Throughout his numerous lives and careers Isamu Noguchi practised as an artist, set designer, garden designer, furniture designer, lighting designer, etc.... yet through all incarnations he remained one thing: a sculptor. Isamu Noguchi's most popularly known...
..."You can't lose ideas in a small space" with this simple piece of almost Confucian wisdom Italian architect Renzo Piano explains part the deeper philosophy behind Diogene, his collaboration with Vitra... And the latest object on the Vitra Campus...
August 20th marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Finnish architect/designer Eero Saarinen. Eero Saarinen had - in all probability - very little career choice other than that of architect: Not only was his father Eliel Saarinen one of Finland's most...
...If one follows the argument of Vitra Chef Rolf Fehlbaum in his article „The Original“ then in respect of design (as opposed to art) the term „Original“ doesn’t relate to the moment of production; rather, the “authenticity” of the product... That Vitra, producer of the Panton Chair, from the very first design phase discussed and experimented with Verner Panton over the realization and improvements to the model, one can easily speak from an “idea relationship” between Panton and Vitra...
