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Alessandro Mendini BIOGRAPHY
1931 Milan, Italy - 2019 Milan, Italy. Known for: Furniture and architectural design, sculpture, glass art, magazine editing.
"Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2019. “I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini,... Read full biography
"Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2019. “I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, architect and editor, once admitted. “Sometimes my objects are aggressive even... Read full biography
"Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2019. “I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, architect and editor, once admitted. “Sometimes my objects are aggressive even to me.”. Aggressive, brash, free-spirited — those words and more have been applied to Mr. Mendini’s work, large and small. There was, for instance, the Sirfo table (1986), a small side table whose base... Read full biography
"Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2019. “I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, architect and editor, once admitted. “Sometimes my objects are aggressive even to me.”. Aggressive, brash, free-spirited — those words and more have been applied to Mr. Mendini’s work, large and small. There was, for instance, the Sirfo table (1986), a small side table whose base was in the shape of a goose. There was the bus stop he created in Hannover, Germany, in 1992, an eye-popping checkerboard design in black and yellow with golden turrets. And there was his best-known creation, the Proust armchair, an over-the-top... Read full biography
"Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2019. “I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, architect and editor, once admitted. “Sometimes my objects are aggressive even to me.”. Aggressive, brash, free-spirited — those words and more have been applied to Mr. Mendini’s work, large and small. There was, for instance, the Sirfo table (1986), a small side table whose base was in the shape of a goose. There was the bus stop he created in Hannover, Germany, in 1992, an eye-popping checkerboard design in black and yellow with golden turrets. And there was his best-known creation, the Proust armchair, an over-the-top evocation of something that he thought Marcel Proust might have relaxed in while remembering things past. Like many of Mr. Me... Read full biography
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"Alessandro Mendini, Designer Known for Splash, Is Dead at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2019
“I have, sometimes, problems with my objects,” Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, architect and editor, once admitted. “Sometimes my objects are aggressive even to me.”
Aggressive, brash, free-spirited — those words and more have been applied to Mr. Mendini’s work, large and small.
There was, for instance, the Sirfo table (1986), a small side table whose base was in the shape of a goose. There was the bus stop he created in Hannover, Germany, in 1992, an eye-popping checkerboard design in black and yellow with golden turrets.
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