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Bitossi Sahara

Bitossi Sahara Aldo Londi Cer Paoli Glazed Ceramic Vases, Italy, 1960s
By Bruno Paoli, Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two Bitossi Aldo Londi for Cer Paoli Sahara range ceramic vases. Italy, 1960s. Ceramiche
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta

Bitossi Aldo Londi Midcentury Vintage Italian Large Ceramic Vase/Pitcher, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Valencia, VC
its earthy, textured aesthetic. Unlike the standard Bitossi Sahara collection, which utilizes beige
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Majolica, Stoneware

Aldo Londi for Bitossi (Italy) Vintage 1960s, 'Sahara' 13" Ceramic Bull
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in NEWTOWN, AU
In 1921 Guido Bitossi founded the "Maioliche artistiche Guido Bitossi" factory, proposing a type of
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Glazed ceramic lamp, design by Aldo LONDI for Bitossi, Sahara series
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Torino, IT
Lampada in ceramica smaltata, design di Aldo LONDI per Bitossi, serie Sahara. ORIGINE Italia
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Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps

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Enamel

Glazed Ceramic Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi and for Cer Paoli, Sahara series
By Bruno Paoli, Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Aldo Londi for Bitossi and Ceramiche Paoli, 1960s. This is a beautiful mid
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Aldo Londi - Bitossi for Raymor Glazed Stoneware Vase in Sahara Decor, Italy 60s
By Aldo Londi
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Aldo Londi designed this eye-catching stoneware vase. Its distinct decor is called Sahara and is
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Stoneware

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Aldo Londi Ceramic Ashtray for Bitossi Sahara Pattern, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Basel, CH
Aldo Londi ash-tray manufactured by Bitossi in the 1950s. The ash-tray has the same texture and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

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Ceramic

Aldo Londi Ceramic Ashtray for Bitossi Sahara Pattern, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Basel, CH
Aldo Londi ash-tray manufactured by Bitossi in the 1950s. The ash-tray has the same texture and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

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Ceramic

Large Sahara Glaze Bitossi Lamp with Impressed Ramini Decor and Wool Drum Shade
By Bitossi
Located in Ettalong Beach, NSW
Large Bitossi lamp in Sahara glaze with impressed Rimini decor and period and flamboyant, woollen
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

‘Sahara’ Colere Enameled Ceramic Ashtray by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Savona, IT
Ashtray produced in the 1960s by Bitossi based on a design by Aldo Londi. Colored and enameled
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

‘Sahara’ Colere Enameled Ceramic Pitcher by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Savona, IT
Pitcher produced in the 1950s by Bitossi based on a design by Aldo Londi. Colored and enameled
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Aldo Londi for Bitossi Sahara Range Set of Ceramic Vases, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Valencia, VC
Pair of Sahara range Bitossi by Aldo Londi ceramic vases. One of them is a jug designed by the
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Italian Midcentury green CER PAOLI Ceramic Vase by A. Londi
By Aldo Londi
Located in Vienna, AT
. The Cer Paoli variation of the Bitossi Sahara range adds the grass green colour, whereas the Bitossi
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Bitossi Raymor Large Rimini Sahara Decor Vase Italian Pottery Ceramic MCM
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Bitossi vase in Sahara glazes with impressed Rimini decoration, circa 1960s. Measures: 14
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Pottery

Bitossi for Raymor, Original Label, Large Rimini Sahara Vase Italian Pottery
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Bitossi vase in Sahara glazes with impressed Rimini decoration, circa 1960s. Original Raymor
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Rimini Sahara Bitossi Ceramic Pottery Vase for Raymor Mid Century Modern
By Bitossi
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Exquisite Rimini Sahara Bitossi Vase for Raymor. This mid-century modern masterpiece showcases a
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Pottery

Bitossi Londi Rimini Raymor MCM Sahara Decor Pottery Italian Ceramic Lamp
By Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Bitossi pottery lamp in Rimini Sahara decor, circa 1960s. Nice, large, rotund form with crisp
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Pottery

Aldo Londi Sahara Vase Bitossi, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Basel, CH
Aldo Londi Sahara vase manufactured by Bitossi in the 1960s in Italy. Handmade ceramic vase from
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Bitossi Italian Table Lamp by Aldo Londi
By Aldo Londi
Located in Asheville, NC
Sahara\" collection by Bitossi. A simply beautiful table lamp with a very nice glaze and embossing
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Italian Table Lamps

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Ceramic

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Bitossi By Aldo Londi Red Glaze Ceramic Rooster, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Valencia, VC
A Bitossi by Aldo Londi ceramic rooster, featuring a rare oxblood glazing. Handmade in Flavia Montelupo circa the 1960s. Absolutely gorgeous in the hand. In beautiful, pristine cond...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Natural Parota Brutalist Sculptural Collage Artwork, Mural from Upcycled Wood
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
These NATURAL PAROTA collage tiles are composed randomly from recycled wood remnants and when installed bathe any space with a warm feeling and texture which is meditative, sanded to...
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2010s Mexican Brutalist Contemporary Art

