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MAGIS

 

Eero Aarnio

Born 1932 in Helsinki, Finland

Student of interior and industrial design at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki 1954-57

Married Pirkko Attila 1956

Children Marja-Leena 1959 and Rea 1961

Designer at Asko Oy 1960-62 in Lahti, Finland

Own design office from 1962 in Helsinki, Finland

Eero Aarnio Design Studio GmbH 1978-82 in Cologne, Germany

Design Studio in Tapiola, Finland 1982

Eero Aarnio T:mi, Veikkola, Finland 1992

Aarnio Design Ltd., Veikkola, Finland 2001

Awards

Valmet Trade Mark Competition in Helsinki, Finland 1958, 1. prize

International Furniture Competition in Cantu, Italy 1959, 3.prize

International Competition on Furniture and Design in Cantu, Italy 1964, 1. prize

Scandinavian Park and Street Competition in Stockholm, Sweden 1965, 1. prize

Steel Furniture Competition in Helsinki, Finland 1967, 2. prize

Export Furniture Competition in Helsinki, Finland 1963, 3.prize

International Design Award of the A.I.D. (American Institute of Interior Designers) For Gyro (Pastil Chair) in New York, U.S.A. 1968

Honorary member of SIO (Finnish Association of Interior Designers) 1999

Represented in museums

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A.

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany

Galerie für Avantgarde Kunst, Cologne,Germany

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, Germany

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany

Designmuseum, Helsinki, Finland

The Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.A.

The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, Le Mus ée du Chateau Dufresne, Montreal, Canada

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany

Eero Aarnio Exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland 2003

Eero Aarnio Exhibition at Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway 2004

Werner Aisslinger

Designed in 1996 for Cappellini.

A soft seat shell made of polyurethane integral foam an innovative material used in the automobile industry.

Selected in 1998 to appear in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York and the chair collection at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein.

2. Mercedes Benz Spot, Germany

Flagship store for the Mercedes brand in Frankfurt. Built in 1999, this showroom concept includes virtual cars using the latest high-tech media technology.

3. Soft Cell Collection

First gel-furniture worldwide to be presented at Milan's International Furniture Fair. Collection includes a chair, stool and chaiselongue.

Limited edition, designed in 1999.

Selected for the permanent collection at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein

4. Divan Bed Soft, Zanotta, Italy 2000

First industrialised furniture item using techno gel.

Design awards:

Blueprint 100% Design Award 2001, London

Compasso d' Oro Selection 2001, Italy

Selected in 2002 for the “Fonds national d'Art Contemporain” collection, France.

Permanent collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York.

5. Endless Shelf, Porro 1994/1998, Italy

Modular shelf with aluminium joints, boards made of wood or translucent plastic.

Design awards:

Bundespreis Produktdesign, Germany

Red Dot Award, Germany

Compasso d'Oro Selection, Italy

Selected for “Neue Sammlung” Museum, Munich, Germany.

6. Plus Unit, Magis 2000, Italy

A world premiere: 100% modular, self-supporting, self-adjoining drawer system.

Drawers can be added up like Lego pieces. Made from ABS.

Design Awards:

Red Dot Award, Germany

Compasso d' Oro Selection, Italy

7. Case, Interlübke, Germany

100% modular container-trolley-system.

Aluminium structure with matt plastic walls.

Designed in 2002.

8. Loft Cube, Mobile Home Unit

Modular living unit to be installed on flat roofs of high-rise city buildings.

Can be transported by helicopter or crane for short-term living.

Façade and interior partitioning can be determined by user.

Promotes rooftop community as new way of life.

Smart house technology, prototype project.

9. Gel Lounge Chair, Cappellini, Italy

Range of chairs and lounge chairs made with gel-upholstery.

Produced with latest technologies.

10. Nic Chair, Magis, Italy

Air moulding/gas injection cantilever chair.

Low-cost chair produced with gas injection plastics technology.

Ron Arad

College of Art in London, 1997. He is currently Professor of Design Product at the RCA.

He was guest Editor of 1994 International Design Yearbook and Designer of the Year, 1994. His work has been widely featured in many design/architectural books and magazines worldwide.

Ron Arad has run several design workshops for students, including those at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, Vitra Farm in France and Ravenna in Italy. He continues to lecture on his work regularly at universities and design schools worldwide.

