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Alesandro Mendini, who should have been named Mendini the Great, was born in Milan, Italy in 1931. He is one of the leading Italian designers in furniture and architect. He was the founding member of the Free School of Individual Creativity. He has also been linked to the success of the foundation Casabella 1971-1976, Modo founder in 1977-1981 and Domus magazine in 1979-1985.He is also the principal author of Zanotta since1982. Mendini has also played a great role in the development of the Italian design.

Alesandro Mendini has been associated with the design of Italian buildings like the Alessi residence in Omegna, Italy, Arosa Casino in Switzerland and Groniger Museum in the Netherlands. He is also known for the dissemination of design theory and practice. He prefers to work on projects that display great and intense emotions. He is also very big on work that displays ritual and ancient mythology. Mendini believes that art is not a message but rather a way to express and reawaken conscience.

His designs are characterized by the combination of different cultures.

Alesandro Mendini is amongst the jury in architectural competition for young designers and a teacher at the University of Milan. He also creates graphics, furniture, interiors, paintings and architectures and wrote several articles and books. He was a member of Nizzoli Associates until 1970 where he was dealing with designs of building and products. He is a graduate with a degree in architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1959 and has been associated with the anti-design and Radical Design movements in Italy.

Alesandro Mendini also organized the limited edition tea and coffee pizza which were commissioned from eleven leading Postmodernist architects launched in New York and Milan galleries in 1983. 1979 was the year that this great man became a part of the Studio called Alchimia. He was actually a partner with Ettore Sottsass and a lovely woman by the name of Michele De Lucchi. He has also acted as an artistic and brand identity consultant.

Alesandro Mendini is a winner of Compasso d'Oro and designer of the Groninger Museum in Groningen, the Casino in Arosa, and the Forum in Omegna. Mendini is a consultant with the Philips, Swarovski, Swatch, and Bisazza. He also has an interest in neo-modern and contemporary design. He is also the artistic consultant to various manufacturers providing a direction for design and brand identity. He has also authored several books on design. He writes essays and they appear on international trade journals.

Alesandro Mendini is a member of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. He rediscovered the expressive value of decoration and has made that the foundation for the development of his pictorial designs. He uses provocative slogans such as: "sentimental robot" in his work to express his feelings. He believes that furniture is architecture and each piece is a unique object of art which is a theoretical plan.

Alesandro Mendini has organized many important cultural events like exhibitions of artistic display of his designs to the public. He recently designed the exhibition installation at the Pallazo Della Trienale from 11 April-11 May 2000 in Milan.

Home Furniture And Design

All of us (who has a house with kitchen) realize that there are some of rooms that are very important. One could think about bedroom, living room mean while another think about bath room. In fact, in my perspective, one of the most important section of the house is a kitchen. Apart from considering to buy good quality kitchen appliances, there are some factors to consider about too. It is about selecting good kitchen furniture.

It seems that there are two important element of kitchen furniture that have to be taken into account, one is the quality of the material and the other one is the design. In this article we will talk about kitchen furniture design, which is one of these factors that you have to carefully consider. Following criteria is what you should think and do some research before you decide to spend money with. This is because kitchen furniture is generally expensive and you will have no second chance if you bought the wrong design.

1. Consider the type of the kitchen

This is very important factor that should be the first priority. Because if you choose the furniture design that could not match to the type of your kitchen, there will be difficult to manage, maintenance and clean. For example, if you have small kitchen for just cook for light meals, it is obvious that you do not need any kind of heavy kitchen furniture. You have to consider that whether you will put dining table in the kitchen room. If you have large space you can have a small set of dining table but if the kitchen is too small, you should look for some other place as a dining room.

2. Maintenance and clean

One of the most important factor that usually be ignored is how easy to maintenance and clean kitchen furniture. You may have seen a lot of kitchen furniture that available in classic design and may be you are thinking of having them to put in your kitchen. Or may be you are considering about to buy kitchen furniture in modern design. In order to ensure that you will get kitchen furniture design which easy to clean and maintenance, you should select the furniture that do not heavy and movable. You can also have furniture that equipped with rolling wheel to make you easier to move. This is because when you cook, a lot of stain and fat will fall to the ground and if these stain are spread into the area that can not be easily accessible such as under the table, it will be very difficult for you to clean.

3. The design that match to other style of furniture or match to the kitchen appliances.

This factor may not be the most important one as it is only about external appearance. However, if there is a chance and availability of budget, you may find that having kitchen furniture design to match with all of those furniture of the house and kitchen appliances provides very elegant look. This could also provide more welcome environment for your visitor so you can be sure that they will love to come again.

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