Architect of The Day

  While he was logical in so many things in his ideas about architecture, he was really a romantic Eduardo Catalano Argentinian architect Eduardo Catalano was an inventive architect and one the modern architecture most notable personalities. Perhaps, he was too ahead of the time with his works and imagination. Always critical Frank Lloyd Wright was impressed by the radical design of the house Catalano had designed for himself in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1956 it won ‘House and Home’ magazine's ‘House of Decade’ award and Frank Lloyd Wright was so impressed, that he personally wrote a letter to US monthly to praise the project as “so imaginatively and skillfully treated ...”. Catalano sought harmony in science, technology and the visual arts and that infuenced  all of his works. He also had very strong opinions, which would get him into trouble. He didn’t care who you were, a client or otherwise - he would tell you what he thought. ...

Creative mind of Swedish Design - Nils  Nisse  Strinning Nisse Strinning in front of String system This man is the creator of minimalist and cost-effective String Bookshelf System and versatile designs in plastic. Strinning in collaboration with his wife Kasja, has designed variety of objects like Vispi Bowl (1951), Kam Bookshelf (1968). Globally awarded String Bookshelf was included into the Swedish National Museum’s design collections in 1979 Swedish architect, Nils Strinning was among a group of mid-twentieth century designers that helped build the foundations of what is now widely termed Scandinavian Design. Born in Sweden in 1917, he studied architecture in Stockholm from 1940-47 before designing the iconic String shelf system.