was born in Varedo in 1911. Son of Gaetano, a well-known furniture maker in his “Atelier di Varedo”. In the family business, 16-year-old Osvaldo receives the first training
At the time, the architect Maggioni designed new furniture for the Atelier. The air that Maggioni brings into the Atelier comes from Vienna, a city where architects, painters, sculptors, weavers and graphic designers work side by side and determine the flourishing of the Jugendstil. Perhaps it is this 'contamination of arts and crafts' that will influence the design physiognomy of young Borsani. It is no coincidence that his educational path begins with the artistic maturity at the Academy of Fine Arts to move to the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he graduated in architecture in 1937. But already in his student career, young Osvaldo develops an unstoppable vocation towards everything that is avant-garde, technology and innovation. His designs for industrial buildings, skyscrapers, bridges and glass structures linger between Mendelssohn's expressionism, Gropius' transparencies and the futurism of Sant'Elia.
Wim Rietveld Dutch industrial and furniture designer. Son of the well-known Gerrit Rietveld.
Martine Le Forestier is a French designer born September 3th 1945.
She studied in Paris at the ENS AMAA, National School of Applied Arts and Crafts. In 1969 she won a price with her design of this lamp.
Louis C. Kalff (1897-1976), art director and designer at Philips
He is well known for working with teak, rosewood and leathers and creating pieces with clean, sculptural lines
Johannes Joseph Maria Hoogervorst born in Alkmaar The Netherlands on 14th of April.
born in milan on 21/08/1939.
He graduated with a thesis in Industrial Design, architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1967.
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