Design Masters

Classic

• Vitruvius (80BC-15BC)
  • De Architectura / On Architecture
• Apollodorus of Damascus (50/60 -130)

Renaissance

• Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446)  
  • The Invention of Perspective
• Donatello (1386-1466)
• Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564)
• Raffaello / Raphael (1483–1520)
• Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)

Baroque – Rococo’

• Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (1510–1584)
• Hugues Sambin (1520–1601)
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
• Francesco Borromini (1599-1667)
• André Charles Boulle (1642-1732)
  • The Gobelins Manufactory (1667)

Neoclassic – Eclecticism

• Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768)
• Giovan Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
• Robert Adam (1728-1792)
• Charles Percier (1764-1838)
• Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853)
• François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770–1841)
• Chippendale (1750-1780)
• Hepplewhite (1775-1800)
• Sheraton (1785-1820)
• Biedermeier (1815-1848)

Pre Modern – Arts & Crafts

• Shakers
  • Ladderback Chair (17th Century)
  • Tabitha Babbit (1779-1853)
• Michael Thonet (1796– 1871)
  • Boppard Layerwood Chair (1836)f
  • Chair 14 “Chair of Chairs” (1859)
• Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)
  • The Eiffel Tower (1887-1889)
• William Morris (1834–1896)
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928)
  • Ladder Back Chair 1903
• Gustav Stickley (1858-1942)

Art Nouveau – Modernism

• Otto Wagner (1841-1918)
• Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933)
• Antoni Gaudì (1852-1926)  
  • Battló Chair (1906)
• Carlo Bugatti (1855-1940)
• Louis Majorelle (1859-1926)
• Victor Horta (1861-1947)
• Eugène Gaillard (1862-1933)
• Edward Colonna (1862-1948)
• Henry Van de Velde (1863-1957)
• Hector Guimard (1867-1942)
• Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908)
• Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956)
• Wiener Werkstatte (1903-1932)  
  • High Back Chair 1904

Early Modern

• August Perret (1874-1954)
• Chicago School (1870-1920)
  • Dankmar Adler (1844-1900)
  • Louis Sullivan (1856-1924)
• Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934)
• Peter Behrens (1868-1940)
• Adolf Loos (1870-1933)
  • Steiner House (1910)
• Bruno Taut (1880-1938)
• Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953)
• Hans Poelzig (1896-1936)
• Albert Speer (1905-1981)

Functionalism / Bauhaus (1919-1933)

• Deutscher Werkbund (1917-1934)
• Staatliches Bauhaus (1919-1933)
  • Walter Gropius (1883-1969)
  • Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)
    • Wassilly Chair (1925)
  • Max Bill (1908-1994)
  • Josef Albers (1888-1976)
  • László Moholy-Nagy (1932 – 1946)
  • Lyonel Feininger
  • Johannes Itten
  • Oskar Schlemmer

Modern / International (1920-1980)

• Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
  • Coonley House Chair (1907)
  • Robie House Chair (1908)
  • Origami Chair (1949)
  • Fallingwater House (1935 – 1937)
• Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (1886-1969)
  Barcelona Pavillon (1929)
  Barcelona Chair (1929)
• Lilly Reich (1885–1947)
• Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886–1945)
• Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
  • LC Collection (1929)
  • Villa Savoye (1929)
  • The Modulor (1946)
• Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964)
  • Red and Blue Chair (1918)
  • Schröder House (1925)
• Walter Gropius (1883-1969)
• Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)
  • Wassily Chair (1925)
• Josef Albers (1888-1976)
• Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999)
  • Siège Pivotant (1927)
• Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898–1976)
  • 401 Chair (1932)
• Mart Stam (1899-1986)
• Jean Prouvé (1901–1984)
  • Standard Chair and Table (1934)
  • Potence Lamp (1946)
• Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943)
• Marianne Brandt (1893 – 1983)
  • Brandt’s Tea Infuser (1924)

Rationalism  1922-1945

• Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979)
• Gruppo 7 (1926)
• Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943)
• Marcello Piacentini

Decò 1925-1945

• Eileen Gray (1878-1976)
• Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933)
• Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886–1945)
• Karl Emmanual Martin Weber (1889-1963)
• Paul Follot (1877-1941)
• Paul Theodore Frankl (1886-1962)
• Betty Joel (1894-1985)  
  • Cambridge Armchair (1935)
• William van Alen (1883-1954)
• Raymond Hood (1881 – 1934)
• Kem Weber (1889–1963)  
  • American Decò Armchair (1936)
• Andre Leon Arbus (1903-1969)

Late Modern (1940-Today)

