by Laura Giacalone

Considered the Oscar of Italian design, as well as an authoritative barometer of the state of the cultural debate on industrial design itself, the Compasso d'Oro award is the major acknowledgement of Italian design and enjoys a high reputation throughout the world, so much so that London's prestigious Phaidon Press has selected it among the top 999 design classics of all time.

On the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the United States, the design icons awarded with the Compasso d'Oro have been at the center of a series of exhibitions organized in New York and Chicago by the Italian Industrial Design Association (ADI).

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Source: http://magazine.italianjournal.it/