"Giant" of Italian design Enzo Mari dies aged 88
Italian furniture designer and author Enzo Mari has passed away in Milan at age 88. More
Italian furniture designer and author Enzo Mari has passed away in Milan at age 88. More
Dutch celebrity designer Jan des Bouvrie, known for creating the iconic Cube sofa and introducing white, minimalist interiors to the Netherlands, has passed away at the age of 78 after a multi-year battle with prostate cancer. More
Paris-based Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, the founder of the brand Kenzo, has died of coronavirus at the age of 81. More
British designer Terence Conran, founder of furniture brand Habitat and London's Design Museum, has died at the age of 88. More
Italian architect and designer Cini Boeri, who created a series of iconic seating designs and was the founder of Cini Boeri Architetti, has passed away aged 96. More
Christian Liaigre, who fashioned homes for the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Calvin Klein, has passed away at the age of 77. More
Kansai Yamamoto, the Japanese fashion designer best known for his dramatic costumes for David Bowie's stage tours, has passed away at the age of 76. More
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes news of graphic designer Milton Glaser's death. More
Tributes have poured in for Milton Glaser, the influential American graphic designer who has died in New York on his 91st birthday. More
Christo, the Bulgarian artist best known for wrapping buildings including Berlin's Reichstag and the Pont Neuf in Paris, has died of natural causes at the age of 84. More
Enrico Astori, co-founder of Italian design brand Driade, has passed away at the age of 83. More
The architecture community has paid tribute to William "Bill" Menking, co-founder of The Architect's Newspaper, who has died aged 72 of cancer. More
Luigi Feltrin, founder of Italian furniture brand Arper, has passed away near Venice at the age of 85 after contracting coronavirus. More
Tributes have poured in for architect and critic Michael Sorkin, who has died aged 71 of complications caused by Covid-19. More
Vittorio Gregotti, the Italian architect who designed Palermo's ZEN neighbourhood and the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, has passed away at the age of 92 from coronavirus. More
Henry Cobb, a partner of IM Pei and architect of Boston's John Hancock Tower, has died aged 93. More
Italian architect and co-founder of radical design collective Superstudio, Adolfo Natalini, has passed away at the age of 78. More
Roger Scruton, the British conservative thinker, author and architecture critic who was co-chair of Building Better, Building Beautiful, has passed away at the age of 75. More
American artist Syd Mead, who is best known for his visual concept designs for sci-fi film Blade Runner, has died at the age of 86. More
This year sadly saw the passing of many iconic figures from architecture and design, including architect IM Pei, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and lighting designer Ingo Maurer. We remember 10 of the greats we lost in 2019 to complete our review of the year. More