Enzo Mari  

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"Enzo Mari was born in 1932 and works in Milan. Beside his extensive activity as a designer, since 1952 he has devoted himself intensively to theoretical research, especially on the psychology of vision, systems of perception and the methodology of design." --Italy: The New Domestic Landscape (1972) by the MoMA

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Enzo Mari (1932 – 2020) was an Italian artist and designer.

He designed the Box Chair (1971) for Castelli.

He drew inspiration from the idealism of the arts and crafts movement, and his political views as a communist.

Mari was born in Novara, Italy and he studied at the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy from 1952-1956

In the 1960s, he published a series of books, including The Apple and the Butterfly, a wordless book of paintings depicting the story of a caterpillar and an apple.

Mari was also an artist known for such works as Quarantaquattro valutazioni (1976) and Allegory of Death (1987).

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