Shin Szuji

London.

The clients list of ‘a studio' includes brands such as Magis, lapalma, Desalto, Muji, Authentics, Guzzini and many others from both Europe and Japan. Shin Azumi's work has received numerous design awards, amongst which the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize in 2004, the Blueprint 100% Design Award in 2003 and “Product of the Year, 2000” FX International Design Award (for the LEM stool). His designs are acquired as several public collections such as Stedelijk Museum in Holland, Crafts Council and Manchester Art Galleries in the UK.

Barber Osgerby

"Looking at the thread running through Edward Barber and Jay Osgerbys' work, there is a high level of consistency and diversification, a coming together of design integrity, substance and modernity.

One can see no superfluities: function is allowed to define form in a way that is simple and intuitive while being guided by a free spirit of experimentation with the most advanced technologies" Lucy Bullivant 2006.

Over the past ten years Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have worked across a wide range of disciplines to create everything from furniture, lighting, household products, restaurants, shops, drinks bottles and electronic products for companies based in Europe, Asia, North and South America.

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby studied Architecture together at The Royal College of Art in London and established BarberOsgerby in 1996. From their studio in Trellick Tower, West London, they first designed the Loop Table, produced by Isokon in1997. The table was featured widely and brought them to the attention of Guilio Cappellini. This was to be the beginning of a long working relationship with the renowned Italian producer.

Much of their early work involved the folding and shaping of sheet material -influenced by the white card they used frequently in their architectural model making. Plywood and perspex were used in the development of the Pilot Table, 1999, and Stencil Screen, 2000, for Cappellini. The experimental Hula Stool, 2001, originated from sheet plywood reassembled to create complex, compound curves; the Shell Table, 2002, (nominated for the Compasso d'or) and Shell Chair, were further structural studies in plywood. The use of folds created beam structures that could take the weight of a person but were also incredibly light. In 1999 Levi's approached BarberOsgerby to join a team who were developing the ingenious ‘Engineered Jeans' range. Barber Osgerby were responsible for producing 2 hangers to display the range in all Levi's 9000 shops around the world. Commissions became more diverse in 2002 when they were commissioned to design furniture for a cathedral on the south coast of England and were approached by Coca-Cola to design a bottle for a new drink they were developing, ‘Ipsei'. These contrasting projects showed the flexibility, and capability of Edward and Jay to design for both hand-crafted, batch produced furniture on the one hand and a PET bottle that is today produced at 1.2 million bottles a day. In the same year they completed Stella McCartney's first store in Manhattan with bespoke furniture produced by Cappellini.

In 2004 BarberOsgerby were awarded the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for Furniture, the UK's most significant applied and decorative arts prize. This led to a commission to design furniture for the De La Warr Pavilion, Britain's most important modernist building. The resulting die cast aluminium chair is now in the V&A Museum collection. In 2005 the Zero-In table was launched by the British producer Established & Sons. The table employs car industry techniques in its construction, never before used in the furniture industry. In May of the same year, in collaboration with Pantone, BarberOsgerby designed the central space for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. The now iconic multi-coloured Flight Stools where produced with corresponding Pantone reference numbers screen-printed on the side. More recently they have been commissioned to design the furniture for the entrance foyer of the Royal Institute of British Architects in Portland Place. They were also jointly named ‘designers of the future' with Established & Sons at Design Basel / Miami in June 2006.

BarberOsgerby has since been developing collections for leading manufacturers and clients such as Magis, Authentics, Venini, Swarovski, Flos, Established & Sons and Panasonic. Both Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have lectured at a number of design events and design schools, including hosting workshops at Ecal, Switzerland and the Vitra Design Museum. BarberOsgerby's work is found in many permanent collections including the V&A Museum-London, Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York and the Design Museum, London.

Raul Barbieri

Born 1946 in Milan. He graduated in architecture at Milan Politecnico and started his activity first as associate in a studio and since 1989 as freelance. He founded his own design office and his main concerns are design, corporate identity and architecture. He has cooperated with various design schools and taught design at Paris “Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, LES ATELIERS” and at Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan. His work has been exhibited in several museums and exhibitions. He is the coordinator of the project department at ADI, Industrial Design Association.

