{"title":"Alessandro Mendini","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Milanese architect and designer, Alessandro Mendini, focuses predominantly on neo-modern and contemporary design.\nThe core of his research is design: furniture, interiors, architecture and installations. The common thread behind the multitude of Mendini’s projects is his eccentric flair for pairing contrasting elements and re-elaborating themes and ideas that appear antithetical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has served as director for magazines such as Casabella, Modo and Domus, and his designs and those of Atelier Mendini, which he founded with his brother Francesco, have been published in numerous monographic volumes in multiple languages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1979 and 1981, he was awarded the Compasso d’oro in design; he is a \"Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” in France; he has received the honorary recognition from the Architectural League of New York and a Laurea Honoris Causa from the Polytechnic of Milan and the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, in France.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"glas-italia-alessandro-mendini-specchio-di-proust-mirror","title":"Specchio di Proust Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecchio di Proust Mirror \u003c\/strong\u003eby \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.twentytwentyone.mom\/collections\/designers-alessandro-mendini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAlessandro Mendini\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003efor\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/twentytwentyone.mom\/manufacturer\/glas-italia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eGlas Italia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlas Italia has enlisted a roster of internationally renowned designers to create striking new furniture that marries progressive design with a heritage and tradition of master craftsmanship in glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupplied with fixings to hang it vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e due to the great fragility of this design we are able to ship it within the UK only.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glas Italia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20766618321007,"sku":"GLAS-SDP01","price":1314.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0032\/4966\/8207\/products\/Glas_Italia_AMendini_Specchio_Di_Proust_mirror_1.jpg?v=1644975912"},{"product_id":"proust-armchair-1978","title":"Proust Armchair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProust Armchair\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/twentytwentyone.mom\/designer\/alessandro-mendini\"\u003eAlessandro Mendini\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003efor \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/twentytwentyone.mom\/manufacturer\/cappellini\"\u003eCappellini\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Proust armchair is the reincarnation of one of the most historic pieces of contemporary Italian design. It is the most famous design by Italian designer Alessandro Mendini, a highly influential champion of design in the eighties. In 1978, with the Proust armchair, Mendini began a furniture series of so-called ‘redesigns’ in which he reinterpreted the shape and ornamentation of existing designs that were typical of their day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Proust armchair looks to the Neo-Baroque style of 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century France for its design inspiration. Mendini covered the chair complete with a colourful, hand-painted swarm of dots which reproduced an enlarged section of a Pointillist painting by Paul Signac. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cappellini","offers":[{"title":"Light blue\/grey\/yellow","offer_id":20767667486831,"sku":"CAP-PR1","price":10455.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black\/green\/red","offer_id":20767667519599,"sku":"CAP-PR2","price":10455.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0032\/4966\/8207\/products\/twentytwentyone-Cappellini-Proust-armchair-1.jpg?v=1644973216"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.twentytwentyone.mom\/collections\/designers-alessandro-mendini.oembed","provider":"twentytwentyone","version":"1.0","type":"link"}