Enzo Mari

Enzo Mari (April 27, 1932^[1]^[2] – October 19, 2020) was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer. He was inspired by the arts and crafts movement, and his political views as a communist. Mari was born in Novara, Italy.

In the 1970s, he founded the Nuova Tendenza art movement as a professor at Società Umanitaria, also in Milan. Also in that decade, he designed the Sof Sof chair^[3] and the "Box" chair.^[4]

Mari died on October 19, 2020 in Milan from COVID-19 at the age of 88.^[5]

References

↑ Moliterno, Gino (2002-09-11). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
↑ "ENZO MARI". Avantgarde Museum.
↑ "Sof Sof Chair". MoMA Catalog. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
↑ ""Che fare" by Enzo Mari and Gabriele Pezzini". Design Addcit. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
↑ Morto Enzo Mari, icona del design italiano e mondiale (in Italian)

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[1] Moliterno, Gino (2002-09-11). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.

[2] "ENZO MARI". Avantgarde Museum.

[3] "Sof Sof Chair". MoMA Catalog. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[4] ""Che fare" by Enzo Mari and Gabriele Pezzini". Design Addcit. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[5] Morto Enzo Mari, icona del design italiano e mondiale (in Italian)

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