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This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition design is a state of mind at the Serpentine North Gallery, London, in collaboration with Museion, Bolzano, Italy and Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy.

Including an insightful text by writer and design critic Alice Rawsthorn and an interview with Martino Gamper and Serpentine Gallery Directors, Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the catalogue explores Gamper’s enduring interest in the social aspects of furniture design, our relationship to design objects and their impact in our lives.

Martino Gamper

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Martino Gamper (b. 1971, Merano, Italy) lives and works in London. Starting his training as an apprentice to a furniture maker in Merano, Gamper went on to study sculpture under Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. He completed a Masters in 2000 at the Royal College of Art, London, where he studied under Ron Arad. Working across design and art venues, Martino Gamper engages in a variety of projects, from exhibition design, interior design, one-off commissions and the design of mass-produced products for the cutting edge of the international furniture industry.

Gamper has presented his works and projects internationally, including selected exhibitions and commissions: ’Tu casa, mi casa’, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2013); ‘Bench Years’, London Design Festival commission, V&A Museum, London (2012) and ‘A 100 chairs in 100 Days’, 5 Cromwell Place, London (2007). Gamper was the recipient of the Moroso Award for Contemporary Art in 2011, and the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, Furniture Award in 2008 for his project ‘A 100 Chairs in 100 days'.

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