Awards

Design Museum, Conran Foundation, LONDON

Compasso d' Oro ADI , MILANO selezione 1989

Compasso d' Oro ADI , MILANO selezione 1991

Compasso d' Oro ADI , MILANO selezione 1995

Compasso d' Oro ADI , MILANO selezione 1998

ADI Design Index, MILANO 1998/99

Lampe d'Or, PARIS

Design Plus , FRANKFURT selezione 1988

Design Plus , FRANKFURT selezione 1989

Design Plus , FRANKFURT selezione 1992

Design Plus , FRANKFURT selezione 1993

Industrie Forum design, HANNOVER 1992

Form 90, FRANKFURT 1990

Form 93, FRANKFURT 1993

Form 94, FRANKFURT 1994

Form 95, FRANKFURT 1995

Neste Forma Finlandia, ESPOO HELSINKI 1993

SMAU industrial design, MILANO 1981

SMAU industrial design, MILANO 1984

Good Design, CHICAGO 1999

Francesco Binfaré

Art Director at Centro Cesare Cassina between 1969 and 1973.

Art Director at Cassina between 1973 and 1988.

Worked on projects for Cassina, De Padova, Venini.

He has worked with Edra since 1992 and with Magis since 2004

He was born and still lives in Milan.

In 1960 he met Cesare Cassina who offered him the rare chance of creating arts in the industrial sector.

Between 1967 and 1980 he produced a major cycle of drawings which still represent the most important source for his research. Parts of this cycle, such as Il gigante e l'ombra (The Giant and the Shade), La colpa e l'architettura (Guilt and Architecture) touched on archetypal images such as the matrix, alreadyanticipating the essential issues of post modernism.

At the Cesare Cassina Centre, a design research centre sponsored by Cassina and C&BItalia, he worked with a group of technical experts and craftsmen, transferring artistic process into design research. He investigated new methodologies to support and promote individual and collective creativity. He involved various architects and designers in the creation of products which have turned into Italian design icons – Maralunga by Vico Magistretti, Up 5 and Sit Down by Gaetano Pesce, Bambole by Mario Bellini, AeO by Archizoom. He coordinated the selection of projects for the ground breaking exhibition New Domestic Landscape of Italian Design at MOMA in New York in 1972. In order to pursue his research, he travelled to India, the US and Japan. (1970-1973). He promoted experimental initiatives such as Braccio di ferro with Gaetano Pesce and Alessandro Mendini (1973) for an edition of Avant-garde prototypes. In 1974 he formed Environmedia with Mario Bellini and Pierpaolo Saporito promoting the use of interactive media in project practices.

In 1980 he set up his own Design and Communication Centre for project research and development. He was involved in many important projects for Cassina such as Cab by Mario Bellini, Wink by Toshiyuki Kita, and Tramonto a New York, Sansone, Feltri by Gaetano Pesce.

He designed themed installations giving them a specific title for the launch of each new product so inventing, what would later be called, event concept. Some of the most interesting examples of his work are: Il Ponte (“The Bridge”, Cassina 1977), I fiori crescono sulle rovine (“Flowers growing from the ruins”, 1978), Design, autoritratto con padre e architettura (“Design, self-portrait with father and architecture”, Triennale 1979 ), Il confine (“The Limit ”, Cassina 1980), Il tempo dell'acqua o dei bagnanti dopo Marx (“The time of water or of bathers after Marx”, Cassina 1982), L'isola dei fiori del vento (“The island of the flowers of the wind”, 1984),  New Adam and Eve (Venini 1985).

Il Ponte was the first in a cycle of installations, a metaphorical and representative journey into design and the socio-cultural metamorphosis for the end of the millennium. The cycle finished in 1996 with the exhibition La mia Mano Destra (“My right hand”) at Galleria Milano.

From 1982 to 1985 he worked with Venini to create Il Cielo, a collection of lighting objects. He has been a lecturer at Milan's Domus Academy, London's Royal College of Arts, Milan's Istituto Europeo di Design and has held workshops and conferences in major cities around the world.

In 1992, in a phase of intense dialogue with Pierre Restany, he embarkeed upon a series of huge paintings on sheets called Tracce emozionali domestiche (Traces of domesticated emotions) after which he was invited by Massimo Morozzi to design for Edra. The encounter with Edra marked the beginning of a peculiar and fascinating period. With the invention and design of such classics as L'homme et la femme (1993), Flap (2000), On the rocks (2004), he was able to synthesize in a single product, his curiosity and interest in human behaviour with an interactive movement.

In 2004, after meeting with Eugenio Perazza and Magis, a new experience took shape; where quality and meaning have to tackle the problems of mass production. Corbeille a sofa designed for Edra (2006) and Annett a collection of chairs for Magis (2007) are the first results of this new period of expression.

Boccato-Gigante

Marilena Boccato and Gian Nicola Gigante, architects

Both Boccato and Gigante have a degree in architecture from the IUAV (Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia), taken during the faculty's most prestigious years. They studied under Albini, Belgioioso, De Carlo, Gardella, Samonà, Scarpa and Zevi.During the ‘70s they were part of the Archstudio group (with C. Bianchi and A. Zambusi).They have been members of the Order of Architects in the province of Treviso since 1967 and 1963 respectively.Boccato and Gigante's professional work follows a two-fold path: in architecture and renovation, with the construction of public and private buildings (both residential and industrial), and the refurbishment of buildings of historical importance; and in industrial design, with projects made for large manufacturing companies, several of which were awarded with prizes and nominations.Boccato and Gigante participated first-hand in the rising fame of Italian design, establishing long-lasting and fruitful relationships with the industry. The great number of products designed by the two architects testifies their dedication to their profession throughout their lengthy career.Their works of architecture, restoration projects and design have been frequently published in the most noteworthy specialized magazines.

Cini Boeri

CINI BOERI graduated from the Politecnico of Milan in 1951; after a long period of collaboration with Marco Zanuso, she set up her own studio in 1963, applying herself to civil architecture and industrial design.

Her architectural projects in Italy and abroad, published in many architecture magazines and books, include apartments, houses, shops, showrooms,  office buildings. She has devoted particular attention to the function of the house, focusing on the psychological relationship between man and his habitat. In the field of industrial design her project work has been aimed at the search for everything that can improve and simplify our way of living. Many of her projects can be seen at international exhibitions and museums all over the world.

She has lectured at the University of Berkeley, Barcelona and Milan, at the Nucleo del Deseno Industrial of Sao Paulo, at the College of Architects in Rio de Janeiro, at the Cranbrook School of Detroit, at the Southern California Institute of Architecture of Vico Marcote (CH), at the Pacific Design Center of Los Angeles.

Between 1981 and 1983 she was visiting professor at the Faculty of Architecture, in the Politecnico of Milan, holding courses on "Architectural Planning" and "Industrial Design Interior Design".

She was a member of the Board of Administration of the XVI Triennale di Milano.

In 1986 she took part in the exhibition "Progetto domestico" held during the XVII Triennale in Milan.

She has participated in numerous juries for international competitions.

She received awards at: the Compasso d'Oro (1970), Product Design Award Resources Council Inc. (1978), Roscoe Prize (1978), Compasso d'Oro Prize (1979), Saiedue Prize (1983), Gold Medal Bio 10 Ljubljana (1984), Product Design Award Resources Council Inc. (1984), Roscoe Prize (1984), Stuttgart Design Prize (1985), selection Forum Design (1987), Stuttgart Design Auswahl `90 Prize (1990), Gold Medal “Apostolo del Design” Prize (2003), “Dama d'Argento” Prize - Poldi Pezzoli Milano (2006), “Milanodonna” Prize (2007).

As well as many articles in specialized reviews, she has written the book “Le dimensioni umane dell'abitazione” (The human dimensions of the house - Franco Angeli, Milan 1980) and the essays "La dimensione del domestico" (Domestic dimension - in M.Bertoldini), "La casa tra tecniche e sogno" (House between technics and dream - Franco Angeli, Milan 1988) and "Progettista e committente" (Architect and purchaser - in M.Bertoldini), "L'atto progettuale, Struttura e percorsi" (Project act, structure and grounds - CittàStudi, Milan 1991) and “Cini Boeri - architetto e designer” by Cecilia Avogadro (Silvana Editoriale, Milan  2004)

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec were born in Quimper, respectively in 1971 and 1976.

As soon as he graduated from the «Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs», Ronan began working alone, progressively assisted by Erwan, still a student at the «Ecole des Beaux-Arts» of Cergy Pontoise. The two brothers have been working together since 1999. Their collaboration is a constant dialogue, nourished by their single identities and strived towards a common goal.

