Nicos Zographos

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Bench designed by Zographos in the 1960s

Nicos Zographos ( Greek Νίκος Ζωγράφος ; * 1931 in Athens ) is a furniture designer and entrepreneur living in New York .

biography

Zographos studied at the University of Iowa , from 1957 to 1962 he worked as a furniture designer for the renowned architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill . In 1964 he founded the furniture company Zographos Designs Ltd. and mainly produces for high-quality contract furnishings.

The furniture

Zographos feels connected to classical modernism and has not moved away from it even in postmodernism . The furniture is often a further development of old Bauhaus designs, and they also subtly draw on the proportions of the Greek classic. Architects such as Walter Gropius , Philip Johnson or Ieoh Ming Pei have had their objects fitted out with furniture from Zographos. Some companies had furniture designed and manufactured as part of their corporate design . Several banks are among his customers, such as UBS, Citibank, Bank of China, American Express and others. a. Currently, single pieces from the 1960s in particular are reaching high prices at auctions; the TA35G glass table and the CH66 tubular steel chair are in the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

literature

  • The Design Art of Nicos Zographos by Peter Bradford with contributions by Harry Wolf, George Lois, Peter Blake, ISBN 1-58093-066-2 , monacellipress

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personal data
SURNAME Zographos, Nicos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ζωγράφος, Νίκος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens