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When the great glassworks of Murano attract designers
04/27/2020When we talk about Murano, we evoke one of the unavoidable islands of Venice, but also and above all the island of the glassblowers. A tradition that dates back to be exact to the 13th century [...]
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Contemporary English design: between pragmatism and inventiveness
03/25/2020In contrast to its Italian, Scandinavian, French, and American counterparts, English design was fairly low-key in the first part of the twentieth century, as well as in the aftermath of the [...]
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Art Deco furniture in France, 1910-1940
03/05/2020For lovers of precious wood furniture and other marquetry enthusiasts, Art Deco furniture, produced primarily from the 1910s, shortly before World War I, until the 1940s, when it began to [...]
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The history of Scandinavian design: the emergence of a style - Part 1
02/18/2020France has been experiencing a craze for the Scandinavian design for the past decade, and yet the interest in this design is not new. Since the interwar period, the French have been interested [...]
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The Blow Chair: emblem of the 60's pop culture
02/13/2020A true symbol of the 1960s, this chair is anything but a simple piece of plastic. The Blow inflatable chair, created in 1967 by the Milanese trio of designers and architects De Pas, D'Urbino, [...]
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Gio Ponti, the father of Italian industrial design
02/05/2020Giovanni Ponti (1881-1979), known as "Gio" Ponti, is a major figure of Italian and international design in the 20th century. It is difficult to summarize such a long career in a few lines, since [...]
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Memphis design, a colorful experience
02/03/2020In January 2016 David Bowie passed away. An avid collector of art and design, Bowie had a very fine collection of furniture from the early 1980s Italian "Memphis" movement. Some of these pieces [...]
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The Union of Modern Artists (UAM), 1929-1958: a wind of modernity in the history
01/27/2020The Union des Artistes Modernes, commonly known as the UAM, is a movement initiated in 1929 by avant-garde decorative artists and architects of the time. This movement has remained anchored in [...]