DESIGNER’s STORY
Jordi Vilardell is an industrial designer based in Barcelona. His Wind collection floor lamp for Vibia has won Wallpaper* magazine’s 2012 Design Award for Best Outdoor Light.
The designer Jordi Vilardell is a specialist in decorative and technical lighting projects. Jordi Vilardell is a close collaborator with Vibia which can be easily discerned from the collections he has conceived for the brand such as the Balance floor lamps, the Join table lamps, the Puck wall and hanging lamps, the Slim ceiling lights, the Puck Wall Art wall lamps and the Wind exterior lights. A wide range of lighting products for all types of living spaces and decors but which nonetheless share something in common: pure clean lines and elegant design.
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Born in 1954, member of the Milanese tradition that generated designers such as Castiglioni, Zanuso, Magistretti and de Lucchi, graduated in architecture at the Politecnico of Milan in 1979. Since then, he has designed for most of the leading names in the furniture and lighting sectors. Minotti and Rodolfo Dordoni: the company started working with
Born in São Paulo, Kogan is the founding architect and professor of all the team at studio mk27. As the architects of the team, Kogan is a great admirer of the Brazilian modernism generation, seek to fulfill the task of rethinking and giving continuity to this iconic architectural movement. The projects of studio mk27 place
Vico Magistretti was born in 1920, in Milan. In the post-war period he was actively involved in the reconstruction, both on the theoretical side through the MSA (Movement for Architectural Studies) of which he was one of the founders, and on the practical side with projects for INA-Casa and QT8.
As the third generation of specialized wood craftsmen in cabinet making and restoration, in the seventies, Romeo Sozzi made his debut in interior decoration. Since 1988, he has managed his company, Promemoria, together with his three sons. In time, Promemoria has become not just a producer of internationally high profile furnishing, but a test bed
An authoritative presence on the contemporary French scene, Bruno Moinard has developed commercial and cultural projects for an international clientele, from Christie’s to Cartier, from Galerie Lafayette to the Musée des Arts Decoratif.
Since 2002 with Oki Sato providing direction to Nendo studio, it represents a refreshing, refined and cultured alternative to over-celebrated design. Meaning “clay” in Japanese the name Nendo implies the flexibility and malleability of that material their designs for the world of graphics, interior architecture and furniture.
