Design Gallery Milano’s Icons and Material Medley
A Temple to Radical Design
Since the 1980s, Design Gallery Milano has been on a mission: to support the design vanguard. Working with designers intent upon disrupting the commerce-driven underpinnings of industrial design—the architects of postmodernism and masters of material experimentation, like Ettore Sottsass, Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, and Michele De Lucchi—it was one of the first galleries in the world to treat design production as a fine art and to develop limited edition design collections.
Design Gallery Milano is still going strong. The gallery’s presentation Icons during last week’s Salone was like a greatest-hits tribute to their three-decades-long quest for new design frontiers. And the dialogue between these now-classic pieces and the new work by Madrid-born, London-based studio El Ultimo Grito—entitled Material Medley—proves that design provocation and subversion are alive and well in the post-post-postmodern era.
Icons at Design Gallery Milano
Michele De Lucchi's Montefeltro
El Ultimo Grito's Material Medley Collection
El Ultimo Grito's Material Medley Collection
*All photos courtesy of Design Gallery Milano.
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La Smorfia Printed Resin and Red Rubber Chair by Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia, 2003
Il Piede Chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B, 1970s
Tolomeo Desk Lamp by Michele De Lucchi & Giancarlo Fassina for Artemide, 1989
Sirfo Coffee Table in Glass & Aluminium by A. Mendini for Zanotta, 1990s
Papilio Table by Alessandro Mendini for Zanotta, 1980s
Chest of Drawers by Mendini & Calamobio for Zanotta, 1985
Vintage Cubosfera Table Lamps by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vitraria, Set of 2
357 Feltri Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1987
Cubosfera Lamp by Alessandro Mendini, 1968
Vintage Cognac Leather Dining Chair by Andrea Branzi for Zanotta
Vintage Totem Opistodomo Prototype Ceramic Sculpture by Alessandro Mendini for Superego
Italian 3-Seater Sofa by Andrea Branzi for Cassina
Bugnati Series Vase by Alessandro Mendini for Museo Alchimia, 1989
Candeliere 4 Candle Stick Holder by Michele de Lucchi for Produzione Privata, 1996
Vintage Armchair by Gaetano Pesce
Post Modern Vintage Vase by Alessandro Mendini for Zanotta, 1986
Mid-Century Cubosfera Table Lamp by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria, 1968
Mid-Century Cubosfera Table Lamps by Alessandro Mendini for Vetraria Fidenza, 1968, Set of 2
Alex Chaise Longue by Alessandro Mendini for ecopixel
Blue Alex Chaise Longue by Alessandro Mendini for ecopixel
Vintage Empty Chair by Ron Arad for Driade
Vintage Resin Vase by Gaetano Pesce
Postmodern Costes Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1980s, Set of 4
Glass Vase by Alessandro Mendini for Venini, 1995
Multicoloured Nesting Tables by Gaetano Pesce, 2007
Tippy Jackson Dining Table by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1981
Nobody's Perfect Bookcase by Gaetano Pesce for Zerodisegno, 2003
Vase 271 by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design, 1996
Italian Royalton Lounge Chair by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1991
Marble, Aluminum, Gold and Porcelain Vase by Alessandro Mendini for Design Gallery Milano, 1993
Olly Tango Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s, Set of 8
Feltri Armchair by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1980s
Victoria and Albert Chair by Ron Arad for Moroso, 2000s
Sirfo Goose Table by Alessandro Mendini for Zanotta, 1986
Cubosfera Table Lamp by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria, 1968
Mid-Century Sculpture by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1960s
Albert Armchairs by Ron Arad for Moroso, 2000, Set of 2
Olly Tango Chair by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1990s
Loreley Mirrored Sideboard from Anthologie Quartett 1, 2000s
Big Mama UP6 Pouf by Gaetano Pesce for C&B Italy, 1969
Poltrona di Proust Armchair by Alessandro Mendini for Studio Alchimia, 1970s
Donna Chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, 1960s
Foot Stool by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, 1969
I SOLI' Glass Table by Alessandro Mendini for Alchimia
Grand Floorlamp by Michele de Lucchi for Memphis, 1983
Neolia Screen by Andrea Branzi for Zanotta Edizione, 1989
Calcutta Coffee Table by Michele de Lucchi for Up&Up, 1990s
Deriva Proust Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Deriva Copper Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Louis XXI Porcelaine Humaine by Andrea Branzi
Vintage Chair by Michele de Lucchi for Memphis Milano
UP Armchair and Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce for B&B, 1969
Take a Line For a Walk Chair by Alfredo Häberli for Moroso
Lubekka Chairs by Andrea Branzi for Cassina, Set of 4
Little Albert Lounge Chair by Ron Arad for Moroso
Polar Side Table by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis, 1984
Kristal Side Table by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis, 1981
Tramonto a New York Sofa by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1979
Side Table by Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia
Vintage Niccola Chair by Andrea Branzi for Zanotta
Sabrina Chair by Alessandro Mendini for Driade, 1982
Deriva Pearl Violet Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Deriva Fluorescent Orange Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Italian Coffee Table with Objects by Alessandro Mendini for Design Gallery Milano, 2001
Porcelain Vases by Alessandro Mendini, Riccardo Dalisi, and Michael Graves for Alessi, 1990s, Set of 2
First Chair by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano, 1990s, Set of 2
Revers Dining Chairs by Andrea Branzi for Cassina, 1993, Set of 6
Amanta Living Room Set by Mario Bellini and Gaetano Pesce, 1960s
Victoria and Albert Chairs by Ron Arad for Moroso, 2000, Set of 2
San Leonardo Lounge Chairs with Ottomans by Alessandro Mendini for Matteo Grassi, 1980s
Lido Sofa by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis, 1982
Lamp by Alessandro Mendini for Slamp, 2003
Colorful Wooden Dresser by Alessandro Mendini for Zanotta, 1980s
Cubosfera Table Lamp by Alessandro Mendini, 1968
Umbrella Chair by Gaetano Pesce for Zerodisegno, 1995
Sabrina Sofa by Alessandro Mendini for Driade, 1982
Deriva Decoration 3 Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Deriva Decoration 2 Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Deriva Decoration 1 Hanging Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Cubosfera Table Lamp by Alessandro Mendini
Nubola Couch by Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia
Magnolia Shelving Unit by Andrea Branzi for Memphis, 1985
Tramonto a New York Sofa by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, 1979
Italian Bookshelf by Andrea Branzi for Memphis, 1980s
Sole Wall Clock by Alessandro Mendini for Alessi
