Joe Colombo

Joe Colombo was a different designer  in relation to the others that followed him and were also from his time.  He is described as different since he was against the design that occurred during his lifetime. Unlike others, he did not focus upon being famous  and he did not  want any awards being attributed to his name. all he wanted was to be distinctive. he was mainly interested in  flexibility and multi functionality. he believed that problems that humanity faced could be solved by a design; design which made the human live in a better society due to admiration of the design itself. 

4867 Cha

One of his products is the 4867 chair, and when comparing it to what Panton created with his Chair, it shows that he 4867, too, was was the result of experimentation with new technology. The Chair established to be a Kartell classic was the first industrial seat in the world to be produced with the use of a single injection mood, similarly to the experimentations of Verner Panton. However, even though is comprises of a single mould is still offers a multiple design solutions in the modern era. it is both goof for  indoor and outdoor use, and its cylindrical legs flatten out on outward facing sides in order to be able to side-by-side position with other chairs. Furthermore, the grooves at the side of the seat allow for snug stacking. the seat is allotted with an opening on the back and this makes a handy grip for moving the chair around as well as for draining water should it get wet outside.

Tubo Chair

The Tubo Chair is another of his products. When views, first one could describe it as weird since it is not instantly recognised as a chair. This Chair is allotted with four tubular tubes that can be arranged to suit each individual user and environment, something which can be described as ergonomically fitting everyone. this can be done since each tube can be loose with the use of a metal clipper and each element can even be stored inside the other. Furthermore, the chair is composed of synthetic materials, including foam, PVC, and synthetic upholstery, reflecting an increased interest in man made materials at that time.

Elda Chair

The Elda Armchair is another product of Joe Colombo. this armchair was designed prior to the others, it was a creation attributed for the Italiam manufacturer comfort. The chair was named after the designer's wife Elda, and is eminent of his early works is plastic. furthermore, its deep shell shaped body together with its comfortable inner leather shields the seater from surrounding happenings and ensure sound insulation. It is quite similar to the Ball Chair where it enhances the user peace and privacy. This chair can also be rotated at a 360 degree angle both clockwise and anticlockwise. 

Bibliography:

Y Living. Kartell Colombo Chair [Online] Available at:http://www.yliving.com/kartell-4867-colombo-chair.html#thetabs

[Accessed on the 25th of January 2014]

Artnet Auctions. 'Tubo' Chair [Online] Available at:http://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/joe-colombo/tubo-chair-2 [Accessed on the 25th January 2014]

Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano, an Italian Architect was born on the 14^th September of 1937 in  Genoa, Italy, in a family of builders. He was educated and taught at the Politecnico di Milano.  In 1964, after he finished his studies, he graduated from the University and started working with experimental lightweight structures and basic housings.

Later on, starting from 1965 until 1970, his work was attributed to the work done with Louis Kahn . He also worked together with Richard Rogers  from 1971 to 1977, and further work was also done with the Italian architect Gianfranco Franchini including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Together with these architects, he was also connected to the engineer Peter Rice, with whom he shared a practice in the late 1070’s.

It was however not prior to 1981 that he had created the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, which is still in operation today and it still employs about 150 people and upholds offices in Paris, Genoa , and New York City. Moreover, in 1994, Renzo Piano was the winner of the international competition for the new Auditorium in Rome. The Auditorium Parco della Musica, comprises of a huge multi-functional communal music compound which is situated in the north of city and was launched in 2002.

Jelly Piano

In accordance to brand and product design, furthermore, Piano is attributed to the design of a watch in collaboration for the Swatch Summer Collection. This watch was given the name ‘Jelly Piano (Gz 159)’. The design of this prduct features a clear and visible inner workings. This design was influenced by his Centre Georges Pompidou design.

Vulcano Biano

One of his complted architectural projects is the Vulcano Buono. This is a shopping mall and is found in Nola, Italy. This building was launched on the 7^th December, 2007. The complex is a large multi-center and it comprises of a hotel, a hypermarket, a complex cinema and a gallery, about 155 shops and several restaurants and bars. At the middle of the building one ma find a large circular square, which commemorates the Naples Piazza del Plebiscito. This is used for concerts and events.

Furthermore, this project may seem to be able to come to life, and this could be achieved by a set of solid circles, each having a different slope, and these combine to be able to form a cone imitating the look of Vesuvius. Looking at the complex from the outside, it is almost hidden as architectural work, and this is attributed to the concrete roofs, which are covered with soil and low vegetation. This gives the illusion that the complex blends in with its surroundings, effectively hiding the fact that it is a structure.

