B&B Italia. Maxalto was originally set up in 1975 as a high-end division of B&B Italia to focus exclusively on the production of artisanal, mostly...
For the people of Brazil, 1922 was a landmark year. Not only did it mark a full century of independence from Portugal, it was also the year that put Brazilian art on the international map. Running alongside the government organised centenary celebrations, the Semana...
Pierre Chapo was a French designer known for his finely crafted wood furniture. Born in 1927 in the Parisian suburb of Clamart, Chapo came from a lineage of craftsmen. He graduated in 1958 from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with a degree in...
Gino Sarfatti (1912, 1985) was born in Venice on 16th September 1912. His father Riccardo, or “Dick”, ran a prosperous business network, while his mother Lucia, known as Micaela, belonged to the Zuccoli family from Trieste. Gino and his brother and...
It was 1967 when a group of architects, designers, carpenters, and alpine guides met in Savoy with the mission to construct the first mainstream ski resort. No longer an exclusive activity for the wealthy, skiing was soon to become the winter equivalent of a vacation...
In 1951 Isamu Noguchi visited the town of Gifu, Japan, known for its manufacture of lanterns and umbrellas from mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Noguchi designed the first of his lamps that would be produced by the traditional Gifu methods of construction. He...
