The last Quizz!!

Learning something new everyday!

Does this make me a fashion expert?!

It's my third 12/12 Quiz. Not bad! 

I just got 2 points in the first  Quiz I answered!

See, there's hope after all...

There is one Quiz left!

Got another 12! Quiz, you're no mystery to me!

The influential British architect dealing with penguins was Berthold Lubetkin.

The influential British designer often associated to Naoto Fukasawa is Jasper Morrison.

Here you have a link to get a glimpse of the book.
The famous prehistoric temple is Stonehenge.
Ryōan-ji temple (and its rock garden), it is very famous and important, but it has nothing to do with Bruno Munari’s book.

Rock balancing. Isn’t it cool?
Fischli and Weiss piece is called: “Rock on top of another rock.”

Mr. Goldsworthy is another cool chap. For instance, if we Google image his name...
The mailman who spent all his life building a castle with found stones, wasn’t English but French. His name was Ferdinand Cheval.

Gerrit Rietveld designed a lot of fantastic chairs, but he never made one with wire.
Thonet is a famous furniture design company. But they are famous for wood, not wire.
Castiglioni brothers made a lot of chairs, but like Rietveld and Thonet, not wire around.

Eames. Here is a link. And here is another one.

Check out this link and stay speechless (as we are). There is no cook with his name (or maybe there is, but he is not relevant to us). Martha Schwartz designed a lot of parks, but none with this name.
If you want to see something nice, here is the link.

If you never heard about Calder’s Circus, it is time to fix this.
If you never heard about Calder’s mobiles, again, it is now time for you to check this out.

Check the Wikipedia entry on her. Here is the fur-covered cup. Here is her well-known nurse-maid.
Here we go with the Traccia table, and finally, here you have her mesmerizing paper coat.

Here is the link, in case you missed it.
Elio Caccavale designed a lot of things for pigs, but never did a haired glass.
Toni Dunne and Fiona Raby designed a lot of weird (and beautiful) stuff, but never did such a hairy thing.

Here you have his website.
And here you have some images.

Propp was about fairy tales, not metaphors.
Josef Albers was about colors and their interaction, not metaphors.
John Berger was about way of seeing.
Sottsass' book is a mind opener. Try to get one!

Finally I beated the silly Quiz!

- If we talk about design, if we talk about vases, if we talk about Japan, if we talk about life, we can’t avoid mr Shiro Kuramata.He is one of our long-lasting loves. Start exploring from this link… “The Temple of the Golden Pavillion” is a very good book by Yukio Mishima. If you haven’t read, it wouldn't be bad to do so...
- Mr Sottsass was one of the most influential designers of the whole XXth Century.We already shared the link to this video, but to see it once again, it isn’t a bad thing.
- We met mr Noguchi several times. Till now, it was about lamps.
Now, take a look to his vases… Here for instance. Or this other one, for example…If you forgot about him, here you have the link.
By the way, Momofuku Ando, is the one who invented the instant noodles.
- Dieter Rams is a very important designer, but he never had partners when working.If you answered C, you were close. Pierre de Meuron is a partner of Jacques Herzog, not Werner. To get in the right mood for this week class, take a look to this short movie: “The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcarver Steiner”. It’s a masterpiece. All designers should watch it!
- If you never heard about this Voynich Manuscript, follow this link and get lost into it...
- The one who came out with Taylorism was Frederick Taylor.
Mick Taylor was, for some years, the Rolling Stones’ lead guitarist. After Brian Jones, before Ron Wood. So good that one day he woke up and left them out of the blue.
- Although Queneau’s book is very nice, it was a way to introduce you to what we have in mind as our class' final exhibition.
- Check Kaufman’s website. A lof of special stuff there. The famous Israeli designer based in London is Ron Arad. While Bezalel, is an excellent school, but we don’t know the name of its dean.
- Kazuio Sejima. Check it out. Isn’t it special?
- Paolo Ulina. Here the link for you to check. Anyway, he is actually very good.
Check this other link. Here you have his website.
- Ecolo.Check it out!

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