A celebration of Italian style and its creators
The exhibition 'Masters of Style' brings together key Italian fashion campaigns for the 150th anniversary of the unification of ItalyRelated Event
Behind the vision of the best of Italy's fashion creators
Colin McDowell distills the best of Italian creativity, craftsmanship, style and photography for the exhibition 'Masters of Style'
Masters of Style, an exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, begins this week at Somerset House in London (1 July - 14 August).
The show charts the photography publicity campaigns that distills the six month's intense creativity and hard work each season of key Italian fashion houses: Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Missoni and Prada.
Colin McDowell, eminent fashion historian and author, curates the exhibition which includes the stories behind the photographs, as McDowell explains: 'Anecdotes, recollections and explanations directly from the designers themselves made everything about the exhibition theirs and gave it a deeper meaning than anything a curator might wish to say.'
Introducing René Burri’s colour photographs
Read the incredible stories behind Francis Bacon’s best known paintings
Joel Meyerowitz tells you about meeting Robert Frank
- Dieter does New York
- Make and mend during a weekend of free workshops
- A Gilbert and George style urban champagne picnic
- Enter Phaidon & Core77's Design Challenge
- The office chair and the airplane seat are closer than you'd think
- An illustrated journey of the Tour de France
- Join Hervé Tullet for a weekend of children's painting workshops
- Make an animal using an origami template to highlight pollution concerns
- Watch out for Ruby Star's jewellery from Tel Aviv
- Debate the use of graphic design in propaganda and branding
- An Arne Jacobsen inspired doll's house for the seriously design conscious child
- Ever have trouble remembering all the states in the US? Here's a visual aid
- Create an oasis of hanging plants in your home with String Gardens
- A fruit basket that takes its design from citric acid molecules
- Updates from the Phaidon booth at Design Miami/Basel
- One of a kind: Hella Jongerius at Design Miami/ Basel
- Blooming marvellous: Chelsea Flower Show 2011
- Creative Innovation at Clerkenwell Design Week 2011
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