We celebrate the lives of inspirational creative figures sadly lost in 2023
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\xa0 | Balkrishna V DoshiOne of India’s preeminent architects and among the world’s greatest modernists |
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\xa0 | Paco RabanneThe Spanish designer known for his visionary ‘Space Age’ fashionand experimental fragrances\xa0 |
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\xa0 | Phyllida BarlowOne of the most extraordinary forces in British sculpture and arts education |
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\xa0 | Rafael ViñolyThe celebrated architect and the mastermind of a slew of high-profile designs, among them New York's 432 Park Avenue and London’s ‘Walkie-Talkie’ |
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\xa0 | Italo Lupi\xa0The architect and graphic designer, who left his mark on brands and institutions in Italy and globally |
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\xa0 | Sir Michael HopkinsThe British architect, together with his professional partner and wife Patty Hopkins (pictured), was instrumental in developing the High Tech movement that defined much of the 20th century |
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\xa0 | Paolo PortoghesiThe postmodernist architect and art historian, pivotal in the creation of the first Venice Architecture Biennale in 1980, had an ability to\xa0bring the baroque back from the dead in a very modern way |
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\xa0 | Thomas EyckThe Dutch design entrepreneur, a champion of craft, materiality and beauty, who helped elevate many of the Netherlands’ contemporary design stars |
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\xa0 | Rodolfo DordoniThe architect and designer left his mark on Italian design through his work as artistic director of Minotti and Roda, and collaborations with Molteni&C, Cassina, Foscarini, Effe, Kettal and more |
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\xa0 | Jamie ReidThe artist and graphic designer whose album artwork for the Sex Pistols includes his playful defacing of Cecil Beaton’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II |
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\xa0 | Andrea BranziThe Italian design radical and co-founder of legendary studio Archizoom Associati, whose work and thinking leave a mark on the history of contemporary design |
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\xa0 | Ida ApplebroogAn integral figure in American feminist art, frequently translating classic motifs of male aggression into darkly humorous work |
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\xa0 | Maria PergayBeginning her long career in the 1950s, Pergay, a pioneer of stainless steel designs, defied the customs of her time by creating objects and furniture whose silhouettes were experimental and sophisticated |
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\xa0 | Russell NormanThe British restaurateur known for opening landmark restaurants such as Polpo and Brutto |
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\xa0 | Joe TilsonThe British artist who brought a joyful riot of colour to the Pop Art scene |
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