The Jury of the XIV edition has decided to give the 1987 Compasso d’Oro Award to Vortice Elettrosociali Spa, for the continuity of its commitment to product development through design in the electric ventilation sector.
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Graduated in Architecture in Milan in 1947, in 1952 he founded the PFR studio with Ponti and Fenaroli, participating in the projects for the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan (1960). In 1954 he founded the Stile Industria magazine which he directed until its closure in 1963. His design creations include the Condor armchair (Arflex 1960), the Bar table (Kartell 1967), the Meteor bus (with Isao Hosoe, Orlandi 1970), the P110 armchairs (Saporiti 1971) and the Casa Mobile for the New Italian Landscape exhibition at MoMA in 1972. Among the founders of ADI, he was its first president (1956-1957) and with Marco Zanuso he created the three-dimensional version of the Compasso d ‘Oro based on a design by Albe Steiner.
JUSTIFICATION
The Jury of the 14th edition has decided to give the 1987 Compasso d’Oro Award to Alberto Rosselli. ” L’intervallo del tempo (The interval of time)”, to use one of the perfect terms that only Gillo Dorfles can come up with, sees the figure of Alberto Rosselli emerge in its entirety through his rigorous commitment to design as seen through his professional creations, the foundation of the Compasso d’Oro and ADI and the still unsurpassed intuition and intelligence of the magazine “Stile e Industria”.
The Jury of the XIV edition has decided to give the 1987 Compasso d’Oro Award to Officina Alessi for developing acquiring the cultural leadership of its sector through a continuous and meticulous quest for the highest and most advanced poetic expressions of international design, which have frequently been transferred from the world of architecture.
The Jury of the XIV edition has decided to present the 1987 Compasso d’Oro Award to Cosmit for its clearly evidenced desire to highlight the production sector that is most sensitive to design since the first edition of the Salone del Mobile. It has thus helped to shape its quantitative growth and cultural commitment, not least through the constant attention dedicated to international communication.
Graduated in Architecture in Florence, in 1964 he was one of the founders of Archizoom Associati and in 1973 he moved to Milan, taking part in the Alchimia group activities. Co-founder of the Domus Academy in 1982, he edited the magazine Modo (1982 – 1984) and was a lecturer in Interior Design at the Milan Polytechnic as well as participating in the Memphis group. Author of numerous volumes (from La casa calda [the hothouse], 1984, to Introduzione al design italiano [An introduction to Italian design] 2015), he has been curator of exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
JUSTIFICATION
The Jury of the XIV edition has decided to give the 1987 Compasso d’Oro Award to Andrea Branzi for his dynamic intellectual commitment exercised through design, critical, didactic and research activities aimed at design disciplines. His contribution to the cultural enrichment of design and the widening of problematic areas pertaining to it in a period of apparent crystallization of the trends practiced has been highly stimulating.
