Italian Design (MoMA Design)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870707388 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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thais said Great images!. The introductory texts are very good, there's a good timeline at the end and the product's pictures are very nice. Recommend for anyone that loves product design and/or Italy.. Great book to relax while seeing good pictures Edi Luiz Liberato Elias The historical review is not very good (it's just good). But it has a lot of great pictures.
Giampiero Bosoni is an architect, curator and Associate Professor of Interior Architecture in the Faculty of Design at the Polytechnic University of Milan. This volume explores Italian design of the last half-century, featuring the classic lines of the Vespa, Bruno Munari's deconstruction of the common fork, the nostalgic appeal of Italo Marchioni's ice cream cone and the sleek Minimalism of Alberto Meda's 1987 "Light Light Chair," among many other masterpieces. Engaging Italian industry and culture in a single-minded and spontaneous project of national image building, Italy's designers have produced a complete variety of forms--fashion, graphic arts and product and set design--with a unique international resonance. Paola Antonelli's lively introduction provides an overview of Italy's design culture; an essay by Giampiero Bosoni illuminates the design objects that are superbly reproduced in th