Portrait de Enzo Mari, designer, plasticien et graphiste italien en 1974 ©Alecchi/MP/Leemage AA093841 dbdocumenti 233 343 300 2748 4054 Scala di grigio

Design legend Enzo Mari dies aged 87

Designer Enzo Mari has died at the age of 87. Forms editor-in-chief Bo Madestrand saw him ten years ago on a small stage at the Milan Triennale, where he talked about the designer elite of today (but back then): “Today’s young designers are lazy and they cannot do without mobile phones and the internet! They create shit! They are dead!” As a designer, Enzo Mari was as radical as he was brilliant, and he questioned the consumer society with his Proposta per un’Autoprogettazione (proposal for a self-design).

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Enzo Maris Proposta per un’Autoprogettazione

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Portrait de Enzo Mari, designer, plasticien et graphiste italien en 1974 ©Alecchi/MP/Leemage AA093841 dbdocumenti 233 343 300 2748 4054 Scala di grigio
Enzo Mari 1974 (photo: Wikipedia)

 

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