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At Möels&Co, our commitment goes beyond selling products, we are a brand driven by a purpose to inspire and enrich the lives of our community. We invest considerable effort in curating meaningful content that resonates with our customers and followers and we invite you to embark on a journey of inspiration and discovery through our stories. Each month, we publish a collection of thought-provoking articles that delve into the realms of art, culture, design, photography and beyond. These articles are meticulously selected to ignite your imagination, broaden your horizons, and provide a unique perspective on the world we live in.

JOE COLOMBO: THE ARCHITECT WHO PUT ITALIAN DESIGN ON THE MAP
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JOE COLOMBO: THE ARCHITECT WHO PUT ITALIAN DESIGN ON THE MAP

Joe Colombo was an Italian designer, artist and architect who created many of the most iconic Italian designs, despite coming to the profession only late in his life. In a brief but successful career, Joe Colombo produced highly innovative objects, which made him into one of the most influential product designers in Italy at the time.

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THE LALANNES: SCULPTORS OF SURREAL NATURE
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THE LALANNES: SCULPTORS OF SURREAL NATURE

François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne were a husband-and-wife team of artists who created inventive and often surprising works, widely admired and collected since the 1960s. Throughout their careers, they sculpted a playful menagerie of monkeys, ducks, fish, and especially sheep. Their pieces blur the line between fine art and decorative objects, having been exhibited in numerous galleries worldwide and sold for seven figures at auctions.

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Einstein’s 7 rules for a better life
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Einstein’s 7 rules for a better life

Every so often, there comes a man who is able to see the universe in a new way, whose vision upsets the very foundations of the world as we know it. With his ideas still informant, Albert Einstein was 22 years old when he sat out alone on foot across the Alps. In his youthful passage through the mountains he longed to grasp the hidden design, the underlying principles of nature. Throughout his life, Einstein would look for harmony, not only in his science but in the world of men. The world wanted to know Albert Einstein and yet he remained a mystery to those who only saw public face and perhaps to himself as well. However, the next 7 practical life lessons can reveal Einstein’s way of thinking.

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Max Bill: the cult figure who shaped 20th-century design and architecture
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Max Bill: the cult figure who shaped 20th-century design and architecture

Max Bill was a great Swiss polymath: an artist, architect, industrial designer, graphic designer, and teacher. He attended the Bauhaus where he was taught by Josef Albers, László Moholy-Nagy, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Oskar Schlemmer. Bill remained closely associated with the Bauhaus school and was a key figure in developing and propagating its principles, especially through his professorship at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich and as a founder of the Ulm School of Design.

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Bauhaus: the Avant-Garde Movement THAT Transformed Modern Art
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Bauhaus: the Avant-Garde Movement THAT Transformed Modern Art

The Bauhaus was arguably the single most influential modernist art school of the 20th century. Its approach to teaching, and to the relationship between art, society, and technology, had a major impact both in Europe and in the United States long after its closure under Nazi pressure in 1933. The Bauhaus was influenced by 19th and early-20th-century artistic directions such as the Arts and Crafts movement, as well as Art Nouveau and its many international incarnations, including the Jugendstil and Vienna Secession.

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M. C. Escher: The Master Printmaker Who Twisted Reality
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M. C. Escher: The Master Printmaker Who Twisted Reality

Maurits Cornelis Escher was an artist from the Netherlands who was known for incorporating mathematical equations into his lithographs and woodcuts. He represents the perfect coming together of mathematics and art. Although he is most known for his impossible constructions, he also created some wonderful realistic graphic art. M. C. Escher’s artworks were not that popular during his tenure as an artist, even in his own country. M.C. Escher is one of the world’s most famous graphic artists.

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Celebrating 20 years of Goodwood
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Celebrating 20 years of Goodwood

Möels&Co is thrilled to be showcased on a full page in the book "Strive for Perfection: Celebrating 20 Years of Goodwood," a collaboration with the International Club for Rolls-Royce and Bentley Enthusiasts. The book, developed by the renowned St. James's House publisher, explores the history of Rolls-Royce's Goodwood plant and celebrates 20 years of craftsmanship, innovation and sustainable luxury.

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Hannes Wallrafen: The Blind Photographer
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Hannes Wallrafen: The Blind Photographer

Hannes Wallrafen is a highly acclaimed Dutch/German photographer who lost his eyesight 10 years ago at the height of his career. Wallrafen is famous for his staged photography through which he seeks to translate time into engineered images. His work can be regarded as personal interpretations of local history: storytelling at its core. In the seventies and eighties Wallrafen used his camera to denounce injustice.

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