They met Giulio Cappellini in 1997, while showing the “Disintegrated Kitchen” at the Salon du Meuble in Paris. This was the starting point of a regular cooperation that gave birth to various projects as of 1999. In 2000, Issey Miyake commissioned them for a shop in Paris, dedicated to his new collection A-Poc. The very same year, they met Rolf Felhbaum, Chairman of Vitra, and began working on a new Office Furniture System called “Joyn” and edited in 2002. This recent project opened the way for further collaboration.

Today, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec work together with numerous manufacturers such as Vitra, Cappellini, Issey Miyake, Magis, Ligne Roset, Habitat and the Kréo Gallery. At the same time, they realize some architecture projects, like the «Floating House», an artist Studio under construction, commissioned by “Le centre d'Art de Chatou”.

Named “Creator of the Year” at the Salon du Meuble in Paris, 2002, they won multiple awards like the “New Designer Awards” of the International Furniture Fair of New York in 1999, le Grand Prix du Design de la Ville de Paris in 1998 and the First Prize of Saint-Etienne Biennale in 1998. In 2003, they were elected “designer of the year” by Elle Decoration, Japan.

Their creations have been exhibited in many collective or solo exhibitions like “Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec” in the London Design Museum in 2002. In June 2004, a new solo exhibition will take place at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's designs are part of some permanent museum collections including New York Museum of Modern Art, the “Musée National d'Art Moderne- Centre Georges Pompidou” in Paris, the London Design Museum, the Lisbon Design Museum and the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum of Rotterdam..

After the first publication dedicated to them «Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec - Catalogue de raison», Editions Images Modernes / Kréo, 2002, they designed themselves a new book: «Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec», edited by Phaidon in 2003.

Both brothers regularly take part in workshops of diverse Schools of Art or Design.

Ronan Bouroullec is professor at the “Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne” in Switzerland.

Björn Dahlström

Born in 1957 in Stockholm.

Member of Swedish Industrial Designers, SID.

Since 1999 professor at the University College of art, crafts and design in Stockholm.

Working with graphic and product design in the industrial and furniture sector. Began in mid 1970's with animation and graphics for film and TV-productions. From 78 employed as art director and graphic designer in an advertising agency working mainly with printed design.

Started his own company in 1982 concentrating on graphic design for clients like Ericsson, Scania, Atlas Copco etc. Today 80 percent of the work consist of industrial design, among the clients is Primus (torch and soldering equipment), Atlas Copco (product for the building industry), Aqua Play (toys and systems for the waterplay), Playsam (woodentoys), Gewa (electronic handicap aid), Skeppshult (bicycles), Hackman (cookware), Magis (plastic furiture), Plank (wooden furniture), Schopenhauer-Fontana Arte, Mobileffe, Zoltan etc. etc.

Björn Dahlstrom has during the ‘90's successfully started several furniture projects, main client in this sector is obi interior (member of the Swecode-group).

He won a great number of awards like the Excellent Swedish Design Award (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000), Furniture of the year (Sköna Hem. Design Magazine 1995), Design prize Excellent Swedish Design 1996-1997, Honorable mention Excellent Swedish Design 1998 (Hackman cookware), Design Plus Germany 1999 (Hackman cookware), Design Award Finland 1999 (Hackman), Special prize Excellent Swedish Design 2000 (Magis), etc.

He also produced exhibition design and animated videos for several of the above mentioned clients.

He has also been teaching at Beckman's School of Design.

Björn Dahlstrom is seated in Stockholm, Sweden.

Robin Day

1915 Born in High Wycombe.

1934 Working in local furniture factory.

1934-39 Scholarship to Royal College of Art.

Freelance practice as graphic and exhibition designer.

1949 In partnership with Clive Latimer, won first prize in New York Museum of Modern Art International Competition for design low cost furniture.

1951 Designer of section of Home & Gardens display at Festival of Britain exhibition.

Commissioned to design auditorium seating and other furniture for Royal Festival Hall.

Gold Medal for design at Triennale Exhibition, Milan.

1953 Silver Medal for design at Triennale Exhibition, Milan.

1957 Two Design Centre Awards.

SIAD Design Medal.

