Bruno Mathsson. Bruno mathsson

Bruno Mathsson, designing and producing light, elegant and functional furniture, raised Scandinavian design to a worldwide level. Not being a supporter of any design concept and school, Bruno Mathsson created his own unique style based on independent study of the history of architecture and design, research on ergonomics and the relationship between nature and architecture.

Henry van de Velde. Henry van de velde

Henry van de Velde (Henry van de Velde, 1863-1957) is an outstanding propagandist of Ar Nouveau, both in his projects, which are characterized by intense design vigor, and in the public activities of the lecturer, theorist and writer. One of the founders of the German Wörkbund (1907). If we compare van de Velde with other architects of the time, we can say that his approach to the decoration was functional. He believed that there is a "danger in search of beauty for the sake of beauty itself."

John Reed Fox. John reed fox

John Reed Fox (John Reed Fox) - a designer from the guild of artisans and an adept philosophy of natural materials. Fox can hardly be called a "furniture manufacturer" or a popular designer in the broad sense of the concept. His furniture is exclusively handmade, so only very wealthy clients can become its consumers. The material is exceptionally high grade solid wood. The production method can be called archaic, since John Reed Fox prefers to use mostly hand tools, most of which have already become rare. “Furniture is capable of creating a very special atmosphere, and I think many people underestimate this. A person spends most of his life in the middle of furniture, so I’m surprised when they give it any meaning other than paramount. ” John reed fox

Michael is sinking. Michael Thonet

Michael Thonet is the founding father of industrial design. It is to him and the Biedermeier style that European design is obliged for the first samples of serial furniture for ordinary people. For the first time, the technologies used to fill the aristocratic interior were available to the middle class, and the company "Brothers Tonet" (GEBRÜDER THONET) became the prototype of success in industrial design. The success was so grandiose, and the product was so well thought out that the products of the Brothers Tonet company have been on the market for more than 150 years, have become synonymous with the concept of "Viennese furniture" and are still in their original form.

Thomas Chippendale. Thomas Chippendale

The name Thomas Chippendale (Thomas Chippendale) became synonymous with London of the XVIII century, exactly as the highest brand of British furniture design of this time. As the name of Stradivarius is associated with unique violins, so the name Chippendale became the designation of the design era that came after Rococo, on the threshold of neoclassicism. Thomas Chippendale is deservedly considered the most famous furniture designer in the UK. The term Chippendale became generic to designate furniture produced in London between 1750 and 1765, as well as the timeless notion of perfect design.

Charles Reni McIntosh. Charles Rennie Mackintosh

The man who united modernity and the spirit of romance in his work, the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh became the author of many Works that have had a great influence on the development of design and remain relevant and beloved to this day. Few designers have the right to say that they created a unique individual style that would be instantly recognizable. Known today mainly as a furniture designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an architect in the broadest sense of the term, he was involved in designing schools, offices, churches, tea rooms (tearoom - British cafe), private houses.

Charles and Ray Eames. Charles Ormand Eames & Ray Eames

The philosophy of Ames (Eames) lies in the process of creativity, the way when to achieve a result you need to go through years of trial and error. Departing from the time when the furniture was heavy and complex in design, when the frame necessarily needed to be decorated and upholstered, Ames gave fresh air for breathing world design. Charles Ormand Eames (1907-1978) and his wife Ray Eames (1912-1988) not only developed some of the most remarkable pieces of furniture of the 20th century, they also used their talents to create inventive children's toys, jigsaw puzzles, films, exhibitions, and such iconic LA buildings as Eames House and Entenza House in California.

Shin and Tomoko Azumi. Shin & Tomoko Azumi

Shin and Tomoko Azumi (Shin & Tomoko Azumi) - They were called Japanese designers and they accepted it as inevitable. Shin and Tomoko Azumi created a variety of industrial design products in their own inimitable elegant and ironic style. Azumi describes his method as a “subtle way to change people's behavior.”

"Objects should always give us pleasure - and not only when we look at them, but when we use them."