ALESSANDRO MENDINI (1931-2019) • • “I treat objects like human beings, I make them smile.” • The sun was rather bright but I knew what I saw. #kandissi #sofa by #italiandesigner #alessandromendini #studioalchimia #1978 #rare #personalcollection of #sydneyandfranceslewis will be #ondisplay #sixtyyearsofitaliandesign @artstyledesignrichmond #20thcenturydesign #matteothun #gaetanopesce #marcellofantoni #ettoresottsass #branchmuseum #sydneyandfranceslewis #italianmodern #VMFA #richmondva #italiandesign #toscanachair #pierosartogo #memphisdesign #branchmuseumofarchitectureanddesign #RVA opening #july122019 #italianglass #gambaroandpoggi #curatedbymauricebeane #artstyledesignrichmond #monumentavenue (at The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/BytE8JuHCYe/?igshid=1268mo7mjt5ll

“Sixty Years of Italian Design 1940-2000” #Miniature #silverchair is designed by #EttoreSottsass for #StudioAlchimia in #1980. This miniature is manufactured by #ACMEStudios. 2 1/2" high x 1 1/4" wide x 1 1/4" depth #Ceramics #GabbianelliSezioneDesign circa #1970 #Ceramica #FrancoPozzi circa 1970 #Catalog #The Hot House #ltalian #NewWave #Design by #AndreaBranzi #NuovoDesign #TheMITPress copyright #1984 #artstyledesignrichmond #thebranchmuseumofarchitectureanddesign #curatedbymauricebeane #richmondva #thebranchmuseum #monumentave (at The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByV7Hy0nzIo/?igshid=15al4ic0xymzm

#colorinspo on this grey monday morning. #alessandromendini #alessi #studioalchimia #1978 #italy

#studioalchimia "Oggetto Banale Coffee Pot," 1989

NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: ALCHIMIA : Never Ending Italian Design (1985) The first hardcover edition of this great Alchimia book, edited by Kazuko Sato and published by Rikuyo-sha in Japan in 1985 (paperback German edition was published later in 1988). This is truly THE book on the work of Studio Alchimia. Lavishly illustrated throughout with colour photography and illustrations, this bilingual (English/Japan) volume features the history of Studio Alchimia, profiles of Alchimia designers (which included designers such as Andrea Branzi, Ettore Sottsass, Alessandro Mendini, Robert and Trix Hausmann, Paola Navone, Cinzia Ruggeri, Michele De Lucchi, amongst many others) a full work index and bibliography, and more. Studio Alchimia was an iconoclastic, radical design group founded in Italy in 1976 by the Italian Architect Alessandro Guerriero. The Studio Alchimia was composed of designers, whose aim was to design and manufacture exhibition pieces, rather than consumer orientated products. Their products were to be regarded as prototypes / one-offs, leading the way from the principles of modernist design to a bold, new, experimental design style. This style would lead to the formation and popularity of Italian design groups in the 1980′s such as the Memphis Group and the new directions taken by the Alessi company and many other others. A visually stunning volume. One copy in the bookshop and via our website. #worldfoodbooks #studioalchimia #1985 (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

NEW IN THE BOOKSHOP: ALCHIMIA : Never Ending Italian Design (1985) The first hardcover edition of this great Alchimia book, edited by Kazuko Sato and published by Rikuyo-sha in Japan in 1985 (paperback German edition was published later in 1988). This is truly THE book on the work of Studio Alchimia. Lavishly illustrated throughout with colour photography and illustrations, this bilingual (English/Japan) volume features the history of Studio Alchimia, profiles of Alchimia designers (which included designers such as Andrea Branzi, Ettore Sottsass, Alessandro Mendini, Robert and Trix Hausmann, Paola Navone, Cinzia Ruggeri, Michele De Lucchi, amongst many others) a full work index and bibliography, and more. Studio Alchimia was an iconoclastic, radical design group founded in Italy in 1976 by the Italian Architect Alessandro Guerriero. The Studio Alchimia was composed of designers, whose aim was to design and manufacture exhibition pieces, rather than consumer orientated products. Their products were to be regarded as prototypes / one-offs, leading the way from the principles of modernist design to a bold, new, experimental design style. This style would lead to the formation and popularity of Italian design groups in the 1980′s such as the Memphis Group and the new directions taken by the Alessi company and many other others. A visually stunning volume. One copy in the bookshop and via our website. #worldfoodbooks #studioalchimia #1985 (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

#StudioAlchimia, "Architectural Fashion" "Hand Bag", #1982 #NeoPostModernism (at patrick parrish gallery)

#CinziaRuggeri, "Decoration of Loudspeaker for Election Canvassing Car", 1985 #StudioAlchimia #Renault "Super 5"