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For Alchimia, design is a cyle: everything that will have to happen has already happened, and the imagination of the individual - the basis of the world´s survival - can roam freely in any culture and everywhere, provided it does so lovingly. For Alchimia, design is delicate and does not impose itself, but stays beside and gently accompanies the lives and deaths of the people who like it. - Alessandro Mendini, 1931 - 2019 http://mariogagliardi.com/ideas/2019/03/12/in-memoriam-alessandro-mendini/

New bridge for the Accademia, Alessandro Mendini, Biennale di Venezia, 1985

"Blackout", 1985, Alessandro Mendini

"Blackout", 1985, Alessandro Mendini

"Bisexual Architecture", 1981, Alessandro Mendini

"Furniture as clothing", 1982, Alessandro Mendini

"Mussolini's Bathroom", Andrea Branzi at Alchimia, 1982

"Furniture Greenery", made by Zanotta, 1982

"Tender Architecture", 1982, Alessandro Mendini

"Alchimia Town", part of drawing, 1982, Alessandro Mendini, Piercarlo Bontempi

"La casa della falsita", 1982

"La casa della falsita", 1982

Bank in Alcamo, 1983

Architectural environment, 1983

Thodier house, Abidjan, 1982

Bagni misteriosi, 1983

Wall designs for the Alessi house, 1985, Piercarlo Bontempi, Alchimia

Alessi house, 1985, Piercarlo Bontempi, Alchimia

"Unfinished furniture", 1985, Alessandro Mendini

Redesigned sideboard, Alessandro Mendini

Sideboard "Cantaride", 1984, Alessandro Mendini, Bruno Gregori, Alchimia

Marquetry chest of drawers, Alessandro Mendini

Redesigned sideboard, Alessandro Mendini

Redesigned sideboard, Alessandro Mendini

Title photo for Domus magazine, Alchimia and Occhiomagico

Title photo for Domus magazine, Alchimia and Occhiomagico

"Irony for great work", 1978, Alessandro Mendini

Chair "Zabro", 1984, Alessandro Mendini, Bruno Gregori, Alchimia

"Programm 6", Alessandro Mendini, 1983, made by Alessi

"Blazing chair", 1975, Alessandro Mendini

"Blackout", Showroom, 17th Triennale di Milano, 1985, Alessandro Mendini

Sideboard, 1985