1959 Elected Royal Designer for Industry.

1961 Design Centre Award.

1965 Design Centre Award.

1966 Design Centre Award.

1983 Received the OBE (Officer of the “Order of the” British Empire).

1991 Appointed Senior Fellow, Royal College of Art.

1997 Made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Although best known as a furniture design, Robin Day has worked in many fields of design including graphics, exhibition and interior design, the radio and television receiver industries, the carpet and vinyl industries and the design of the interior of the Super VC10 and other passenger aircraft.

In 1949 was co-winner of first prize in Museum of Modern Art New York competition for low cost furniture.

In 1950, began designing for Hille, a smell firm making mainly reproduction period furniture. Soon became their design consultant developing ranges of modern contract furniture. This firm grew into a major producer of modern furniture.

In 1951 was commissioned to design furniture for Royal Festival Hall including auditorium seating which s still in place. Designed furniture for many important building in the UK and abroad, notably for concert halls and theatres, airports, stations and sport stadiums. Pioneer development of injection moulded plastic one piece chairs of which tens of millions have been sold world wide.

From 1937 to 1962 Design Consultant to the John Lewis Partnership.

Has served on juries of many National and International design competitors.

Is now designing seating for schools to conform to new European Standards.

Has recently designed outdoor/indoor seating for Magis.

Design Group Italia

Analysis, Interface Design, Product Graphics, CMF design (colours-materials-finishes), Engineering Design, CAD Surface Modelling and Development of Models and Protoyptes.

As confirmation of its working method, Design Group Italia has received many International awards over the course of its history, such as the Compasso d'oro (ADI), the IF (Industrie Forum Design in Hannover), the Design Innovation - Red Dot (Design Centrum Northeren Westfalen), the BIO in Lublijana, the Design Auswahl (Design Center Stuttgard), the JANUS de l'Industrie award (Institut Francais du Design Industrielle), and the TOP TEN (Promosedia di Udine).

El Ultimo Grito

Directed by Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado, El Ultimo Grito is a creative studio specializing in design. EUG was created in 1997.

Clients and Commissions

Magis(IT)

Marks & Spencer (UK)

Nola (SW)

Metalarte (SP)

Joinedupdesignforschools (UK)

Abet Laminati (IT)

Bloomberg (UK)

Mathmos (UK)

Selfridges (UK)

Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)

Present Time (NL)

Trico (JP)

Griffin (UK)

Orden en Casa (SP)

Lavazza (IT)

Punt Mobles (SP)

Wireworks (UK)

Style (JP)

Awards and Competitions

2001 Design Week Architecture and Interior Design Awards: Finalist

2001 FX International Architecture and Interior Design Awards: Finalist

2000 Peugeot Design Award (UK): Winner

1999 Blueprint/ 100% Design Award (UK): Winner

1999 Peugeot Design Award (UK): Winner

1998 Blueprint/ 100% Design Award (UK): Winner

1997 Blueprint/ 100% Design Award (UK): Winner

Collections

Manchester Art Galleries, Manchester 2002

Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London 2001

Röhsska Museet, Sweden 2000

Crafts Council, London 1999

British Council, London 1999

Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam 1999

Science Museum, London, 1998

Selected Exhibitions

2004 ‘GauDIY' @ Elisava, Barcelona, Spain (solo)

2003 ‘SHOP' @ Surface2Air, Paris, France (El Ultimo Grito + Griffin)

2003 Digital Print: a new generation of surfaces @ Milan Trienale, It. (collective)

2003 ‘Objetar' @ FAD convento de los Angeles, Barcelona, Spain (collective)

2003 El Ultimo Grito ‘the evolution will not be televised'@ Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (solo)

2002 El Ultimo Grito: ‘2001 una odisea en el espacio' @ Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain (solo)

2001 ‘Me, You, Us, Them' 4 installations @ Bloomberg central offices in London (solo)

2001-2003 Great Expectations Exhibition (Curated by The Design Council) @ New York Festival Grand Central Terminal, New York, USA. (collective)

2001 Minor Works @ Design Museum, London. UK (Collective)

2001 An Industry of One: Designer-Makers in Contemporary Britain @ Crafts Council, London. UK (Collective)

2001 Home Sweet Home. A touring exhibition organised by The British Council @ Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Copenhagen, Denmark. (collective)

