Martino Gamper

Martino Gamper is an Italian designer based in London who became internationally regarded through his project 100 Chairs in 100 Days. This group of works was exhibited in 2007 in London, the Milan Triennale in 2009^[1] and will be at YBCA in San Francisco in late 2010. It has also been published by Dent-De-Leone as a book, 100 Chairs in 100 Days and its 100 Ways, recently republished as a pocket book.^[2] The 100 Chairs project has been described by Gamper as "3D Drawing", and is typical of Gamper's practice in that it shows disregard for the historic design standards of harmony and symmetry. Gamper has stated "There is no perfect chair".^[3]

Gamper has exhibited extensively both in the UK and internationally, including a chair arch of Ercol chairs for the London Design Festival at the V&A^[4] in September 2009, the British Council exhibition Get It Louder in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Autoprogettazione Revisited: Easy-to-assemble Furniture at the Architectural Association, London in Oct 2009 and Super Contemporary at the Design Museum, London in October 2009. He is also a tutor at the Royal College of Art in London.^[5]

Publications

"100 Chairs in 100 Days and its 100 Ways", Published by Dent De Leone, Designed by Åbäke, ISBN: 978-0-9557098-1-4

"Piccolo Volume II", Published by Nilufar & Dent De Leone, Designed by Åbäke, ISBN: 9778-0-9561885-1-9

References

1. ^ designboom.com
2. ^ dentdeleone.co.nz
3. ^ designmuseum.org
4. ^ www.ft.com
5. ^ www.rca.ac.uk

External Links

• Martino Gamper
• Dent-de-Leone

Coordinates: 51°32′04″N 0°03′23″W / 51.5345°N 0.0564°W / 51.5345; -0.0564

Persondata
Name	Gamper, Martino
Alternative names
Short description	Furniture Designer
Date of birth	1971
Place of birth	Italy
Date of death
Place of death