Enzo Mari是個有名的意大利藝術家和家具設計師, 他的設計奉行現代主義。靈感來自對藝術和手工藝的理想主義, 也是個共產主義者。60年代, 他發行了一本沒有字只有圖畫的書, 講述一條毛蟲與蘋果的故事。在70年代, 他資助了Nuova Tendenza art movement, 同年亦設計了Sof Sof梳化和Box椅子。到80年代, 他設計的Tonietta chair面世。除了設計, 他也在不同學校當過客席教授, 例如帕爾馬的University of Parma, 卡拉拉的the Accademia Carrara,佛羅倫斯的ISIA和米蘭的Milan Polytechnic,柏林的the Hochschule der Künste,和維也納的"Hochschule für angewandte Kunst"。紐約的MoMA都擺放了不少他的作品。
Enzo Mari is a noted Italian modernist artist and furniture designer. He draws inspiration from the idealism of the arts and crafts movement, and his political views as a communist. In the 1960s, published a wordless book of paintings depicting the story of a caterpillar and an apple. In the 1970s, he founded the Nuova Tendenza art movement. Also in that decade, he designed the Sof Sof chair and the "Box" chair. In the 1980s, he designed the modernist Tonietta chair. Mari has taught at University of Parma (Parma), the Accademia Carrara (Carrara), Milan Polytechnic and ISIA (Florence), the Hochschule der Künste (Berlin), and the "Hochschule für angewandte Kunst" in Vienna. He has multiple works on display at the Museum of Modern Art (New York).
