The best design brands to buy on Amazon and iconic pieces

Enough a piece of design, just one, to give a room a new character, to catalyze attention on a specific point and transform a support surface or a wall into an important area of ​​the house. And after all, design today is precisely this: to contaminate spaces and give them value with one visiona project and, why not, a recognizable sign.

In fact, through the icons of Italian design, we can transform our homes with a piece of history and give the rooms a new allure. And if there isn't time to look for everything in the showrooms in the centre, don't panic, we'll take care of it Amazon. In fact, right here we found the most iconic pieces best brands and design brands on which it is possible to purchase some of the icons that have made them famous throughout the world.

Kartell
Selected
Alessi
Artemis
Flos
Saffron

The winning partnership with iconic designers such as Philippe Starck, the courage to ennoble an industrially common material such as plastic (although it is not simple plastic) and a lively design that has allowed the brand to create dozens of collector's pieces, make Kartell one of the most contemporary symbols of Italian design.

The Masters chairs designed by Philippe Starck with Eugeni Quitllet to condense three icons of the past into a single element: the “Series 7” by Arne Jacobsen, the “Tulip Armchair” by Eero Saarinen and the “Eiffel Chair” by Charles Eames. The result is more contemporary than ever and also allows you to dare with mix and match colours.

Also beloved Battery table lamp designed by Ferruccio Laviani who worked the synthetic material as if it were crystal to return priceless reflections of light, inviting us to enjoy a wireless lamp that has an autonomy of 8 hours and is well suited to illuminating the most romantic dinners.

Signed by Fabio November instead, this trullo is a container for the table inspired by the traditional architecture of Alberobello in Puglia, a reference to the designer's homeland.

Then, the classics are inevitable modular which have made the history of Kartell for over 50 years. Designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieriare renewed thanks to the use of a biopolymer composed of raw materials derived from renewable sources, of agricultural origin, non-GMO, not intended for the food chain.

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Irreverent, symbolic, courageous. Seletti has established itself with her style, without fear of changing over time, always maintaining the desire to take risks and express herself freely thanks to the collaboration of eclectic artists capable of realizing the brand's mantra: Revolution is the only solution. On Amazon it is possible to purchase many objects ready to break with tradition, even and above all within the home.

The heart abandons every stylized representation to triumph in its anatomical shape, ready to transform into a beautiful one planter in fibreglass. The design is by Marcantonio Raimondi Malerbaone of the wittiest interpreters of Seletti's revolution.

Still edited by Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba the design of the collection dedicated to Kintsugi, the romantic Japanese art that enhances breakups. Strength and fragility come together in collectible table accessories to create disheveled compositions, ready to remind us every day how important it is to know how to put the pieces back together, even of our soul.

A mention is inevitable Daily Aestheticsperhaps one of the most representative lines of Seletti in the world born thanks to the collaboration with Selab and Alessandro Zambelli. The chosen object, a borosilicate glass jar, plays with the shapes of a tin, opening the doors to an interesting reflection on materials and time.

Another enlightenment Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba the mythical Mouse Lamp which is part of a collection that entrusts the light to mice, monkeys and sparrows to turn on frugal light points, also in a super contemporary version thanks to the USB socket.

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Those by Alessi have always been true handcrafted objects made with industrial aid that have made history with iconic pieces that do not go unnoticed. Most of the production is concentrated on the table and the kitchen, enlivened by the presence of objects capable of attracting attention thanks to their unique design. With Alessi you can travel between new and historic icons without losing a certain sense of continuity.

Since when Philippe Stark he drew this on holiday in Italy, on the placemat of a pizzeria citrus juicer it has become one of the symbols of international industrial design, widespread and present in the homes of all design lovers in the world.

Also historical is 9093, the kettle with whistle in the shape of a bird designed by Michael Graves in 1985 which condensed influences from European art, American pop and references to pre-Columbian cultures into a single object. One of the brand's most iconic and best-selling objects, which shows no signs of going out of fashion.