The Shard

Renzo Piano’s current projects involve the The Shard, Europe's tallest skyscraper which was opened on July 6, 2012, and the Centro de Arte Botín. Another provocative project that is almost finished is the Valletta City Gate in Malta

Valletta Parliament in construction

The design of a new parliament building incorporates Piano’s scheme, which its purposes are allotted to consistency and refinement. However this project has been criticized for the dependable protection of ruins. The remains of Edward Middleton Barry’s neoclassical design for the Opera House is supposed to be preserved with a curtain made out of steel poles and lucid screens. At the same time the parliament building will be dressed in 7000 extracted angled blocks.

Nicolai Ouroussoff; an architecture critic said that Piano's works illustrate "...serenity of his best buildings can almost make you believe that we live in a civilized world."

Furthermore, it was in 2006 that he was nominated by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Furthermore he was also selected as the 10th most influential person in the "Arts and Entertainment" category of the 2006 Time 100.

Bibliography:

Design Boom Architectre. Renzo Piano. [Online] Available at:

http://www.designboom.com/architecture/renzo-piano-valletta-city-gate-and-parliament-well-underway/ [Accessed on 12^th January 2014]

Wikipedia. Renzo Piano. [Online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano [Accessed on 12th January 2014]

Jony Ive

Sir Jonathan Paul known as "Jony" Ive, was born on the 27^th  February 1967. He is an English designer and occupies the position as a Senior Vice President of Design at Apple Inc. Since 1996, Ive he has been the driving force behind the look as well as the feel of Apple's innovative products, and this made him answerable for running a design team highly known as one of the world’s best.

Ive was a student at the Chingford Foundation School, and afterwards at Walton High School in Stafford. Once he started at the latter, it became pretty obvious that he had meaningful technical and drawing abilities. The next step after leaving this school was; studying industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic. Ive’s interests were about "drawing and making stuff" since he was a teenager, however Ive was not sure about exactly what he wanted to make. It was after encountering many design experts, that he developed a keen towards product design.

When he finished his studies at Newcastle Polytechnic, Ive joined a London design startup known as Tangerine. His very first job included a toilet and sink design for a client who eventually did not want Ive's work, due to the fact that its production had a high production cost.

After having a ‘real problem with computers’, as he put it, during his student life, he discovered the Apple Mac, and it was a turning point for him and this lead him to believe that it was a departure from the computer design at that time.

MacBookPro

His present occupation with Apple includes the responsibility of managing the Industrial Design Group, together with providing a leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) software teams across the company. Jony Ive is attributed to the design of many of Apple's products, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iOS 7. Steve Jobs considered Ive to be his "spiritual partner at Apple,". Furthermore Fortune magazine in 2010 said that Ive's designs have "set the course not just for Apple but for design more broadly."

It was in 1992 he was commissioned as a consultant by Apple's Chief of Industrial Design, who at that time was Robert Brunner, and afterwards he became a full-time Apple employee. Ive was responsible in designing the second generation of the Newton, the MessagePad110.

Unfortunately after Job’s first departure form the company, Ive almost resigned himself before Job’s return. Ive’s boss at the time was Jon Rubinstein, and he was able to succeed in keeping Ive as an employee. He did so by explaining that Apple was "going to make history" following the revival of the company.

In 1997 Jony Ive was appointed as the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design. This occurred after Jobs returned and headed the industrial design team which was responsible for most of the company's significant hardware products.

The first design that is attributed to Ive was the Mac; this product design was able to help pave the way for much more designs after it. Some of these include  the iPod and later on the iPhone and iPad.

Under Jobs leadership, design was made a central focus evolving around product policy, and it was Ive who progressed to established the firm’s leading position with a series of functionally clean, aesthetically pleasing, and popular products. It is here that a connection in relation to his work and principles could be made in regards as to what Dieter Rams used to believe in who influenced Ive’s production. It is stated in Gary Hustwit’s documentary film ‘Objectified‘ that Rams says that Apple is one of only a handful of companies that exist today, that still design products according to Rams' ten principles of "good design."

