Robin Day, 1915 – 2010
Robin Day is a highly acclaimed British furniture Designer of the 20th Century who made a huge contribution to the world of modern furniture design, not only by way of taking things forward by way of formulating designs for mass production, but also for designing...
Harry (Arieto) Bertoia, 1915 – 1978
Harry Bertoia was born in the small village of San Lorenzo, Friuli, Italy in 1915. He travelled to Detroit, USA with his father at the age of 15 to visit his brother and ended up making the USA his home, where he lived for the rest of his life. Upon taking residence...
Ray Eames, 1912 – 1988 and Charles Eames, 1907 – 1978
Charles and Ray Eames (Bernice Alexandra “Ray” Eames) married in 1941 and are certainly one of the foremost influential American designers of their time, having made major contributions to design and architecture and being associated and working with Herman Miller,...
Alvar Aalto, 1898 – 1976
Alvar Aalto (Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto) was and still is a highly regarded Finnish Architect and Designer, probably one of the most important Finnish Architect’s of the 20th Century. Architecture does not just stop at buildings, it encompasses a wide range of mediums...