George Sowden

George Sowden

Industrial designer Italy / UK George Sowden (b. 1942) began his career in the 70s as a designer for the Italian electronics giant, Olivetti, where he designed some of the first computers. And it was there that Sowden’s really began to focus on electronics products....
Hani Rashid

Hani Rashid

Architect USA Hani Rashid received his MA (Architecture) from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1985. By 1989 he was already working as a teacher at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, where he was also a leading researcher in architecture linked to...
Inga Sempé

Inga Sempé

Designer France France’s hottest designer Inga Sempé (b. 1968), who designs lamps and furniture, achieved a complete breakthrough at last year’s Milan Furniture Fair, where her wilful Brosse shelf was shown. The shelf, which has ‘curtains’ made...
Kirsti Paakkanen

Kirsti Paakkanen

Managing director and design manager Finland Despite strongly worded warnings against buying Marimekko, Kirsti Paakkanen decided to take over the tottering company in 1991. What she has since achieved is almost beyond compare. Marimekko, which was founded in 1951 by...
Massimo Morozzi

Massimo Morozzi

Industrail designer Italy Massimo Morozzi was born in Florence, but he lives and works in Milan. As a young man, in the 60s and 70s, he was a prime mover in the Italian anti-design movement and one of the prominent figures in the Archizoom Group. He was subsequently...