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Industrial design, in the 20th century, was represented by two main streams: the rationalist-minimalism of Bauhaus in Germany and the Italian Design, from Gi\u00f2 Ponti to Achille Castiglioni, Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the early 2000s, the Italian designer Manuela Gandini fused minimalist design with the industrial archeology, of which Milan is the icon. The result was a new language, ultra-abstract and genderless, with an exclusive and ‘intellectual’ appeal, far away from postmodernist’s beaten tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She goes beyond the notion of \u2018brand\u2019 with the idea that “Each person is a brand. It\u2019s about to find it out”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MANUGANDA is part of the permanent collection The New Italian Design of Triennale Design Museum and the 4th Permanent Collection of Museo del Gioiello of Vicenza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibitions and museums:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triennale Milano
Museo del Gioiello Vicenza
Palazzo Reale Milano
Dongdaemun Museum Seoul
Palazzo Morandi Milano
Museo delle Arti Decorative Torino
Kunstegewerbemuseum Berlin
Castello Sforzesco Milano
Italian Pavillion Expo Shanghay<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Born in Alessandria (Italy), Manuela Gandini lives and works in Milano.Graduated in Computer Science, she worked for Information Technology companies for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2004 MANUGANDA was born as a brand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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