François Burkhardt; Enzo Mari; Juli Capella; Francesca Picchi: Why write a book on Enzo Mari? Perché un libro su Enzo Mari? [Italian / English] Ferderico Motta Editore, Milan, February 1997. Out of print ISBN: 8871791487 9788871791487, 239 pp., various b/w illustrations, softcover, 30 × 24 × 2.5 cm. Interview, reflections, essays, index on design, architecture, art by Enzo Mari. + folding brochure with loose leaf for Alessi's acquisition of Mari's designs for Danese, with large slide + picture postcard with portrait and repro drawings / manuscript of Mari, invitation opening lecture Enzo Mari, Berlin, 1997 Enzo Mari (1932-2020) was an Italian designer who designed pure, clever-geometric, unadorned utensils for the Danese brand (= Italian for Danish!), often in plastic. Boxes, paperknives, dishes, carafes, trash cans, toys, a copyright-free handicraft chair, trays and an inverted vase. He started out as a Jan Schoonhoven-like minimalist artist. He died in October 2020 and his retrospective is held at the Milan Triennale until 18 April 2021.