June 27 – July 27, 2009
Spoleto – Italy
Fifty years ago there was no notion of designer goods, nor was the Italian Style such a big deal.
Then Dino Gavina, a cultural visionary and brilliant entrepreneur, put into mass production the designs for furniture made by Marcel Breuer, a member of the Bauhaus. For the first time the wider public had the chance to bring into their homes pieces that had been the exclusive privilege of a few people who could afford to purchase a unique handmade item, prized for the cachet of its designer’s name.