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Modernist architect Michael Manser dies aged 87
British architect Michael Manser, a pioneering Modernist and founder of the Manser Medal, has died aged 87. Manser, whose acclaimed architectural projects range from a glass and steel house to a...
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"Hardly any British designers have had a style as instantly recognisable as...
Opinion: David King, who died in May at the age of 73, secured a place in British design history with album covers for The Who and Jimi Hendrix, the design of the Sunday Times Magazine, and his logo...
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Danish designer Jacob Jensen dies aged 89
Danish industrial designer Jacob Jensen, best known for his work with audio product company Bang & Olufsen, has died aged 89 (+ slideshow). Jensen, who died on 15 May, worked with Danish company...
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Indian architect Charles Correa dies aged 84
Charles Correa, described as "India's greatest architect", has died following a short illness. The founder of Mumbai-based Charles Correa Associates – whose work includes the Mahatma Gandhi memorial...
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Beyond Dingbats: the typographic legacy of Hermann Zapf
Hermann Zapf was one of the most influential typographers of the early digital age. Following his death earlier this month, Rob Alderson, former editor-in-chief of It's Nice That, explains how the...
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Adrian Frutiger, type designer and creator of London's street-sign font, dies...
Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger, designer of typefaces including Univers, Avenir and the eponymous Frutiger, has died. Graphic designers have paid tribute to his life and his legacy. Erik Spiekermann...
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Established & Sons co-founder and chairman Angad Paul dies aged 45
Angad Paul, co-founder of British design brand Established & Sons, has died after falling from the balcony of his London home. Paul, 45, died after plunging from his eighth-floor apartment in...
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Industrial designer Richard Sapper dies aged 83
German industrial designer Richard Sapper, who created iconic products for brands including Alessi, Knoll and IBM, has died aged 83. Sapper died on 31 December 2015 according to a statement released by...
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Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins dies aged 48
Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins, who was responsible for the redesign of Edinburgh's National Museum Scotland, has died following a short illness. Described by colleagues as "exceptional, visionary...
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Czech architect and designer Bořek Šípek dies aged 66
Bořek Šípek, the Czech architect and designer known for his flamboyant glassware and furniture, has died in Prague aged 66. Fellow Czech designer Maxim Velčovský described Šípek as "a global postmodern...
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Lisbon Architecture Triennale curator Diogo Seixas Lopes dies aged 43
This year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale chief curator Diogo Seixas Lopes, who has been described as one of the most important thinkers on Portuguese architecture, has died. Diogo Seixas Lopes, 43,...
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"Radical and audacious" French architect Claude Parent dies aged 93
Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, Azzedine Alaïa and Wolf D Prix are among the architects and designers paying tribute to Claude Parent, creator of Oblique Architecture, who has died aged 93....
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James Bond set designer Ken Adam dies aged 95
Academy Award-winning set designer Ken Adam, who created iconic backdrops for seven films in the James Bond franchise and Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, has died at the age of 95. Sir Ken Adam...
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IKEA's Billy bookcase designer Gillis Lundgren dies aged 86
Gillis Lundgren, who designed some of IKEA's most iconic products and was one of the furniture giant's first employees, has died at the age of 86. Lundgren, who passed away on 25 February 2016, was...
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Vancouver architect Bing Thom dies aged 75
Architect Bing Thom, designer of several major buildings in Vancouver, has died aged 75 following a brain aneurysm. The Hong Kong-born architect, who had been based in Canada ever since emigrating...
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Fashion designer Richard Nicoll dies suddenly aged 39
British fashion designer Richard Nicoll has died aged 39 following a suspected heart attack. According to Vogue Australia, the designer had been just three months away from starting a creative director...
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Maddalena de Padova dies aged 88
Maddalena de Padova, an Italian entrepreneur and founder of furniture company De Padova, has died aged 88. De Padova and husband Fernando founded their eponymous brand in the 1950s when they began...
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Mid-century modern designer Jens Risom dies aged 100
Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom – one of the first to introduce Scandinavian design to the US – has died aged 100. Risom, who passed away at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, on 9...
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Pioneering designer Lella Vignelli dies aged 82
Italian designer Lella Vignelli, who together with husband Massimo formed the "first couple of modern design", has died aged 82. Vignelli is reported to have passed away peacefully on 22 December...
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"Subversive, shocking and truly unique" artist and architect Vito Acconci dies
Vito Acconci, whose provocative works range from an artificial island to a performance that involved masturbation, has died aged 77. The Brooklyn-based artist and architect passed away on 27 April...
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