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Ralph Pucci
Ralph Pucci is an American mannequin designer, gallery owner and entrepreneur. Career In 1954, Pucci's parents founded a business repairing mannequins. Pucci joined the company in 1976 at the age of 22. One of Pucci's innovations in the field of mannequin design was to collaborate with other artists and designers, such as Ruben Toledo, Andrée Putman and Maira Kalman. In 2004, Pucci released a line of larger-sized female mannequins. After he collaborated with the french designer Andrée Putman, Pucci began to sell some of her furniture designs as well. His furniture business eventually eclipsed his mannequin business in volume. In March 2015, a retrospective of Pucci's mannequins were shown in an exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), based in Manhattan, New York City, collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Toledo
Ruben Toledo (born 1961, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American artist based in New York City. Personal life Toledo and his wife Isabel met in high school in West New York, New Jersey. Books In 1997, Toledo authored ''Style Dictionary'', a collection of drawings and watercolors. He completed his first film, ''Fashionation'', an animated history of French fashion, based on a book of the same name. Toledo illustrated special edition book jackets for Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions of ''Jane Eyre'', ''Dracula'', ''The Scarlet Letter'', ''Wuthering Heights'', ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' and ''Pride and Prejudice''. List of titles: * * Exhibitions Ruben Toledo's collaboration with his fashion designer wife, Isabel Toledo, was the subject of both a book and a museum exhibition titled ''Toledo/Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion'' at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college in New York City. It is part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman (23 December 1925 – 19 January 2013) was a French interior and product designer. She was the mother of Olivia Putman and of Cyrille Putman. Life and work Childhood and youth (1925–1944) Andrée Christine Aynard was born into a wealthy family of bankers and notables from Lyon. Her paternal grandfather, Edouard Aynard, founded the Maynard & Sons Bank; her paternal grandmother, Rose de Montgolfier, was a descendant of the hot-air balloon inventors' family. Her father was a graduate from the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure who spoke seven languages but swore to a life of austerity and seclusion to protest against his own milieu; her mother, Louise Saint-René Taillandier, was a concert pianist who found comfort in the frivolity of "being a great artist without a stage." Her formal artistic education first came, however, through music. Her mother took her and her sister to concerts and urged them to learn the piano. But she was later told that her han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman is an American artist, illustrator, writer, and designer known for her painting and writing about the human condition. She is the author and illustrator of over 30 books for adults and children and her work is exhibited in museums around the world. She has been a regular contributor to ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker.'' Early life Kalman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her mother, Sara Berman, was originally from Belarus and had moved to Israel to escape pogroms. When Kalman was four years old, her family moved to New York City. The family lived in Riverdale, Bronx. Her mother, Sara, spent a significant amount of time at the Loehmann's department store. She was known for her chic style, and she wore only the color white. Kalman attended the High School of Music & Art (now known as LaGuardia High School) where she studied art. Kalman attended New York University (NYU), where she studied English literature. By the time Kalman had left for college, her pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Arts And Design
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), based in Manhattan, New York City, collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life. History The museum first opened its doors in 1956 as the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, with an original mission of recognizing the craftsmanship of contemporary American artists. Nurtured by the vision of philanthropist and craft patron Aileen Osborn Webb Aileen Osborn Webb (1892–1979) was an American aristocrat and a patron of crafts.Joyce LovelaceWho Was Aileen Osborn Webb? July 25, 2011, American Craft CouncilBarbara LovenheimCrafting Modernism, NYCityWoman.comSandra Alfoldy, ''Crafting Ident ..., the museum mounted exhibitions that focused on the materials and techniques associated with craft disciplines. From its ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Moses
Rebecca Moses (born July 14, 1958) is an American fashion designer, illustrator, author based in New York City. Early life and education Rebecca Moses was born and raised in North Bergen, New Jersey. Moses attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Moses moved to Italy in 1990 where she met her husband Giacomo Festa Bianchet. In 2010, Moses relocated with her two children to New York City. Career Fashion design Moses developed her first collection at age 21; As one of the first American designers to enter the European market when she moved to Italy on 1992, closed her New York-based design company in 1992 and replaced Gianni Versace as designer for Donnatella Girombelli's clothing label Genny Collection and Genny Platinum in 1993. Moses continued as a consultant for Genny and Genny Platinum for some years until she developed her new label in 1996; A week later after developing her new label in 1996, Moses opened up more than 100 accounts, including Joyce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dummies And Mannequins
Dummy may refer to: Dolls * Mannequin, a model of the human body * Dummy (ventriloquism) * Crash test dummy People * Dummy (nickname), any of several people with the nickname * Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham (c. 1788–1863), one of the last people to be accused of being a witch in England Arts and entertainment Characters * Dummy (Marvel Comics), from the comic book ''X-Men'' * Dummy (DC Comics) Films * ''Dummy'' (1979 film), a TV movie starring LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino * ''Dummy'' (2002 film), a comedy/drama * ''Dummy'', a 2009 coming-of-age drama starring Emma Catherwood * ''Dummy'', a short film by Kira Muratova * ''The Dummy'' (1917 film), an American silent drama * ''The Dummy'' (1929 film), an American comedy Music * ''Dummy'' (album), 1994, by Portishead * "Dummy!", a song by Toby Fox from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' Television * "Dummy" (''Pushing Daisies'' episode) * "The Dummy", an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * ''Dum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Births
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |