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The stories behind the world’s most iconic designs. Weekly dives into design history drop every Monday. 🪑👓 👗

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Never one to miss a marketing opportunity, when Renato Bialetti died his ashes were placed in a special Moka Express urn. #RenatoBialetti #Urn

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Bialetti Moka Express

Designer: Alfonso Bialetti
Country: Italy
Year: 1933

Father and son combine design and marketing genius. #MokaExpress #Bialetti #MokaPot #Design #DesignIcon #Coffee #Espresso #ItalianDesign

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Today, the Moka Express is central to Italian identity—over 90% of households have one. And worldwide? It’s claimed that 300 million have been sold. #BialettiMokaPot

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And Picasso wasn't the only artist with an eye for the chair. Edouard Vuillard also had one, as shown by his 'Interior With Rocking Chairs'. #EdouardVuillard #Vuillard

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Rocking Chair Model 1

Designer: Michael Thonet
Country: Austria
Year: c.1860

There are many famous chairs in art, but this rocking version might take the top spot. #Design #InteriorDesign #ThonetRockingChair

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The Thonet Rocking Chair also featured in Picasso’s paintings. There are many variations of seated women in armchairs, often simplifying or exaggerating the chair’s form.

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Le Corbusier, once gushed: "Never was a better and more elegant design and a more precisely crafted and practical item created."

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Thonet Chair No.14

Designer: Michael Thonet
Country: Austria
Year: 1859

Paris wouldn’t be the same without it.

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#DesignIcons #DesignIcon #Thonet #ThonetChairNo14 #Chair

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And here's the No.14 starring alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger in the movie Chicago.

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#CatherineZeta-Jones #ReneeZellweger #DesignIcons