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Author: Darko Vlahovi\u0107
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If ever there was an industrial designer whose work was inextricably linked with nature, it was hands down Luigi Colani. As one of the most influential innovators in the field of design in the 20th century, Colani designed thousands of items \u2013 from smaller objects for everyday use such as ballpoint pens, lighting fixtures, and cameras, through furniture, musical instruments, and cars, all the way to grandiose concepts of spacecraft and futuristic aircraft that have not been made yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All these objects and concepts scream Colani: his distinctive design style is characterised by rounded, organic, biomorphological forms for which he sought inspiration in natural forms and biological structures. He believed that the design created by nature over millions of years of evolution represented the embodiment of perfect efficiency and beauty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This German artist of Italian, Kurdish, Swiss, and Polish origins religiously followed his artistic credo from the early fifties of the last century, when he started developing designs for the automotive industry, up until his death in September 2019 at the age of 91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Earth is round, as are all other celestial bodies \u2013 they all move in circular or elliptical paths. We can trail that pattern of round worlds orbiting each other, all the way down to the microcosms. Why should I fall in with the deluded masses attempting to square the circle at every turn? I will rather live by the philosophy of Galileo Galilei: \u2018My world is round,\u2019 as he once said.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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ROBERTO GUERINI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Colani\u2019s artistic vision has greatly impacted generations of designers that be and to come, and his legacy is now preserved and promoted by the non-profit organisation BioDesign Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Luigi Colani was an all-round genius \u2013 says Roberto Guerini, the late Colani\u2019s close associate, who founded the BioDesign Foundation after his friend\u2019s death in order to continue his mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spoke with Guerini so as to learn more about one of the most prominent industrial designers of the 20th century, but also about the organisation that emerged from Colani\u2019s philosophy of connecting design and nature. Guerini was the closest associate of the great designer in the last ten years of his life. Even though almost five years have passed since Colani\u2019s death, Guerini\u2019s respect for this man and his work is eternal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The work of Luigi Colani opened the door to a flood of designers who entered on creating organic design, and it should continue to serve as inspiration to our descendants for many generations to come. Many design and architecture magazines \u2013 such as Architectural Digest \u2013 have honoured him as the most influential designer of the 20th century \u2013 says Guerini. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He reminisces about the grand exhibition with over six thousand works and artistic visions by Colani, which was held fifteen years ago at the Triennale di Milano museum of art and design in Milan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STEALTH AIRPLANE – TOM WAGNER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DOLPHIN PLANE – TOM WAGNER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 At the exhibition opening, the foundation that manages Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s legacy in Milan declared Colani the only designer worthy of comparison to Leonardo, as the modern Homo Universalis \u2013 says Guerini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, this \u201cmodern Homo Universalis\u201d was born in Berlin in 1928 as Lutz Colani, into a family of intellectuals and artists with multi-ethnic roots sprouting a colourful family tree. His father was a renowned Swiss-Italian architect and scenic designer of Kurdish origin, while his mother, who was of Polish origin, worked at the theatre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artistic family environment groomed him for the brush with his future vocation from his early childhood \u2013 for example, even as a small boy, he had to make his own toys. After World War II, he attended sculpture and painting courses at the \u201cHochschule f\u00fcr Bildende K\u00fcnste\u201d in Berlin, and then moved to Paris to study aerodynamics at the Sorbonne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1950s \u2013 at a time when he was gaining a reputation in his profession \u2013 he changed his name to Luigi for professional reasons. At that point, he had already started seeking inspiration for his design works in nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Colani was immersed in diving, discovering the beauty and ingenuity of nature very early on, back in the fifties. He figured out that by closely observing nature, he could find a solution to almost any problem related to his work \u2013 notes Guerini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of his career, Colani also spent some time living in California, where he was head of the project group for new materials at McDonnell Douglas, but he mostly worked for the German and Italian automotive industry: BMW, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Fiat, and Volkswagen. He received a number of prestigious awards for his automotive designs, especially for sports models, and he also designed a noteworthy sports sailboat with a catamaran hull. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1960s, he occupied himself with furniture design, and later expanded his operational remit to a vast variety of design forms: small household appliances and televisions, police and aircrew uniforms, lamps, cutlery, water bottles, trucks and airplanes, aircraft engine turbines, personal computers, microscopes, spacecraft, and hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n

