GATHER - Schiavello ACT

Mario Bellini. Living and working inhis birth town Milan, Mario Bellini’sinternational reputation as an architect,urban designer and industrial designerstems back to the early 1960s. Many ofBellini’s creations are today part of thepermanent collection of the Museum ofModern Art in New York.Primarily focusing on architecturalprojects worldwide since the 1980s—fromEurope to USA, the United Arab Emirates,Japan and Australia, Bellini has gainedworldwide recognition as a significantdesigner of his time. Bellini has a desireto, ‘consider every project like a newexploration to be faced with curiosity,maximum mental openness and renewedcreative energy.’An art enthusiast, Bellini is also wellknown as an art exhibition designer.His redesign of the National Galleryof Victoria (Melbourne) resulted in thecollaboration with Schiavello to create theNGV seat and table program.ngv‘consider every project like a newexploration to be faced with curiosity,maximum mental openness andrenewed creative energy’.015