Luigi Colani

2001, dec 23; 11:04:

Luigi Colani -- Phillipe Pernodet, Bruce Mehly [Amazon US]

On August 2nd 1928, Lutz Colani is born in Berlin, where his Swiss father worked as a film architect. He also spends his school years in the German capital. In 1946, he begins his studies of painting and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1952/1953, Colani moves to California where he researches "New Materials" and works in the field of "High Speed Research". In 1954, he returns to Europe, first to Paris, then to Berlin. His first success - the "Golden Rose" prize for work in the field of automobiles. In 1957, Lutz changes his name to Luigi Colani. In 1968, in Rheda, Westphalia, Germany, a center of the furniture industry, he puts together a design team and concentrates on the use of plastics in the furniture and automobile industries. In 1972, he moves to Harkotten Castle in Fuchtorf / Sassenberg, Germany, and devotes himself to experimental design with a large number of students, commissioned by renowned automobile and aircraft companies, as well as NASA space authorities. In 1973 comes the first study journey to the Far East with the founding of a Colani Design Centre in Japan. In the years 1977-1981 follows a series of publications and international prizes. In 1985, Colani completes his design for the Robot Theatre in Tokyo in the shape of a gigantic, open mussel. In 1986, he founds the "Colani Design Centre in Bern" and in 1988, branches opened in Toulouse and Bremen. In the same year he is named honorary professor at the University of Bremen. In the following years 1989-1994, Colani concentrates on overseas projects in the USA, Japan and Thailand as well as exhibitions and commissioned work in German speaking countries. In 1995, Luigi Colani designs the Bio City, intended for construction on the Chinese island of Changming the same time. He receives a second professorship from the University of Tongji. In 1996 and 1997, Luigi Colani creates various products in very different fields-from pianos and TV sets to glasses gold jewelry, and office furniture, to tools, wallpaper and decorative furniture from Siro.

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