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LIEGE TV-RELAX – TOM WAGNER<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Since he already gained global fame and was rolling in dough in the early seventies, he founded the Studio Colani in the Harkotten Castle near Sassenberg in Germany with a large team of designers who worked for many international companies. His avant-garde studies on trucks, planes, cars, and ships often made their way to exhibitions all around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the decades to come, Colani was unstoppable \u2013 from year to year, he created wonderful products and concepts inspired by nature, which attracted a great deal of public attention. The list of his revolutionary designs is closer to a tome, but here we will mention just a few: the iconic Canon T90 camera, the Colani Cormoran airplane, the Schimmel Pegasus piano, the Formula 1 Eifelland-March 721, the Colani GT sports car, the UFO pendant lamp, the aerodynamic Colani Space Truck, and the Spitzer Mercedes Colani.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SALT CITY SPEED RECORD – TOM WAGNER<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Hundreds of his lesser-known works adorn various collections and design museums all around the world. The secret of his success is \u2013 as Guerini puts it \u2013 90 percent inspiration from nature and 10 percent artist\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guerini met Colani back in 2007, when he collaborated on his exhibition\u2019s presentation in Milan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 We hit it off right away, especially when it came to the subjects of nature, sustainability, taking inspiration from nature, and problem solving. It didn\u2019t take me long to realise that Luigi Colani\u2019s biodesign is not just a design language but something much bigger. It\u2019s a lifestyle in which I clearly see his design formula: 90 percent nature + 10 percent Colani inspiration \u2013 says Guerini. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the huge age gap \u2013 Guerini was born in 1960 \u2013 the two of them developed a close relationship. They worked side by side for 13 years, living a short ride from each other for many years and running a design studio in Milan together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 We designed space hotels in tandem and became increasingly aware of how delicate the Earth is. We realised that we first needed to truly get to know our planet \u2013 and do our best to preserve it \u2013 before reaching for actual stars. We only got one planet. No other planet, not even Mars, could ever replace our beautiful Earth. If biodiversity disappears, we will vanish along with the other species \u2013 Guerini makes it clear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since Colani appointed him chief designer of Colani Design in 2013, Guerini has followed in his footsteps on his way to discovering solutions of all sorts \u2013 regarding design, environmental protection, and social issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The most important lesson Colani taught us is that we must never give up. Scientific research in technology and design solutions must carry on so that we can use the world\u2019s resources for the sake of conserving biodiversity and, by extension, saving mankind \u2013 he claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder what Colani was like in person. What did he mean to Guerini personally and professionally? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 He still holds a special place in my life. As a person who was larger than life \u2013 albeit not without some minor flaws \u2013 he was a great mentor and friend. He had a big heart and helped many people, both morally and financially \u2013 says Guerini, putting a particular emphasis on Colani\u2019s awe-inspiring work ethic, stamina, but also modesty.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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ROBERTO GUERINI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u2013 For years on end, he practically drew seven days a week. He always said that it would take him at least three lifetimes to put all of his ideas on paper. But he saw himself as a kind of medium, getting the ideas from above. \u201cListen to me, Roberto,\u201d he would tell me, \u201cI\u2019m just a drawer who puts ideas on paper.\u201d Sometimes he would even take himself by surprise after he conveyed his crazy ideas into drawings…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oftentimes, he would call me and tell me: \u201cRoberto, you have to come right away, I\u2019ve created something amazing, just hurry over.\u201d And then, when I came, I\u2019d see him standing over some new shoe collection or a mad seaplane design on the table, for example… \u2013 recalls Guerini.<\/p>\n\n\n

