NONO INSPIRATION: WOMEN DESIGN
INSPIRATION
Exhibition design by Lina Bo Bardi, MASP, 1970. Photo: Paoolo Gasparini
Across the vast list of creators in design, the work of several women stands out as a reference of exceptional genius and dedication. Do you know any of the names of these creators?
Hella Jongerius has become known for the manner in which she fuses industry and craft, high- and low-tech, traditional and contemporary. In 1993 she founded the Jongeriuslab studio, where she has pursued independent projects and also created products for major clients, including Maharam, Danskina, IKEA and KLM.
Neri Oxman: is an American–Israeli designer and professor at the MIT Media Lab, where she led the Mediated Matter research group. She is known for art and architecture that combine design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. Her work embodies environmental design and digital morphogenesis, with shapes and properties that are determined by their context.
Lina bo Bardi was an Italian-born Brazilian architect, furniture designer, set designer, journalist and activist whose work combines a Modernist sensitivity with a profound commitment to the preservation of the vernacular and a design process guided by social responsibility. Today, Bo Bardi is considered one of the most prominent and consequential Modernist architects, and her prolific oeuvre is appreciated for its simplicity, adherence to Modernism, and deep contemplation as to the ways in which architecture can also reflect the vernacular.
Clara Porset was a furniture and interior designer who lived and worked in Mexico for the best part of her working life, and it is there she is considered a pioneer in furniture design.
Faye Toogood is a British designer based in London. She started her career working as an editor and stylist at The World of Interiors before founding her own studio in 2008. Her work spans furniture, interiors, and fashion.Toogood is known for her minimal, sculptural furniture designs
Eileen Gray was an Irish architect and furniture designer and developed most of her career in France, under the influence of the modernist movement. Even though she is now considered an important and influential figure in design and architecture, it was not easy for her. Her exquisite work sometimes arose envy among other designers and she was often disregarded for being a woman. She even accused the modernist mastermind Le Corbusier of vandalizing the walls of one of her architectonic works.
Annie Albers is Known for her pioneering graphic wall hangings, weavings, and designs, she is considered one of the most important abstract artists of the twentieth century, as well as an influential designer, printmaker, and educator. Across the breadth of her career, she combined a deep and intuitive understanding of materials and process with her inventive and visually engaging exploration of form and color.