2000 El Ultimo Grito @ Trico .Tokyo. Japan (solo)

2000 Six Moments @ Design Museum, London, UK. (collective)

2000 el ultimo grito @ Garage Regium, Madrid, Spain (solo)

2000 Torino Bienale of Art, Torino. Italy (collective)

1999 ‘El Ultimo Grito' @ Nolita Apartment, Tokyo, Japan (solo)

1999 ‘Lost and Found', a touring exhibition organized by The British Council (Collective)

1999 ‘El Ultimo Grito presents: British Weather Attracts Strange Visitors' @ Lighthouse. Glasgow, UK. (solo)

1999 ‘El Ultimo Grito presents ; Nobody flies this way' (@ Same, London. UK (solo)

1999 ‘Stealing Beauty' @ Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). London, UK (collective)

1998 ‘El Ultimo Grito' @ Trico, Tokyo, Japan. (solo)

1998 ‘Form and Function' @ Generous Miracles Gallery. New York, USA. (collective)

1998 ‘El Ultimo Grito' @ The Crafts Council. London, UK. (solo)

1998 ‘El Ultimo Grito' @ Andrea Leenarts Gallerie. Cologne, Germany. (solo)

Videos

British Weather Attracts Strange Visitors: el ultimo grito' commissioned by The Lighthouse.1999

Publications

ExtaCity by Nigel Coates. Published by Lawrence King, London 2003

The Coffee Table Coffee Table Book Published by BlackDog Publishing, London 2003

Objetar compilated by Martin Ruiz de Azua, published by FAD, Barcelona 2003

What Is Design Today? By George H. Marcus, published by Harry N Abrams Publishers, New York 2002

Spoon (10 curators, 100 designers, 10 design classics). Published by Phaidon Press, London 2002

Creative Island, by John Sorrell, Laurence King Publishers ltd, London 2002

The Eco Design Handbook by Alastair Faud-Luke, Taschen, London 2002

Designing the 21st Century, by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, Taschen, Köln 2001

Industry of One, David Redhead, 2001. catalogue

6M Six moments, 2000, Design Museum London, catalogue

Restyling, Virginio Briatore ( con Map e Random), Castelvecchi Editore, Roma 2000

Big Torino 2000 Biennale arte emergente, Edicioni Lindau, Italy 2000

100 Years of Royal College of Art 1999, curator Claire Caterall.

British Design, Penny Sparke, to be published by Howard, to be one of a series which will include others on Scandinavian Design, Italian Design, German Design and American Design

International Design Yearbook, 2000 volume 15

Designer Know How Book, Anne McKevitt, Publisher BBC Worldwide

Lost and Found, critical voices in new British design, 1999, Birkhäuser / The British Council

Stealing Beauty, British design now, 1999, ICA catalogue,

International Design Yearbook, 1999 volume 14

New British Design, 1998

Roberto Feo

Studies - MA Furniture @ Royal College of Art 1997

Teaching - 1999 to present Tutor @Design Products, Royal College of Art

Rosario Hurtado

Studies - BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design, Kingston University 1998

Teaching - 1999 to present Tutor @ Goldsmiths University (Design Department)

Marco Ferrari

Marco Ferreri was born in Imperia on February, 26th 1958.

He graduated from the Politecnico of Milan in 1981 and has lived and worked in this same city since 1984.

His project research includes various fields, such as industrial design, architecture, graphics and set design.

Some of his works are part of important design collections, such as the “Pemanent design Collection” of the MoMA of New York,

the permanent collection of the Israel Museum of Jerusalem, the Collection of the FNAC of Paris and also in various private collections.

His works have also received various prizes and awards:

The “Libroletto”, in collaboration with Bruno Munari, and the “Less” chair, produced by Nemo, were selected for the 40th Compasso d'Oro competition, the broom Titi won the Design Plus prize in 2000 and the chair Foglia by Novecentoundici was selected for the Red Dot Award in 2002.

Member of the Architect Professional Association of Milan, Member of A.D.I.

and of BEDA/Bureau of European Designers Association, he has also held lessons and lectures in various important Italian and foreign universities.

He currently teaches at the Politecnico of Milan and at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Brera.

