Enzo Mari — Designer & Artist for Danese Milano

Enzo Mari (1932-2020) was one of the most important and uncompromising figures in Italian design. His Formosa perpetual wall calendar for Danese Milano (1963) and 16 Animali wooden puzzle (1957) are among the most exhibited design objects of the twentieth century — both in the permanent collection of MoMA. Mari believed that great design should be accessible to everyone. His Putrella centrepiece and other works for Danese embody this philosophy: rigorous, beautiful and never elitist.