He named our age the “Anthropocene” and warned the world of threats that certain chemicals posed to the ozone layer. Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who earned a Nobel Prize for work that warned the world about the threat of chemicals to the plane
Ernesto Gismondi was the founder of Artemide Group. In 1957 he gained a degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the Milan Polytechnic and in 1959 he gained a degree in Missile Engineering at the Professional School of Engineering in Rome. Since the ear
She wrote a celebrated college textbook, but, extending her reach beyond academia, she preferred exploring the unfolding art of the present. Barbara Rose, the influential art historian and critic who began her career as a champion of Minimalism and w
A figure in the Ticino School alongside Livio Vacchini, Aurelio Galfetti, and Mario Botta, the Swiss architect and professor has passed away at the age of 88, a victim of Covid-19... Corriere del Ticino: Scomparso l’architetto ticinese Luigi Snozzi
Nonconformist and of strong convictions, Enzo Mari through his designs extolled the value of artisanship in the face of industrialization.
Federico Correa had close links to the panorama of his native Barcelona and was teacher to several generations of architects.
With his persistent efforts in defense of colonial heritage, Eusebio Leal is credited as the mastermind of the careful restoration of Old Havana.
The painter and also architect Juan Serrano was one of the founding members of Equipo 57, which pioneered geometric abstraction in Spain.
The graphic designer, bibliophile, art publisher, and collector Franco Maria Ricci died at the age of 87 on Thursday 10 September in La Magione, his house-archive in Fontanellato, close to his already mythical bamboo labyrinth (Labirinto della Masone
Terence Conran, who has died aged 88, did more than anyone to enhance material life in Britain during the second half of the 20th century. Like John Lennon and David Bowie in their rather different ways, escape from suburban norms was his continuing
Designer of everyday objects whose work was infused with radical politics. Politics infused everything that the designer Enzo Mari touched. Mari, who has died aged 88 of complications related to Covid-19, produced thousands of objects over a 60-year
