Italian designer and theorist Alessandro Mendini dies
Italian architect and designer Alessandro Mendini, famed for designs including the Proust armchair and the Groninger Museum, has passed away aged 87. More
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Alessandro Mendini creates new interior for Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Alessandro Mendini has become the latest designer to restyle an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille, adding colourful totems and Postmodern furnishings (+ slideshow). More
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Rooms – Novel Living Concepts show in Milan presents interior architecture by Italian designers
Milan 2016: a hollow head-shaped chamber by Fabio Novembre and a geometrically decorated "prison" by Alessandro Mendini are presented as conceptual interior spaces at the Rooms – Novel Living Concepts show (+ slideshow). More
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Magis creates Alessandro Mendini's Proust armchair in plastic
Pomo summer: Italian designer Alessandro Mendini's 1978 Proust armchair, one of the most iconic chairs of the last century and a precursor to Postmodern design, was put into production for the first time by furniture brand Magis. More
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There is no more ideology in design, says Alessandro Mendini
Design magazines today have lost their critical edge and are little more than catalogues, according to Italian designer, theorist and editor Alessandro Mendini. More
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Designer cakes by Viktor & Rolf, Studio Job and more served up during Design Miami
Design Miami 2014: cakes by designers including Viktor & Rolf, Studio Job and Alessandro Mendini were displayed and then eaten during an event hosted in Miami this week by New York gallery Chamber. More
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Alessandro Mendini revisits Proust chair for marble exhibition
Milan 2014: Alessandro Mendini recreated his iconic Proust chair in marble for an exhibition of products shown by Italian company Robot City at Ventura Lambrate in Milan. More
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Alessandro Mendini returns to Domus
Dezeenwire: architect Alessandro Mendini returns as editor-in-chief of Domus magazine, 30 years after he first edited the Italian architecture and design title. He is to edit eleven issues, commencing with April 2010. See press release below. More -
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16 New Pieces at Galerie Kreo
Galerie Kreo has inaugurated its new gallery space in Paris with an exhibition featuring work by Naoto Fukasawa, Jasper Morrison, Wieki Somers (above) and others. More
