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Mario Barbaglia
Logo p. 200
Norma p. 272
Anita p. 276
In the architecture studio in Milan, Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
started a project mainly related to interior design. Their designs include the
DOVE lamp, which became the second best-selling table lamp in the world.
It was exhibited at the MOMA in New York and entered the collections of
the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Cooper Hewitt in New York.
Mario bellini
Nuvola p. 70
Awarded eight times with the Compasso d'Oro, Mario Bellini is an
internationally renowned architect and designer who has twice been
dedicated a solo exhibition: in 1987 at Moma in New York, which presented
25 of his works within its permanent collection, and in 2017 at the Milan
Triennale, after conferring him the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in
Architecture. Over the years, he has been editor of Domus magazine and
has designed many exhibitions of art, design and architecture, both in Italy
and abroad.
Roberto Paoli
Tru p. 138
Flaca p. 174
Zena p. 218
After his degree in architecture in 1994, Roberto Paoli devoted himself to
small-scale design, specialising in glass bending and plastic injection moul-
ding techniques creating his own design idea in which functionality and
technology merge with the shape of objects. Winner of three Chicago Good
Design Awards, Paoli also focuses on product design and exhibition curating.
Piero Castiglioni
Roberto Menghi
Canna Nuda p. 204
Beneath the guidance of Roberto Menghi, architect, designer and master in
mixing contemporaneity with primitivism, Piero Castiglioni designed
Canna Nuda. Castiglioni likes to call himself an electrician, before being an
architect. He started his business in the 1970s when the introduction of the
first halogen lamps on the European market aroused curiosity and interest.
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