Farfalla Nutcracker By Alesi

Enzo Mari

Enzo Mari was an Italian designer, artist and design theoretician, known for deeply humanistic Pode to design. He studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, and his works included furniture, graphics, toys and design theory. Mari was associated with the movement of democratic design, promoting available, durable and functional projects. In 1974 he published the famous book "Autoprogettazione?", Encouraging to create furniture. He collaborated with such brands as Driade, Artemide, Zanotta or Danese Milano. His designs combined form, ethics and ideology, which made him one of the most influential figures of the Italian design of the 20th century. To this day, it inspires subsequent generations of designers and thinkers.