Milan, April 2007: "Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers"
DuPont celebrates 40 years of successes of Corian®
through the multi-cultural creativity of 40 designers
April 2007 – To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of DuPont™ Corian® solid surface material, DuPont is
presenting in Milan, "Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers", a travelling exhibition consisting of new creations by
40 designers (individual professionals, design studios or design teams) from around the world. Taking place
from April 18 to 23 at the new "Corian® Design – Milano Store" showroom of DuPont, located in downtown
Milan (via San Nicolao 4), "Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers" is a varied collection of new objects in
Corian®, designed specially for the event.
In addition to marking the 40 th anniversary of this DuPont material, "Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers" aims to
recognise and celebrate the huge contribution made by the design community to the way Corian® is perceived
and used today
After having been exhibited in Milan, the exhibition will be moved to other locations in Europe (London and
Oslo in September 2007, other locations are presently being considered) and in the USA (in May 2007 in
parallel with ICFF). A selection of these objects will be produced in limited edition and commercialized.
The 40 designers participating in "Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers" are:
01) Aquili Alberg, Italy
02) Arik Levy, France
03) Atrium (Anton Nadtochy & Vera Butko), Russia
04) Beat Karrer, Switzerland
05) Christian Ghion, France
06) Christine Van Gemert, The Netherlands
07) David Rockwell, USA
08) Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Austria
09) Demet Bilici, Turkey
10) Emma Lewis, UK
11) Francesco Draisci & Paolo D'Ippolito, UK
12) Gamze Güven, Turkey
13) Graft, Germany
14) Hans Schoonemeijer (HP Design), The Netherlands
15) Harry Allen, USA
16) Igor.MarQ arquitectos & Pedro Nuñez, Spain
17) Imogen Lawson, UK
18) India Mahdavi, France
19) Ingenhoven Architekten, Germany
20) Jeffrey Bernett, USA
21) John Sebastian, Denmark
22) Katrin Olina Young, Iceland
23) Luca Casini, Italy
24) Marie Garnier, France
25) Martin Ryan, UK
26) Matali Crasset, France
27) Matteo Ragni, Italy
28) Miguel Milá, Spain
29) Miriam Mirri, Italy
30) Monika Kobiakov, UK
31) Nils Kjeldsen, Denmark
32) Noé Duchafour-Lawrance, France
33) Nucleo (Piergiorgio Robino, Stefania Fersini), Italy
34) Piers Mansfield-Scadden, UK
35) Savinkin-Kuzmin project group (Poledesign), Russia
36) sieger design (Benedikt Sauerland), Germany
37) Tanju Ozelgin, Turkey
38) Werner Aisslinger, Germany
39) Ximo Roca, Spain
40) YES Architecture (Ruth Berktold), Germany
The following companies (belonging to the "Corian® Quality Network" of certified fabricators) have
contributed to the event fabricating the objects conceived by the designers: