E DePadova - 50 Years of Design (Ciltli)

Italian designer, manufacturer, and decorator Maddelena De Padova has had an enormous impact on European decor since the mid-20th century, marketing work from the best designers around the world and, when she found current designs lacking, creating her own. The De Padova style is the epitome of Italian taste, presenting seemingly simple solutions that bring together objects, furnishings, and spaces in superb harmony. This album, with color and black and white photos on virtually every page, also profiles the designers who have contributed to the De Padova trademark, including Charles Eames, Alvar Aalto, Dieter Rams, Birgit Lohmann, and Setsu and Shinobu Ito.