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Dino Gavina

Dino Gavina

One of the most influential figures in the world of design

Dino Gavina (1922 – 2007) was an Italian entrepreneur, designer and publisher. It is one of the most important entrepreneurial figures in the Italian furniture and design sector. He founded the companies Gavina Spa, Flos and Simon. They have been dedicated an important award of industrial design-the Dino Gavina award-and exhibitions all over the world. He began his professional activity as a fitter of theatrical stage spaces towards the second half of the Forties; At the Teatro "La Attic" in Bologna he realized objects and scenographic productions. In 1953 he opened a shop in which he produced and sold convertible top for Jeep, passenger liners and also some furnishing accessories. However, he did not forget his passion as a fitter, who brought him to know Lucio Fontana, who insisted on bringing him to Milan. In Milan, in 1953 while the X Triennale di Milano was staged, Fontana presented to Gavina some famous architects: Carlo Mollino, Carlo De Carli, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni e Carlo Scarpa.A few years later he met Kazuhide Takahama with whom he had a great friendship. With Fontana, Dino begins a lively collaboration. In 1960, Dino Gavina founded La Gavina SpA, where he served as managing director and whose president was Carlo Scarpa. The company made its debut on the market with the armchair sanluca, the first fruit of a great friendship with Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. The Gavina SpA has been a point of reference and inspiration for many other companies in the sector, Italian and international.In 1962, together with Cesare Cassina, he founded Flos, still one of the most important lighting companies in the world. In 1968, he founded the Studio Simon together with Maria Simoncini. Beyond its entrepreneurial abilities, Dino Gavina has been one of the most influential figures in the world of industrial design and is recognized the paternity of design as we understand it nowadays, not only for having founded three of the most important companies of the sector, but especially for the strong innovations and influences brought in the field.

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