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Magis celebrates its 45th anniversary this year and looks back on an eventful success story that began in 1976 when Eugenio Perazza founded the company.

Eugenio Perazza, the founder of the Italian furniture manufacturer Magis, is honoured for his life's work with the ADI Compasso D'Oro Liftetime Achievement Award 2020.

No, there was no revolt. Even Ventura Lambrate had nothing on offer that even came close to a taste of the future. Instead it was above all Konstantin Grcic who once again showed just what contemporary design can do.

Milan 2013, a mixture of prudence, consolidation and solid design work. A little less hype and fewer prototypes, too. This is certainly doing the industry good.

Heatherwick Studio with IM Motors has unveiled a fully automated electric-powered concept vehicle that uses a HEPA filter to clean ambient air while driving.

OOAK architects have designed a holiday home on the island of Karpathos. The building stages the surrounding landscape and with its patios creates complex spatial relationships.

In the form of “Costume” for Magis, Stefan Diez has designed a durable sofa that is straightforward to repair and flexible in use.

Sustainable design – what matters now? Is the call for sustainability in design a trend or is a change in values taking place? Is the designation "sustainable" being given too lightly? We discussed these and other questions on March 18, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. on Clubhouse.

"What if we completely rethought the sofa?" – this question brought Magis together with Stefan Diez for a joint experiment: a flexible system made from recycled and recyclable materials.

The time is ripe for change: Stefan Diez has formulated ten requirements that he believes products should meet. He explains the concept to us in an interview.

Tadao Ando has transformed a 250-year-old former commodities exchange in Paris into a new contemporary museum for the Pinault Collection. The Pritzker Prize winner has inserted a richly-contrasting horizontal line into the venerable rotunda beneath which fair-faced concrete shimmers gently.

The start of the year is reservedly optimistic in view of the ongoing pandemic and strengthens the desire for variety, energy and colour. For a fresh boost, we have gathered a colourful bouquet of current interior products for you from our Novelties Stage.

With the Shiroiya Hotel, Sou Fujimoto Architects have succeeded in producing a fascinating combination of an old building and a conversion, design, architecture and art. Michele de Lucchi, Jasper Morrison, Leandro Erlich and Sou Fujimoto have each designed one of the rooms.

"Bell Chair" is the name of the new, sustainable and affordable chair by Konstantin Grcic for Magis, which sets an end to the negative image of the classic monobloc chair.

Magis creates elegant monoversions in black and white of the classic "Mariolina" by Enzo Mari.

Spring is just around the corner bringing with it the first warm hours of sunshine. Anyone lucky enough to have their own balcony or patio can move their workplace outdoors – Stylepark provides you with ten ideas for doing your office work in the fresh air.