This is a list of notable people whose primary occupation is
furniture design.
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Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...
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Eero Aarnio (born 1932)
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Robert Adam
Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (architect), William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and train ...
(1728–1792)
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Thomas Affleck (1745–1795)
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Franco Albini (1905–1977)
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Davis Allen (1916–1999)
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Gordon Andrews (1914–2001)
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Ron Arad (born 1951)
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Ini Archibong (born 1983)
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David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 1961)
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Gae Aulenti (1927–2012)
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Jean Avisse (1723–1796)
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Bae Se-hwa (born 1980)
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Fred Baier (born 1949)
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Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby (born 1969)
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Milo Baughman (1923–2003)
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Mario Bellini (born 1935)
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Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 – November 6, 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture furniture designer, designer.
Bertoia was born in San Lorenzo di Arzene, San Lorenzo d'Arzene, Province of Porden ...
(1915–1978)
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Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992)
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Cini Boeri (1924–2020)
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André Charles Boulle
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal ...
(1642–1732)
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976)
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Marcel Breuer
Marcel Lajos Breuer ( ; 21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981) was a Hungarian-American modernist architect and furniture designer. He moved to the United States in 1937 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1944.
At the Bauhaus he designed the Was ...
(1902–1981)
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Jeremy Broun (born 2000)
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Stephen Burks (born 1969)
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Busk + Hertzog
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Louise Campbell (born 1970)
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David Caon (born 1977)
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Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002)
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Livio Castiglioni
Livio Castiglioni (16 January 1911 – 30 April 1979) was an Italian architect and designer. He made a significant contribution to twentieth-century Italian lighting design and was an early proponent of the practice of industrial design in Ital ...
(1911–1971)
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Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913–1968)
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Wendell Castle (1932–2018)
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Don Chadwick (born 1936)
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William Chambers (1723–1796)
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Eliphalet Chapin (1741–1807)
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Thomas Chippendale
Thomas Chippendale (June 1718 – 1779) was an English woodworker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled ''The Gen ...
(1718–1779)
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Thomas Chippendale, the younger (1749–1822)
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Antonio Citterio (born 1950)
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John Cobb (1715–1778)
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Kenneth Cobonpue (born 1968)
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Muriel Coleman (1917–2003)
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Mac Collins (born 1995)
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Joe Cesare Colombo (1930–1971)
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Henry Copland (1728–1754)
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Charles Cressent (1685–1768)
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Mario Dal Fabbro (1913–1990)
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Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi (1767–1855)
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Niels Diffrient (1928–2013)
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Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005)
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Tom Dixon (born 1959)
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A. M. Dinesen (1930–2017)
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Ray (1912–1988) and
Charles Eames
Charles Ormond Eames Jr. (June 17, 1907 – August 21, 1978) was an American designer, architect and filmmaker. In professional partnership with his wife Ray-Bernice Kaiser Eames, he made groundbreaking contributions in the fields of architect ...
(1907–1978)
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Charles Eastlake (1836–1906)
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Thomas Elfe (1719–1775)
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Olav Eldøy (born 1948)
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Paul Evans (1931–1987)
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Grant Featherston (1922–1995)
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Pierre François Léonard Fontaine
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
(1762–1853)
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Paul T. Frankl (1887–1958)
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Naoto Fukasawa
Naoto Fukasawa (; born 1956) is a Japanese designer, author, and educator, working in the fields of Product design, product and furniture design. He is known for his product design work with the Japanese retail company Muji, as well as collaborat ...
(born 1956)
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Frans Schrofer (born 1956)
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Peter Ghyczy (1940–2022)
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Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London church ...
(1648–1721)
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Ernest Gimson (1864–1919)
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Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 187831 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern architecture, Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, s ...
(1878–1976)
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Molly Gregory (1914–2006)
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Hector Guimard
Hector Guimard (, 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building i ...
(1867–1942)
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Christopher Guy Harrison (1960–2020)
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Ambrose Heal (1872–1959)
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George Hepplewhite (c. 1727–1786)
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René Herbst (1891–1982)
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James Hilton (born 1973)
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Matthew Hilton (born 1957)
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Jacques Hitier (1917–1999)
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Josef Hoffman (1870–1956)
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Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
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Luke Hughes (born 1957)
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Richard Hutten (born 1967)
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Yinka Ilori (born 1987)
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James Irvine (1958–2013)
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Arne Jacobsen
Arne Emil Jacobsen, Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, Hon. FAIA (; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to functionalism (architec ...
(1902–1971)
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Dakota Jackson (born 1949)
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Charles Hollis Jones (born 1945)
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Hella Jongerius (born 1963)
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Finn Juhl
Finn Juhl (30 January 1912 – 17 May 1989) was a Denmark, Danish architect, interior design, interior and industrial designer, most known for his furniture design. He was one of the leading figures in the creation of Danish design in the 1940s an ...
(1912–1989)
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Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016)
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Frederik Kayser (1924–1968)
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William Kent
William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, b ...
(1685–1748)
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Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980)
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Florence Knoll
Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett ( Schust; May 24, 1917 – January 25, 2019) was an American architect, interior designer, furniture designer, and entrepreneur who has been credited with revolutionizing office design and bringing modernist de ...
(1917–2019)
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Silas Kopf (born 1949)
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Susan Kozma-Orlay (1913–2008)
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James Krenov (1920–2009)
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Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991)
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Max Lamb (born 1980)
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Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779–1819)
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Paul László (1900–1993)
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Charles Limbert (1854–1923)
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François Linke (1855–1946)
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David Linley (born 1961)
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Piero Lissoni (born 1956)
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Mathias Lock (18th century)
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Samuel Loomis (1748–1814)
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Ross Lovegrove (born 1958)
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Wendell Lovett
Wendell Harper Lovett (April 2, 1922 - September 18, 2016) was a Pacific Northwest architect and teacher.