Jozeph Forakis

Jozeph Forakis was born in New York. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and Masters of Industrial Design from the Domus Academy in Milan. His work as designer is recognized for it's innovative use of materials and techniques, as well as for his ongoing investigation into the ‘behavioral' influence of interactive information technologies in product design and in everyday objects.

The son of career artists, his cultural approach to design reflects his background in art and theatre with early professional experiences including set and lighting design for New York theatre. Other early experiences established his interest in research-driven design, with work in the US high-technology and biomedical sectors.

Since 1993 he has run his own Milan-based strategic design consulting studio, working with a wide range of international clients. He is also teacher and lecturer at the Domus Academy.

In parallel, from 1999-2002 he was European Design Director for MOTOROLA mobile communications and was responsible for the design of the Motorola V70 mobile phone. From 1993-1997 he consulted with the Domus Academy Research Center in Milan, as Coordinator of the “SmarTools Lab”, specializing in strategic design research, interaction design and the design and development of products and services with information technologies.

His designs have won several awards and have been featured in numerous publications, including the recent book “SPOON” (Phaidon Press) and “50 Lights” (Mel Byars), and have been displayed in many galleries and museums around the world.

His work was included in the historic exhibitions “Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design” and “Workspheres”, both at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, where it now forms part of the permanent collection.

In October 2003 his work was the subject of the first one-man show ever organized by ADI (Italian Design Association) in the exhibition “Jozeph Forakis: 10 years of Design in Italy”.

Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa was born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956. He graduated from Tama Art University in 1980. He worked at Seiko Epson, where he designed wrist TVs and mini printers using micro-technology developed from wristwatch technology; LCD TVs, LCD projectors and other equipment. He went to the United States in 1989 and joined the San Francisco deign firm ID Two, the predecessor to IDEO. While working for IDEO, he worked on a number of products related to Silicon Valley computing and electronics technology. Amongst these were the left heart ventricle support systems for Baxter and AVOCET's VERTECH ALPIN/SKI watch. He was also involved in the development of a design language and design concept for Apple. He has designed a number of products utilizing state-of-the-art technology for start-up companies and for big brand name computer and communications related companies, and has won numerous design awards in Europe and the United States successively from year to year.

In 1996, he returned to Japan to start and head up IDEO's Tokyo office. While acting as a design consultant to major Japanese companies, he also held design workshops - the “without thought” workshops - with young designers. The idea behind them was, “People think that design is something that appeals to people's emotions, but in fact people are linked on a daily basis to things, to the environment, without being aware of it – unconsciously. This unthinking state makes actions smooth; if we think closely about what we're doing, our actions become awkward or wooden. By converting the ideas extracted from the interaction of the unconscious mind with objects into tangible form, can we not create designs where individuality does not stand out; designs that make us feel a kind of simplicity, that entwine with people's actions and with the environment?” “Without thought” proved popular and holds exhibitions every year. This year, the 7th without thought workshop is going to be hold. During the first workshop, he came up with the design for the wall-mounted CD player that was taken up and released by MUJI, and which has proved very popular worldwide. In 2004, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York selected this CD player for its permanent collection.

In 2000, at the invitation of MoMA, he presented his work “Personal Skies” at their “Workspheres” exhibition. Since 2001, he has acted on the design advisory board of MUJI. He went independent in 2003 and established Naoto Fukasawa Design. He worked on design for a mobile phone, called :INFOBAR, which became very popular and lead the design market for mobile phone in Japan. He also started up the electrical household appliance and sundries brand ±0, and the opening of the ±0 retail store in Aoyama, Tokyo garnered a great deal of attention from not only in Japan but worldwide. In April 2005, he presented his works for 7 major brands at Milano Salone del Mobile and?received great response . As of 2005, he began concurrently acting as a professor at Musashino Art University, a visiting professor at Tama Art University and a special lecturer of interdisciplinary information studies at Tokyo University Graduate School.

Stefano Giovannoni

Stefano Giovannoni, born in La Spezia in 1954, graduated in Architecture in Florence in 1978, he lives and works in Milan. Since 1979 he has taught and done research at the Florence Faculty of Architecture; he is master-professor at Domus Academy in Milan and at the Università del Progetto in Reggio Emilia. He has been invited for workshops at the Royal College of Art in London, at the Academy O. Kochoska in Wien, at the Hochschule der Bildenden Kuns