Carlo, papa and patriarch of the Bugatti design family, got around to design by accident. Trained from his youth in the fine arts -- as a sculptor and painter at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, as well as at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris -- he embarked on his furniture-designing ca

Art nouveau furniture, Collage, Decorative, Eclectic, Excessive, Saturated

Peter Blake creates collages that are undoubtedly odd but never jarring or disruptive. His taste for cut-and-paste techniques does not, like most dada art, culminate in black humor; Blake is nothing if not light. He opposes nothing and negates nothing but instead basks in the icons of popular culture

Collage, Eclectic, Funny, Joyful, Pop art, Quirky

By rights, Todd Oldham should have been a fashion failure. He is exceptionally polite and sunny in an industry that punishes good manners and good cheer. He is openly critical of the fashion machine. Worst of all, he finds fashion funny, and fashion is an entity not known for its sense of humor. None

Bright, Collage, Couture, Decorative, Funny, Playful, Vibrant color

Although he thought of himself as a painter, Moholy-Nagy is primarily remembered for his work as a photographer, in particular for his collaborations with Walter Gropius and other members of the Bauhaus. He wrote the definitive text on Bauhaus photography, "Painting, Photography, Motion Pictures" (19

Bauhaus design, Bauhaus photography, Collage, Geometric, Surreal