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Lovett entered the University of Washington program in architecture in 1940, but his college years ...
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Fred Lowen (1919–2005)
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Sal Maccarone (born 1949)
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macd ...
(1868–1928)
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Vico Magistretti (1920–2006)
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Terence Main (born 1954)
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John Makepeace (born 1939)
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Sam Maloof (1916–2009)
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Cecilie Manz (born 1972)
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Sabine Marcelis (born 1985)
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Enzo Mari (1932–2020)
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Daniel Marot (1661–1752)
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Wendy Maruyama (born 1952)
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Bruno Mathson (1907–1988)
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Judy Kensley McKie (born 1944)
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Alessandro Mendini (1931–2019)
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Børge Mogensen (1914–1972)
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Thomas C. Molesworth (1890–1977)
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Carlo Mollino (1905–1973)
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Jasper Morrison (born 1959)
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Olivier Mourgue (born 1939)
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George Nakashima (1905–1990)
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George Nelson (1908–1986)
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Marc Newson (born 1963)
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Marcus Nonnenmacher (1653–1720)
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Nolen Niu (born 1975)
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Isamu Noguchi
was an American artist, furniture designer and Landscape architecture, landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Grah ...
(1904–1988)
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Arne Norell (1917–1971)
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Wallace Nutting (1861–1941)
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Jean Francis Oeben (1721–1763)
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Jay Sae Jung Oh (born 1982)
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Jonathan Olivares (born 1981)
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Sergio Orozco (born 20th century)
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Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832)
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Augustus Pugin
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival architecture ...
(1812–1852)
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Verner Panton (1926–1998)
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Satyendra Pakhale (1967)
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Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
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Charlotte Perriand
Charlotte Perriand (; 24 October 1903 – 27 October 1999) was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society. In her article "L'Art de Vivre" ...
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Charles Percier
Charles Percier (; 22 August 1764 – 5 September 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in a close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, originally his friend from student days. Fo ...
(1764–1838)
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Alan Peters (1933–2009)
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Duncan Phyfe (1768–1854)
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Warren Platner (1919–2006)
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Ferdinand Plitzner (1678–1724)
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Charles Pollock (1930–2013)
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Jean Prouvé
Jean Prouvé (; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring m ...
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Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman (23 December 1925 – 19 January 2013) was a French interior and product designer.
Life and work Childhood and youth (1925–1944)
Andrée Christine Aynard was born into a wealthy family of bankers and notables from Lyon. H ...
(1925–2013)
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Ernest Race (1913–1964)
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Dieter Rams
Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun (company), Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalism (architecture), functionalist school of ...
(born 1932)
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Karim Rashid (born 1960)
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Lilly Reich (1885–1947)
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Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806)
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Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964)
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Jens Risom (1916–2016)
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T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–1976)
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David Roentgen (1743–1807)
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Samuel Ross (born 1991)
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André Jacob Roubo (1739–1791)
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Alexander Roux (1813–1886)
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David Rowland (1924–2010)
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Gordon Russell (1892–1980)
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Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including the General Motors Technical Center; the pa ...
(1910–1961)
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Kasper Salto
Kasper Salto (born 14 February 1967) is a Danish industrial designer, most known for his furniture designs. He is the grandson of painter, ceramist and writer Axel Salto.
Biography
Kasper Salto was born on 14 February 1967 in Copenhagen
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Richard Sapper
Richard Sapper (30 May 1932 – 31 December 2015) was a German industrial designer who was based in Milan for much of his career. He is considered to be one of the most influential figures of post-war design. His products typically feature a comb ...
(1932–2015)
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Sergio Savarese (1958–2006)
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Timothy Schreiber (born 20th century)
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Frans Schrofer (born 1956)
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George Seddon (1727–1801)
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Maarten van Severen (1956–2005)
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Thomas Shearer (18th century)
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Thomas Sheraton (1751–1806)
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Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (1899–1944)
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Bořek Šípek (1949–2016)
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Janice Smith (born 20th century)
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Rosanne Somerson (born 1954)
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Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007)
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Russell Spanner (1916–1974)
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Mart Stam (1899–1986)
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Philippe Starck (born 1949)
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Gustav Stickley (1858–1942)
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Bill Stumpf (1936–2006)
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Sympson (fl. 1660s)
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Michael Thonet
Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture.
Career
Thonet was the son of the master tanner Franz Anton Thonet of Boppard. Following a carpenter's appren ...
(1796–1871)
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Matteo Thun (born 1952)
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Frederick William Tod (1879–1958)
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Johannes Torpe (born 1973)
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David Trubridge (born 1951)
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Patricia Urquiola (born 1961)
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Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
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William Vile (c. 1700–1767)
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Lella Vignelli (1934–2016)
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Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014)
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Arne Vodder (1926–2009)
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Katie Walker (born 1969)
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Marcel Wanders (born 1963)
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Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007)
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Russel Wright
Russel Wright (April 3, 1904 – December 21, 1976) was an American industrial designer. His best-selling ceramic dinnerware was credited with encouraging the general public to enjoy creative modern design at table with his many other ranges of fu ...
(1904–1976)
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Tokujin Yoshioka
is a Japanese designer and artist active in the fields of design, architecture and contemporary art. Some of his works are part of permanent collections in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Victoria and Albe ...
(born 1967)
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Michael Young (born 1966)
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Giorgia Zanellato (fl 2000s), Italian designer
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Nika Zupanc (born 1974)
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