Dean Angelucci, owner of Angelucci 20th Century, shares his design favourites with Habitusliving.

Your name: Dean Angelucci

What you do: Owner of Angelucci 20^th Century, retailing an eclectic mix of product, focusing on vintage 20^th Century design imported from Europe. Also included are contemporary bespoke lounge ranges, outdoor furniture and homewares.

Your latest project: development of a new low table for our range

Who are three people that inspire/excite you: 

     1)  My Wife, designer Lisa Gorman

     2)  Angelo Mangiarotti, particularly for his Eros marble table series

     3)  Architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha

What is your favourite…

Car/bike/plane/boat model: Almost all car designs by the Milan-based design house Zagato

Chair model: The Sheriff chair by Sergio Rodriguez

Residential space: Our own home by Nest Architects

Commercial space: The Parco dei Principi Hotel in Sorrento (Italy) by Gio Ponti

Decorative product: ceramics by Dame Lucie Rie

Functional product: KAI Santoku Chefs knife

Handmade good: A classic shirt by Christian Dior

Mass-produced good: The Bialetti percolator

Meal: Tinned Orazzuro Sardines on buttered sourdough toast with lemon juice and parseley. (Hangover-specific)

Restaurant: Impossible to have just one, living in Melbourne !

Drink: Victorian Pinot Noir

Bar: Enoteca in Gertrude st Fitzroy

Item in your studio: a Red pen

Piece of technology: Smart phone

Historical figure: Victorian convict/escapee William Buckley

Fictional character: Ferris Bueller

Vice: red wine

Virtue: My glass is always half full

What does the term ‘Design Hunter™’ mean to you? Pursuing the notion that ones’ reality is enhanced by the functional, beautiful, and sublime.