designers
Alvar Aalto is one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design producing furniture and lighting for Artek and Iittala
Eero Aarnio designed the Ball Chair, Bubble Chair, Pastil Chair & Tomato Chair for manufacturers like Adelta, Alessi & Magis
Designer Carlo Alessi took over the Alessi company in the early 80's & designed notable pieces, including the Bombe series
Anderssen & Voll are Norwegian designers who have received numerous awards for their work in furniture, lighting & accessories
Omer Arbel explores the intrinsic mechanical, physical & chemical qualities of materials as fundamental points for his work
Designer Maarten Baas creates unique pieces that are each handmade, in series, and explores the boundaries of design
London-based Design Firm Barber & Ogersby have lectured internationally & their work is held in collections around the world
Thinker Yves Behar believes design's purpose is not only to show us the future, but to bring us the future - Herman Miller
Mario Bellini's most popular modern furniture designs remain in MoMA, including modern chairs for Cassina & Chairs for Heller
Danish Niels Bendtsen designs modern furniture & accessories with a respect for non-industrial, hand-built traditions
Harry Bertoia was an artist, sound art sculptor & Modern furniture designer for Knoll, designed the diamond chair & Bird Chair
Tord Boontje was nominated for Designer Of The Year at the Design Museum 2003 & also by Elle Decoration UK
Throughout the 40's and 50's, Osvaldo Borsani produced a large body of work including modern case goods, storage pieces & seating
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec maintain a constant collaborative dialogue & strike a balance within their quest for diligence
Modern Furniture Designs by Marcel Breur produced by Knoll - Wassily Chair designed & named for Wassily Kandinsky
Achille Castiglioni was a renowned Italian industrial designer best known for his Modern Lamps made by Flos - Arco, Snoopy
Pietro Derossi, Giorgio Ceretti and Riccardo Rosso formed Gruppo Strum in 1966 with the radical idea to create an architettura strumentale or functional architecture, a response to modernism and the International style.
Son of Furniture Designer Norman Cherner, Architect Benjamin Cherner Heads Cherner Design producing & designing modern furniture
A pioneer in molded plywood, Norman Cherner created a line of seating for Plycraft that led to his famous Cherner Chair
Italian designer Antonio Citterio has made designs for top manufacturers - B&B Italia, Flos, Iittala, Kartell and Vitra
An active painter & sculptor within abstract Expressionism, Joe Colombo gave up painting to promote his modern design career
Le Corbusier was not only a pioneer of modern architecture & design, but also an architect, designer, urbanist, and writer
Anna Castelli Ferrieri believed that everyday objects should be beautiful and well made with clean lines, geometric shapes and innovative use of materials.
Kaj Franck of Vyborg, Finland is perhaps best know for his Kartio glassware series or his Teema tableware produced by Iittala
Naoto Fukasawa designed a number of products utilizing state-of-the-art technology & has won numerous design awards
Frank Gehry has been described as the “most important architect of our age” & his buildings are recognizable around the world
Massimo Giacon was primarily a comic artist, but brought his lighthearted sensibilities into home design & accessories - Alessi
Sterfano Giovannoni works as an industrial, interior designer & architect in Milan - Alessi, Flos, Magis, Seiko, Cappellini
Alexander Girard is widely known for contributing to American textile design, particularly through his work for Herman Miller
Italian designer Ernesto Gismondi has played a significant role in progressive modern design & started Lighting co. Artemide
Michael Graves is an American architect who has become a household name for his domestic products - Alessi Graves 9093 Kettle
Irish artist Eileen Gray was one of the pioneers who created what we now call modern design with her modern furniture designs
Cabinet Maker Konstantin Grcic founded KGID in 1991 with commissions from leading firms in furniture, design & architecture
Grossman played a significant role in defining the aesthetic of mid-century Californian Modernism.
Alfredo Haberli's Modern Furniture Designs for Top Manufacturers - Alias, Iittala, Kvadrat, Moroso, Volvo, Origo, Essence
Modern Design 20th Century Furniture Lounge Chairs by Geoffrey Harcourt product by Artifort - Cleopatra sofa, F585, F978
Practice inspired by the evolving kinship between industry & philosophy. The creation of form using sensible materials, contemporary principles, and thoughtful design.
With a foundation in Skateboarding & Graffiti art, Jaime Hayon mixes art & design with craft making him internationally known
Danish Poul Henningsen was best known for his Modern lighting designs although he had a significant literary career
Matthew Hilton Designs modern furnishings for the home with designs in the permanent collections of major museums worldwide
Modern Furniture Designs by Rene Holton for Top Manufacturer - Artifort, Ondo Sofa, Libel, Pinq Lounge, Lotus lounge, lotus
Giulio Iacchetti designs for brands including Alessi, Foscarini and Magis.
Danish architect & designer Arne Jacobsen contributed to architectural Functionalism & simple but effective chair designs
Danish Grete Jalk started developing her own boldly curved bent-plywood models, inspired by Aalto and Eames' designs
Hella Jongerius is known for an interplay of technology, handicraft & embroidery displayed alongside her modern designs
With a discrete & uncluttered style, Patrick Jouin creates pieces that are published by LignRoset, Cassina, Kartell & Alessi
Cabinet-maker Preben Fabricius met blacksmith Jorgen Kastholm & found a common approach to furniture design, never compromise
Kjær views furniture construction from a purely technical perspective, interplayed with modern architecture and created for people.
