Domodinamica
Designers

Denis Santachiara

Born in Campagnola (Reggio Emilia) on 4th May 1950. Since 1975 Santachiara has dealt with the linguistic potential of design through aesthetic processes inspired by new technology and its methods, creating animated and functional objects that have been displayed in private and public galleries and important exhibitions including: Venice Biennal (1980), Documents 8 Kassel (1986), National Museum of Modern Art - Tokyo (1985), MOMA - New York, Dusseldorf Museum, Vitra Museum - Baelles, Creativitalia Tokyo Makuhari. \n\nHe has been in charge of many exhibitions including “La Neomerce” at the Milan Triennal (1985) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. On behalf of ICE: “I segni dell’Habitat” at the Grand Palais in Paris (1987), Berlage Museum-Amsterdam, Haus der Kunst-Munich and Ecostyle for the ONU conference on the environment held in Istanbul.\n\n1990 - Founded Domodinamica, the first collection of animated household objects intended for manufacturing production. \n1997 - Responsible for the preparation of “New Persona” at the Florence Biennal. He has worked and still continues to work with Italian and foreign companies for the design and research of new products including: Italtel Telematica, SNIA Viscosa, Centro Stile FIAT, the “Montedison” Cultural Project, the French Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Artemide, Vitra, Yamagiwa, Panasonic, Swatch, Mandarina Duck, Rosenthal, WMF.