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Pio Manzù
Pio Manzoni (2 March 1939 – 26 May 1969), was an Italian automotive, product, and furniture designer who worked under the name Pio Manzù. One of his best known designs is that of the Fiat 127. Education A son of sculptor Giacomo Manzù and his first wife Antonia Oreni, Pio Manzù studied product design at the Ulm School of Design (), in Germany, under the guidance of Argentine designer and philosopher Tomás Maldonado. After his graduation in 1964 as the first Italian at this institution, he continued as a teaching assistant at the Ulm school. In 1962 he entered an international competition of the Swiss magazine Automobile Year, Année Automobile, which he won with a design for an Austin Healey 3000. The prize was that the design would be executed by Carrozzeria Pininfarina, who displayed it at motorshows in Turin and London. Work Autonova Manzù realised a number of projects for interior decoration and started collaborating with several international publications, writing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milano
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is recognized as a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, finance, healthcare, media (comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
