Denis Santachiara

Denis Santachiara
Born
Campagnola Emilia
OccupationCar designer, curator, designer
Websitedenisantachiara.it 

Denis Santachiara (born 1950) is an Italian artist and designer.

Biography

Santichiara was born 4 May 1950 in Campagnola Emilia.[1] He is an autodidact who worked as a car stylist for De Tomaso and Maserati early in his career.[2]

His work has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou,[3] Triennale di Milano,[4] Denver Art Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art,[5] and is held in collections including the Museum or Modern Art[1] and Vitra Design Museum.[6][7]

He has taught at the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) in Florence, Scuola Politecnica di Design, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, and the Accademia di Brera in Milan (from which he also received an honorary degree in 2022).[8]

He won a Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in 1999,[9][10] and in 2010, the Pyramid of Excellence, an award from the Italian Academy of Art, Fashion Design.[9] He was also part of Ezio Manzini's team that won the 1987 Compasso d'Oro award for La materia dell'invenzione, a book the ADI jury described as "a valuable operational document capable of offering designers [...] advances in technical-scientific processes [...] bringing about the conjunction of technical science and art."[11][12][13] In 2020, he was the chairman of the jury for the XXVI Compasso d’Oro award.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b "MoMA Artist, Denis Santachiara". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Denis Santachiara". MEET. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  3. ^ "Denis Santachiara". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  4. ^ "La tradizione del nuovo: stati dell'invenzione | Triennale Milano". triennale.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  5. ^ "European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century". The Indianapolis Museum of Art Collection. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  6. ^ "Denis Santachiara, Santachair, 1998". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Denis Santachiara, Air Sofa, 1985". Vitra Design Museum. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  8. ^ "All'Accademia di Brera un nuovo corso di design e la laurea honoris causa a Denis Santachiara". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  9. ^ a b "Denis Santachiara". www.capitoliumart.com. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  10. ^ "Denis Santachiara". Scuola Politecnica di Design. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Volume scientifico "La Materia dell'invenzione"". www.adidesignmuseum.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  12. ^ "La materia dell'invenzione scientific book". www.adidesignmuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  13. ^ "La materia dell'invenzione : [materiali e progetto]". reperio.usi.ch. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  14. ^ "The winners of the 2020 Compasso d'Oro Awards". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  15. ^ "ADI – Associazione per il Disegno Industriale". www.adi-design.org. Retrieved 2025-12-04.


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