12 Facts About Alessandro Mendini

Alessandro Mendini was an Italian designer and architect.

Alessandro Mendini played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern, and Radical design.

Alessandro Mendini worked, aside from his artistic career, for Casabella, Modo and Domus magazines.

Alessandro Mendini was renowned as an enthusiastic member of jury in architectural competitions for young designers.

Alessandro Mendini graduated from Politecnico di Milano in 1959 with a degree in architecture and worked as a designer with Marcello Nizzoli.

Alessandro Mendini was the editor-in-chief of Domus magazine from 1979 to 1985 and changed the landscape of modern design through his quintessential works of postmodernism, such as the Proust Armchair and the Groninger Museum.

Alessandro Mendini collaborated with companies such as Cartier, Gufram, Hermes, Vacheron Constantin, Swarovski, Venini, and Supreme, Alessi, Philips, Swatch, Roche Bobois, Tucano, and Louis Vuitton.

Alessandro Mendini became one of the founding members of the "Global Tools" collective, which was set up in 1973.

Alessandro Mendini created a Proust chair that combines existing designs and abstract forms with a new concept of Re-Design.

Alessandro Mendini was addressing the domestic object as a conduit for spirituality, an idea reinforced by his ritualised burning of the chair, photographed for placement on the cover of Casabella in 1975.

Alessandro Mendini was awarded several international prizes, including the Compasso d'Oro in 1979,1981 and in 2014.

Alessandro Mendini held an honorary title from the Architectural League of New York as well as the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Republic.