In addition to this, Ive has also his personal laboratory which he runs at Apple. Here he is able to check the work that is assigned to his design team. Furthermore, he is only Apple designer who is attributed with his own office. Most of the employees that work with this company are given permission to be able to enter this laboratory. In accordance to Steve Job’s biography, Ive's design studio encompasses foam-cutting and printing machines, and the windows are tinted. Jobs told Walter Isaacson, the biographer that "He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me."

Ive is also attributed to a number of products for other organizations including a Leica camera for a charity auction which set a world auction price for a camera.

It was on the 29^th of October 2012, that Apple announced that "Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his role as the leader of Industrial Design." With the WWDC13 announcement of the iOS7 and Ive's role as principal, the Apple Press report was also updated to reflect his new title: Senior Vice President of Design.

Furthermore, the scheduled publication of an unofficial Ive biography was announced in late 2013. This was written by Leander Kahney, who conducted interviews with former Apple designers and executives. The book is titled Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products.

Furthermore, recognized with numerous design awards, Apple products are illustrated in the permanent collections of museums worldwide, including MoMA in New York and the Pompidou in Paris.

Bibliography:

Wikipedia. Jonathan Ive. [Online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive [Accessed on 13th January 2014]

Apple Press info. Apple. [Online] Available at: http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jonathan-ive.html [Accessed on 13th January 2014]

Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove was a student at Manchester Polytechnic, now known as Manchester Metropolitan University. After completing his studies Lovegrove graduated with a First Class BA in Industrial Design in 1980. Later on, in 1983, he departed to the Royal College of Art in London. Here Ross Lovegrove was attributed to completing his master of design. His inspiration mainly comes from organic forms and structures.

In the early 80s the work that he accomplished was done as a designer where he was employed with Frog Design in West Germany in collaboration to projects such as walkmans for Sony, computers for Apple computers, and later on he moved to Paris and his occupation was as a consultant to Knoll International awards.

Before moving to Paris in 1984, Lovegrove initiated his professional Career by working with industrial design studios in London and Stuttgart. During the time that Lovegrove spent in Paris he was a member of the Atelier de Nimes with Philippe Stark and Jean Nouvel. However, he returned back to London in the late 1987, and this time he has finished his projects with many different companies in relation to the field of product together with furniture design. This was in fact what shaped a unique diversity of culturally and commercially noticeable pieces, including his FOB chair for Cappellini Spa in Italy.

As a winner of frequent international awards resulted in his work as being expansively published and exhibited internationally. The places where his work may be found include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Axis Centre Japan, and the Design Museum, London. His work is held in perpetual assortments of various design museums around the world including Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA), Design Museum in London and Vitra Design Museum Weil Am Rhein, Basel, CH

Various awards are attributed to this designer. One of which is the RedDot Best of the Best given to him in 2010. The Vogue Traveller Ecology Prize is also allotted to Lovegrove. Lovegrove was also given the Royal Designer for Industry award by The Royal Society of Arts in 2004, and 'Designer of the Year'.

Vondom Coffee Table

Among several of the product which are attributed to Ross Lovegrove is the BIOPHILIA Collection. This collection discovers the new design language with which forms a dialogue between both time and form in connection to space. This combines the revolutionary organic design of Sagrada Famila by Antonio Gaudi, in addition with the knowledgeable VONDOM experience in relation to the advanced roto-moulded technology. This process which can be described as improving relates its origin at a time when discovery of nature, its phenomenon and the resulting variety of forms starting with Art Nouveau; which is known as an an eternally stunning and sensual movement in art that brought the organic World objects to life.

Vondom Sofa

Taken out of craft and into the 21st century progressive domain of polymerization and industry, BIOPHILIA pushes the boundaries between the material structure as well as the form into a new modern territory which is yet to be seen opposed to modernism in its expression.

This collection is a consequence from the “genetic mutation experiments” which occurred between the iconic languages of pagodas and UFOs; the opposition of negative and positive shapes depicts it.

This creative approach gave birth to a Marta Pan inspired monolithic, fluid and sculptural line that encourages comfort and relaxation. Its chair, table and sofa allows the creation of different configurations that are simply adaptable to outdoor spaces thanks to its elegant and resistant materials. The colors, range of finishes and interior lighting expands the possibilities to create different environments.

Bibliography:

Wikipedia. Lovegrove. [Online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Lovegrove [Accessed on the 10th January 2014]

Stylepark. Lovegrove designer profile at Stylepark. [Online] Available at: http://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ross-lovegrove [Accessed on 10th January 2014]