Tomaso Buzzi
Tomaso Buzzi (1900-1981) was exceptionally well versed in culture and literature, defining the 20th century as a garden architect, inventor, restorer, aside from curating the interior design in important historic buildings. He was a Professor of Furnishing Design for Milan's Politecnico, along with myth Gio Ponti. He was tightly linked to the Novecento Milanese group, including greats such as Muzio, Cabiati, and De Finetti, and had a longstanding, fruitful collaboration with Ponti himself. The relationship spanned architecture, urban planning, design, and writing articles for Ponti's “Domus”, a prestigious publication founded in 1928 by Ponti. Buzzi was a star of the period; as one of the founders of the Club degli Urbanisti, he participated in the renowned competition to redesign Milan's urban landscape with his Forma urbis Mediolani, and organised national and international exhibitions of Applied Arts within Milan's Triennale, the Enapi pavilions, Amsterdam's International Exhibition, the Mostra Nazionale dello Sport, to name a few. As one of the Labirinto founders, he was also the Creative Director for Venice's Venini, actively working with Paolo Venini, Pietro Chiesa, Giulio Rossi, and other key players in glass blowing. Buzzi use of Applied Arts proved the best base for his fertile creative imagination, as he designed furnishing, ceramics, lace, lamps, clocks, and any other accessory one can imagine. He was an untiring designer and art expert, accompanied by an acute sensitivity to the world around him. In 1956 he decided to take up residence in the Scarzuola convent, an enchanting place outside space and time that stripped him of his professional mask, transforming him into a raw, naked version of himself, unleashing his inner child and the pure genius within. His work was classified by one crowning point: an infinite reach that remains incomplete. He passed in 1981, leaving his work unfinished.
