Alessandro Mendini was an Italian architect, designer, painter and critic. He is associated with the theoretical foundation of postmodern design and the concepts of banal design and re-design. Mendini collaborated with well-known international brands including Alessi, Cappellini, Bisazza, Cartier, Hermès, Supreme, Philips, Swatch and Venini, attributing an important artistic value to the objects he designed. He is an honorary member of the Bezabel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, is Chevaler des Arts et des Lettres in France and has received the award from the Architectural League of New York.