• Giorgio Grassi
• Richard Neutra (1892–1970)
  • Kaufmann Desert House (1946)
• Philip Johnson (1906-2005)
  • Glass House (1949)
• Louis Khan (1901-1974)
  • Phillips Exeter Academy Library (1965)
• Adalberto Libera (1903-1963)
  • Casa Malaparte
• Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
  • Estel Executive Desk
• Michael Graves (1934-2015)
• Paul László (1900–1993)
• Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)
  • Noguchi Coffee Table (1947)
• George Katsutoshi Nakashima (1905-1990)
• Charles (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988)
  • LCW Chair (1948)
  • Wire Chair (1951)
  • Eames Lounge Chair (1956)
• Finn Juhl (1912–1989)
• Hans Jørgensen Wegner (1914-2007)
• Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)
  • Wire Chairs
• Paul McCobb (1917-1969)
• Jacques Hitier (1917–1999)
• Florence Knoll (1917-2019)
• Jens Risom (1916-2016)
  • A-Chair
• Neo Rationalism (1950-Today)
• Aldo Rossi (1931 – 1997) 
• Giorgio Grassi

Fifties- Sixties

• Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
  • Distex Lounge Chair (1953)
  • Superleggera (1955)
• Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971)
  • Swan Chair (1958)
  • Egg Armchair (1958)
• Carlo Mollino (1905-1973)
  • Casa Orengo Glass and Oak Table (1949)
• George Nelson (1908–1986)
  • Marshmallow Sofa (1956)
• Eero Saarinen (1910-1961)
  • Tulip Suite (1955)
• Russell Spanner (1916–1974)
  • Lounge Armchair (1950)
• Marco Zanuso (1916-2001)
  • Lady Chair (1951)
•  Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913- 1968)
• Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002)
• Vico Magistretti (1920-2006)
• Gaetano Pesce
• Robert Venturi (1925-2018)
• Bruno Munari (1907-1998)
  • Sofa Abitacolo (1972)
• Verner Panton (1926–1998)
  • Panton Chair (1963)
• Joe Cesare Colombo (1930-1971)
  • Tube Chair (1969)
• Enzo Mari

Post Modern

• Michael Graves (1934-2015)
• Richard Meier
  • Douglas House (1973)
  • Jubilee Church (2003)
• Vittorio Gregotti (1927 – 2020)
• Mario Botta
  • Casa Rotonda (1982)
• Willy Rizzo (1928-2013)
  • Opening Table (1970)
• Richard Sapper (1932-2015)
  • Tizio Lamp (1972)
• Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007)
  • Mandarin Chair (1986)
  • Giorgetto Giugiaro
  • The Pritzker Architecture Prize (1979)

High-Tech

• Richard Rogers
• Renzo Piano
• Norman Foster
• César Pelli (1926 – 2019)
• Toyo Ito
• Ieoh Ming Pei
• Dieter Rams
• Harmut Esslinger, Frog Design

Minimal

• Tadao Ando
  • Azuma House (1976)
• Kazujo Sejima
• Ryue Nishizawa
• SANAA
  • SANAA Drop Chair
• Luis Barragàn (1902-1988)
• Eduardo Souto de Mura
• Alvaro Siza Vieira
• Alberto Campo Baeza

Deconstructivism

• Jaques Derrida (1930-2004)
• Frank Ghery
  • Cardboard Furniture (1972) 
  • Wiggle Side Chair (1972)
• Peter Eisenman
  • House VI (1975)
• Daniel Libenskid
  • Gemma Armchair (2015)
• Rem Koolhaas
  • Maison à Bordeaux – Lemoine’s House (1998)
    
  • Seattle Central Library
  • Low Res Project
• OMA – AMO
  • Tools For Life
• Bernard Tschumi
• Steven Holl
  • Y House (1999)
• Ben Van Berkel
• Zaha Hadid (1950-2016)
  • Moon System (2007)

Neo Expressionism

• Jørn Utzon
• Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron
• Christian de Portzamparc
• Shigeru Ban
• Santiago Calatrava
• Arata Isozaki
• Fumihiko Maki
• Massimiliano Fuksas
• Rafael Moneo
• Bjarke Ingels
• Ma Yansong
• Tom Wright
• Antonio Citterio
• Sam Maloof (1916–2009)
• Timothy Schreiber
• Marc Newson
• Dakota Jackson
• Tokujin Yoshioka
• Frans Schrofer

Radical – Kitsch

• Studiodada (1977)
• Alessandro Mendini (1931-2019)
  • Proust Armchair
• Ron Arad
  • Bookworm (1994)
• Philippe Starck  
  • Costes Chair (1982)
  • Louis Ghost Chair (2002)
  • Gun Lamp (2005)
• Marteen Baas  
  • Burnt Furniture
• Christopher Guy Harrison
• Karim Rashid
• Marcel Wanders
• Terence Main  
  • Frond Chair
• Patricia Urquiola
• Ferruccio Laviani
• Xavier Lust
• Harow

Eco Tech

• Jean Nouvel
• Jeanne Gang
• Ken Yeang
• Kengo Kuma
• Winy Maas
• Frank Ghery
  • Cardboard Furniture (1972) 
  • Wiggle Side Chair (1972)
• Boeri Studio
  • Bosco Verticale (2014)