Alessandro Mendini
Archicect, born in Milan. He directed the magazines "Casabella", "Modo" and "Domus". Various monographs have come out in as many languages on his work and on that in collaboration with the Alchimia studio.
He creates objects, furniture, environments, pictures, installations and architecture. He collaborates with international companies like Alessi, Philips, Cartier, Bisazza, Swatch, Herms, Venini and is a consultant for various industries even in the far East for what concerns the problems of setting up their image and regarding design.
He is honorary member of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design of Jerusalem.
In 1979 and in 1981 he was awarded the Gold Compass for design; In France he is "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres"; he has been honoured by the Architectural League of New York and has received the Laurea Honoris Causa from the Polytechnic of Milan.
He was professor of design at the Hochschule fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna and is honorary professor of the Academic Council of Guangzhou Academy of fine Arts in China.
His work can be found in various museums and private collections. His work, both theoretical and written, as well as his designs develops at a crossroads of art, design and architecture.
In 1989 he opened the ATELIER MENDINI together with his brother the architect FRANCESCO MENDINI.
They designed the Alessi Factories and offices and also the Museum of Casalingo at Omegna; he new Olympic swimming pool at Trieste; some underground stations and the restauration of Villa Comunale in Naples; the Byblos Art Hotel-Villa Amistà in Verona; the new offices of the Trend Group in Vicenza; the recuperation of an industrial area with buildings designated for shopping facilities and for residence in the Bovisa area of Milan; a tower at Hiroshima in Japan; the Museum of Groningen in Holland; an area in Lugano in Swizerland; the building for the Madsack offices in Icheon; the new headquarters of the Triennale of Milan; the Exhibitions complex in Incheon, Korea and other buildings in Europe and the U.S.A.