The symbol of love is a well-known motif in the design world of Alexander Girard, who created myriad variations of the heart shape in his graphic works and textile patterns. Alexander Girard’s International Love Heart is a quintessential representation of who he was, both as a designer and as a pers...

Did you know? By 1952, Charles & Ray Eames had fabricated roughly 200,000 radio cases for a range of different companies. However, one model – their personal favorite – never went into production and more than 70 years after it was first designed, Vitra joined the Eames Office to revive the unproduc...

Charles and Ray Eames enriched the collage-like interior of their private home, the Eames House, with numerous objects and accessories that they brought back from their travels. For over fifty years, the figure of a wooden bird has stood in the centre of the living room – an artefact of American fol...

In 1948, Charles and Ray Eames participated in the 'International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design', organised by the New York Museum of Modern Art, entering a chair with a seat shell moulded to fit the contours of the human body along with a concept for a variety of bases. Their design won...

Με την ευφυΐα της χειρωνακτικής προσέγγισης του αντικειμένου, μεταξύ αρχιτεκτονικής, design και μηχανικής, ο Jean Prouvé είναι αδιαμφισβήτητα ένα από τα πιο πρωτοποριακά και δημιουργικά μυαλά του 20ου αιώνα. Η μοναδική του προσωπικότητα και η ενδελεχής εξερεύνηση των τεχνολογιών που εξήραν τη βιομηχ...

Η νεαρή Charlotte Perriand με τα χέρια σε ανάταση, τη γυμνή της πλάτη στραμμένη στο φωτογραφικό φακό, κατακτά την κορυφή των Άλπεων και ανακλά σε αυτό το κινηματογραφικό κλικ όλη την ιδιοσυγκρασιακή σχεδιαστική πρόζα που την κατέταξε στους σημαντικότερους designers του 20ου αιώνα. Η Perriand ξεκινά ...