The lamp, still in production, is emblematic of the high style associated with Italian design.

"Can you believe that Italian design as we knew it looks already like something for museums or collectors?"

Italian design sells low against the voguishness of the French.

But it's true nonetheless: with Italian design, it has always been easy to get carried away.

It's an Italian design and is the only one we could find that folds down into a little square shape.

For more than half a century, Italian design has been synonymous with flair, power and grace.

Italian design became prominent during the 11th-16th centuries, when artistic development in Italy was at its peak.

Italian design moved to the forefront of his interest from the 1960s onwards, and increasingly so in the 1970s.

Everyone loves Italian design, art and food, he believes.

He played an important part in the development of Italian design.