Poul Kjærholm began as a cabinetmaker’s apprentice & produced notable Modern Furniture that is now on collection at MOMA
Florence Knoll Bassett was an American architect & furniture designer who studied under Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen
Architect Ferruccio Laviani creates design objects, mainly lamps or lighting systems known for colored transparent plastics
Lievore, Altherr, & Molina, created in 1991, design products for Arper and is also known for interior design and packaging
Piero Lissoni (b. 1956) of Seregno, Italy originally studied architecture in Milan, but first worked as a designer for Molteni and Lema, and later as art director and designer for a well-known food manufacturer.
Ross Lovegrove is inspired by forms of the natural world, new manufacturing techniques & to evoke an emotional response
Graduate of Politecnico di Milano University, Vico Magistretti's work has been included in various Museums around the world
Danish Cecilie Manz worked briefly Yrjö Wiherheimo's studio before returning to Copenhagen to find her own Manz Lab in 1998
Thanks to a long career in private and public use projects, nanimarquina has become an international benchmark in contemporary rugs and interior design.
Mathieu Matégot was a versatile, independent and self-taught Hungarian designer, architect and artist
Alberto Meda was the technical manager of Kartell, in charge of the development of modern furniture & plastic accessories
Designing modern furniture for Cappellini & Alessi, Alberto Mendini also creates graphics, interiors, paintings & architecture
German-American Ludwid Mies Van der Rohe is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture & design
Borge Mogensen was one of the most influential designers in shaping Danish Modern design creating durable & useful furniture
Carlo Mollino of Turin, Italy was more inspired by his eccentric interests than he ever was by convention
English product & furniture designer, Jasper Morrison provides a quiet contrast to the creative exuberance of the Eighties
Painter & Landscape designer Olivier Mourgue is best known for the Djinn chairs & the Bouloum Lounge chair for Arconas
George Nakashima was a woodworker, architect, furniture maker & a leading innovator of 20th century furniture design
George Nelson was an American industrial designer, and one of the founders of American Modernism - Modernica, Bubble Lamps
Marc Newson is a successful industrial designer working in aircraft, product, furniture design with a unique Biomorphic style
Prominent Japanese American artist & landscape architect Isamu Noguchi has designed iconic modern furniture & lighting pieces
Patrick Norguet proves that he can adapt and create unique modern design & furniture in almost any surrounding
Norm Architects works to re-sensualize the built environment. Copenhagen-based practice working with design to enrich the human experience.
In the fields of architecture, interior design & product development Ozdemir & Caglar began developing product designs in 2004
Danish Verner Panton created innovative, futuristic designs in vibrant colors with a variety of materials, especially plastic
Gijs Papavoine’s style is characterized by a clear, graceful & refined interplay of lines, with a strong sense of simplicity
With concern for simplicity & use of sensuous curves Pierre Paulin became designer for Artifort creating sculptural designs
Eric Pfeiffer designs with regard for simplicity of form to create useful & elegant modern solutions for everyday living
Warren Platner of Baltimore produced the wire furniture collection that has proved to be a continuing icon of 1960s Modernism
Pollock's designs governed by two principles - a continuous curved line & must be visually attractive, functional & affordable
Bertjan Pot focuses on material, production processes & industrial production methods with experiments in materials
Jean Prouve's modern designs reveal knowledge of materials at hand & a commitment to collaboration between artist & craftsmen
With over 3,000 modern objects & furniture put into production, Karim Rashid has branched out into architecture and interiors
Danish Jens Risom designed Hans Knoll's first commissioned collection, including a range of simple birchwood chairs
Eero Saarinen's first success, the “Tulip Chair” was produced by the Knoll company, beginning a long relationship with Knoll
Richard Sapper designed products featuring technical innovation, simplicity of form & an element of wit & surprise
Gino Sarfatti set up Arteluce, which became an international reference point for the modern architectural lighting movement
Finnish designer Timo Sarpaneva was best known in the art world for innovative work in glass, also worked in other mediums
Richard Shultz joined Knoll in 1951 to work with Harry Bertoia and later Designed an impressive outdoor furniture collection
Inga Sempé is a French artist whose works are characterized by functionality, quality and simplicity with a touch of uniqueness.
From aluminium & ply & bakelite, Maarten Van Severen's work reflects his quest for perfection in form, detail & fabrication
Sottsass, and other designers & architects, formed the Memphis Group, hailed as one of the best examples of Post-modernism
Paris born & educated Philippe Starck has a wide range of design, but is very well known for his consumer goods and interiors
Finnish llmari Tapiovaara was always seeking new solutions to improve everyday objects & revered as a master of human objects
A great name in Finnish glass, Oiva Toikka's rich & bold glass art deviates from the streamlined aesthetic of Nordic design
Patricia Urquiola Designs Modern Furniture for Top Manufacturers - Moroso, Foscarini, Kartell, B&B Italia, Flos, Bloomy
Michiel Van der Kley designs modern furnishings for top manufacturers like Artifort & Arco - Icon desk, Swamp chair, Globus
French Ionna Vautrin graduated from l'école de design Nantes Atlantique & worked for Camper & Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Shop Massimo Vignelli designer furniture at hive. Iconic chairs, benches & dinnerware from the Italian design master. Authorized dealer.
From the Netherlands, Marcel Wanders first drew international recognition for his Knotted Chair produced by design brand Droog
Shop Hans Wegner furniture at hive. Hans Wegner is a danish modern design master that has created the CH24 wishbone chair and other iconic classics
Yanagi Sori combines Japanese and Western aesthetics with modern manufacturing techniques to create a harmonious image