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MODEL C-FORM – TOM WAGNER<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Although he held many artists of the past in high regard, such as Salvador Dali and Antoni Gaudi, whom he also knew personally, Colani considered nature to be the best artist of all. He repeated these words over and over: \u201cThe architect of nature has provided solutions for all problems and diseases. We just have to look for them and put them to use.\u201d This restless search for solutions led Colani to the 90\/10 formula and BioDesign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Before Luigi Colani passed away, we started writing the BioDesign Codex together, a guide for designers and manufacturers, in order to ensure all products are cruelty-free and recyclable. We decided that after his death, I would start a special ecological foundation that would bring together as many stakeholders as possible and utilise them as stewards of our planet. Two days before his death, Colani sent me a letter in which he broke down all the tasks I was supposed to do. This included the establishment of the foundation, the production of respective works by Colani, the sale of which would subsidise the addressing environmental problems, the organisation of exhibitions of Colani\u2019s designs to show that man can live in harmony with nature, the establishment of a museum, as well as the promotion of Colani\u2019s life legacy as an inspiration and beacon for others \u2013 says Guerini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nature has always been at the heart of Colani\u2019s creations, as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for his most important works. The great industrial designer, therefore, believed that he owed nature more than declarative support; his philosophy incorporates an ethical and sustainable lifestyle that puts focus on nature and environmental protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The non-profit BioDesign Foundation, based in the Swiss town of St. Gallen, was established with the aim of promoting research and the implementation of sustainable solutions for nature and environment protection. Firstly, the foundation is working on ecodesign ideas for cars, hydrofoils, eVTOL aircraft, and ships for collecting plastic waste and oil spills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Likewise, in recent years, we have also invested a lot of money in research in order to find solutions for recycling mixed plastic waste that can otherwise only be burned \u2013 says Guerini. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, the BioDesign Foundation regularly collects information on global environmental problems, proposes solutions, and takes specific actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 After we picked up on the fact that no one is really acquainted with the issues this world is facing, we invested a lot of time and resources in developing The Custodians Earth Solution Platform. This is a sort of encyclopaedia that lists the world\u2019s fundamental problems and rewrites them as challenges, solutions, and actions so as to go beyond simply raising awareness of environmental issues \u2013 Guerini tells us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cites the incidence of plastic waste caught in fishermen\u2018s nets as an example of detecting and solving problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 We found out that fishermen throw this waste back into the sea because, when they bring it to the shore, it turns into hazardous waste for whose disposal you have to pay about 700 euros per ton. We started buying that plastic waste from fishermen and paying for its disposal and recycling, and we also purchase damaged or worn-out plastic fishing nets that would otherwise also end up in the sea \u2013 says Guerini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guerini emphasises that it is not plastic to blame, but rather what people do with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u2013 First and foremost, mankind must understand that plastic is a wonderful material. If used correctly, it conserves tonnes of food and is excellent for recycling and reuse. However, when it gets into nature\u2019s system, plastic becomes a silent killer because rain and sunlight break it down into microplastics that poison the environment and seriously undermine biodiversity and human health \u2013 our interlocutor alerts us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guerin\u2019s foundation came to the conclusion that microplastics, which are invisible to the naked eye, can only be eliminated from the environment in the long term if we start with the waste we can see clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 For this purpose, we have gathered the largest working group in history, \u201cThe Custodians Plastic Race \u2013 We Clean The Planet\u201d. We have developed applications for Android and Apple that show locations containing waste. Each location comes with GPS coordinates, photos, and a description of the problem \u2013 Guerini points out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contaminated sites are marked with a red dot; when someone starts cleaning that location, the dot turns yellow, and once the area is cleaned up and the challenge is done, the dot turns green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 This way, we can promptly detect the problem and start solving it ASAP. All together. Without delay. This allows us to quickly and efficiently clean up entire regions, a method we have already proven to be effective \u2013 Guerini is straightforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow, Luigi Colani\u2019s ingenious design solutions inspired by nature did not end up as a footnote in historical studies on industrial design of the second half of the 20th century; they continue to live on through Roberto Guerini\u2019s foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the BioDesign Foundation, Colani\u2019s legacy seems to have a tangible impact on the real world, unlike the legacy of the vast majority of other popular artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the same lines, Colani\u2019s visionary approach often transcended conventional limits of design. His influence is evident not only in the aesthetics of modern products but also in the fundamental principles of sustainable and functional design. He was certainly one of the first designers to introduce the imperatives of environmental responsibility and conservation of natural resources into his creative equation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the world increasingly turns to sustainable and innovative solutions, the timeless wisdom of Colani\u2019s nature-inspired philosophy of design is more relevant than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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