Florence, italy 1938

Received several awards throughout his career, including three Compasso d’Oro (1979, 1987, 1995), the title of Honorary Royal Designer in the United Kingdom in 2008, an honorary degree from La Sapienza in Rome. His work was also featured in an installation at the Fondation Cartier in Paris in the same year.

Permanent collections: Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, among others.