Fruit of the duo's creativity King Kongformed by Stefano Giovannoni and Guido Venturini, the basket Roundabout it focuses entirely on the immediacy of the language used which is expressed through a recognizable and essential fretwork that runs through the entire collection.

Plissé it is another kettle, this time electric, and represents one of the brand's most popular new icons. The design is by Michele De Lucchi which has contaminated the lines of small household appliances in common use with the lightness of the high fashion fabrics which inspired it to create these pleated, airy and extremely elegant surfaces.

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Famous for philosophy The Human and Responsible LightOver time, from the 1960s to today, Artemide has created lighting systems that have made the history of international design, thanks also to the push given by designers and architects who have designed iconic and unforgettable pieces for the brand.

The table lamp None he speaks the language of the 60s well, from which he comes with a very strong expressive tension thanks to the project of Giancarlo Mattioli which challenged the classic industrial production techniques of the time.

Still a timeless jewel from the 60s Eclipsea table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti. What makes it unique is the concept of light regulation thanks to the mechanical eclipse that can be operated with the lampshade.

There Ptolemy Micro table is part of the large new family dedicated to the historic Tolomeo designed by Michele De Lucchi with Giancarlo Fassina in 1987, one of the company's best-selling pieces that shows no signs of aging. This version, contained in size and price, lends itself to embellishing any work or reading table with its iconic adjustable light beam.

Seven metal rings and a fabric tube contain and release light in one of the most iconic and impressive pendant lamps of Italian design. To sign the project Falklands, Bruno Munari who chose to equip this piece with a single bulb and a reflector capable of optimizing the light.

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Flos, as flower in Latin, was born in the 1960s from an intuition of Dino Gavina and Cesare Cassina. The idea of ​​creating new lighting systems, as if they were flowers, proved to be a winning one, so much so that it led to the creation of unforgettable icons, which changed the way of conceiving lights.

Brackets it is perhaps the most important expression of Flos' creativity. Designed in 1971 by Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzu it is a lamp that has made history thanks to the movement that makes it unique, making the light point slide from the floor to the ceiling by sliding a shaped steel tube on a steel cable.

From the genius of Achille Castiglionia rational, essential, but never banal light was born that speaks well of the art of removing. Lamp it is a naked lamp, anchored to a base equipped with a cable reel and characterized by holes that make it possible to anchor it to the wall.

One of the brand's most recent icons, Bellhop was designed by Edward Barber And Jay Osgerby in 2018. Wireless, with micro-USB-C charging, it interprets the trend of rechargeable lights with style and does so with a good autonomy of 24 hours of light. With the button switch, you can choose 4 light intensities.

For support and suspension, Mayday it is a lamp that lends itself to being inserted into different contexts and to indulge the imagination of those who choose it. Designed in 2020 by Konstantin Grcic it is characterized by a conical base on which a cable reel hook is mounted. No glues are used in the assembly process and the polypropylene with which it is built is obtained from waste from the industrial process.

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Founded by the Venetian Federico de Majo, Zafferano is inspired by Italian natural and cultural beauty, artisan genius and curiosity to offer tableware and lighting products that clearly illustrate the desire to change while remaining faithful to who we are. The glass and the colors that characterize the iconic glasses and table accessories have brought the Venetian style to the world with class and recognisability.

One of Zafferano's most successful products, these handmade glasses recall the marbles we used as children, in beach games during which they entered and exited the water. The design of Bilia it also has a functional side: thanks to the different colors it will be easy for diners to recognize their glass.

Poldina it is one of the most appreciated table lamps used to create the right atmosphere during the most romantic dinners or to create a light point where there was none. It can also be used outdoors, is rechargeable and has a battery life of 9 hours.

Designed by the founder Federico de Majothe whole collection Pearls it is made with the ancient workmanship of the applied and broken spiral. The result is a mixture of colours, transparencies and glass paste that enchants and fascinates.

Even the line Experiences was born from an intuition of the founder Federico de Majo, who designed these glasses to offer the wine a larger contact surface to promote oxygenation. The undulations at the base, a distinctive feature of the collection, facilitate centrifugation, oxygenation and the evolutionary path of the wine.