Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari (April 27, 1932[1][2] – October 19, 2020) was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer. He was inspired by the arts and crafts movement, and his political views as a communist. Mari was born in Novara, Italy.
In the 1970s, he founded the Nuova Tendenza art movement as a professor at Società Umanitaria, also in Milan. Also in that decade, he designed the Sof Sof chair[3] and the "Box" chair.[4]
Mari died on October 19, 2020 in Milan from COVID-19 at the age of 88.[5]
Enzo Mari Media
16 animali puzzle for Danese (1957)
Timor perpetual calendar for Danese (1967)
Sumatra paper tray for Danese (1976)
References
- ↑ Moliterno, Gino. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture (in en) (2002-09-11)Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
- ↑ ENZO MARI. Avantgarde Museum.
- ↑ Sof Sof Chair. MoMA Catalog. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ↑ "Che fare" by Enzo Mari and Gabriele PezziniDesign Addcit. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ↑ Morto Enzo Mari, icona del design italiano e mondiale (in Italian)