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Wood

'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Textile

Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
$1,250 / item
H 16 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
Bitossi Rimini Blu Bull Ceramic, 1960, Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Milano, IT
Bitossi Rimini Blu bull ceramic, 1960, Italy.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Other Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Bitossi Rimini Blu Bull Ceramic, 1960, Italy
Bitossi Rimini Blu Bull Ceramic, 1960, Italy
$1,430
H 7.09 in W 13.39 in D 6.3 in
Aldo Londi Rimini Petrol Blue Ceramic Horse by Bitossi Italy
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aldo Londi, Bitossi petroleum blue and green pottery horse. Beautiful color and glaze. Circa late 1960. Fully marked, numbered on the bottom.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Thailandia, Stripes, Orange, White, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Thailandia box, ceramic, orange, white, brown, stripes, signed. Hard to find small scale lidded box from Aldo Londi's Thailandia series with a top glazed in orange, mint gree...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Brass Bases
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo pair of table lamps with brass bases Beautiful and chic table lamps. Lovely brass bases and bamboo tops held by brass top. These are made to order in Italy. They can...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Brown, Ribbed
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter vase, ceramic, blue and brown, ribbed. Small scale vase from Bitossi's Pietra (Stone) Decor Series. The blue glazed body has deep relief ridges which are...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Brown, Ribbed
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Vase, Ceramic, Blue, Brown, Ribbed
$995 Sale Price
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H 5.82 in Dm 5.57 in
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Horse, Italy, circa 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous character ceramic figural horse statue - Bitossi Aldo Londi. This character statue has been made in the 1960s. Absolutely gorgeous item with mark on the body and still in ...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Zebra Hide Settee
Located in New York, NY
A unique combination of style and comfort, the Zebra Hide Settee showcases the exquisite black and white racing stripes of the majestic Zebra. Using four full hides, each settee is a...
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2010s South African Settees

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Hide

Zebra Hide Settee
Zebra Hide Settee
$10,505
H 39.5 in W 59 in D 29.5 in
Mid-Century Aldo Londi Bitossi Raymor Art Pottery Table Set Tall Jars & Ashtray
By Aldo Londi
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Incredible set by Aldo Londi for Raymor Italy 1950's. A large pair of lidded jars standing 16 inches tall x 5-1/2 wide. Large ashtray is 10-1/2 inches wide x 2 inch tall sides. Brigh...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jars

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Stoneware

Aldo Londi Rare Black Ceramic Bull for Bitossi, Italy, c.1960
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Aldo Londi Rare Black Ceramic Bull for Bitossi, Italy, c.1960.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Mawu Chair in Snow by Laura Gonzalez
By laura gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Original chair in golden oak, satin finish. Flared legs, backrest and seat upholstered in a textured cream fabric by Dedar.
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2010s French Modern Chairs

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Oak, Fabric, Bouclé

Mawu Chair in Snow by Laura Gonzalez
Mawu Chair in Snow by Laura Gonzalez
$4,302 / item
H 35.44 in W 18.12 in D 19.69 in
Paul Evans for Paul Evans Studio Early and Rare Loop Cabinet in Copper
By Paul Evans
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul Evans for Paul Evans Studio, ‘Loop’ wall-mounted cabinet, welded copper with applied verdigris patina, steel, brass, painted wood, United States, circa 1968 Made around 1968, t...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Brass, Copper, Steel

Aldo Londi for Bitossi (Italy) Vintage 1960s, 'Scavo' 15.5" XXL Ceramic Horse
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in NEWTOWN, AU
In 1921 Guido Bitossi founded the "Maioliche artistiche Guido Bitossi" factory, proposing a type of production linked to the tradition and classical styles of the past, combined with...
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Bitossi for sale on 1stDibs

Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of the famed Italian company Bitossi Ceramiche embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in Bitossi pottery that includes artisanal vintage vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.

Bitossi was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical cats, owls, horses and other animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”

But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. After hiring Sottsass to design ceramics for his New York imports company, Raymor, American entrepreneur Irving Richards connected the Milanese design polymath to Londi, who introduced Sottsass to ceramics in the 1950s.

During that decade, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis postmodern design collective in Milan, Sottsass used the Bitossi kilns to create timeless works that manifest both primitive forms and modern geometries. In later decades, Bitossi would welcome new generations of designers, which have included such names as Ginevra Bocini and Karim Rashid.

While always looking forward, Bitossi is firm in their belief that mastery of craft is the first step towards beautiful design. As you will see from the works offered on these pages, that is a winning philosophy.

Find a collection of vintage Bitossi decorative objects, lighting and serveware on 1stDibs.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.