Item #17168 Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design. Emilio Ambasz.
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design

Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems of Italian Design

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, 1972. Softcover. White wraps with glassine dj with printed titling and 5 dye-cut dust jacket inserts. 432 pp. 520 illustrations with 124 in color. VG vwery nicew copy, light age-toning to glassine wraps. Item #17168

In English. Summarized from the dj: "Issued in conjunction with a major exhibition. Over 150 objects of Italian design of the past 10 years have been selected for the show. The book contains essays by Emilio Ambasz, Curator of Design at The Museum of Modern Art and director of the exhibition, along with contributions by a number of outstanding Italian critics and art historians. Together, these comprise the first historical survey of contemporary Italian design." Catalogue from the exhibition held May 26 to Sept. 11, 1972. A fascinating look at Italian design, both visually and with articles on both historical and critical aspects. A stellar catalogue. NOTE: This is the scarce hardcover edition! Contents as follows: Introduction / Emilio Ambasz -- Objects. Objects selected for their formal and technical means ; Objects selected for their sociocultural implications ; Objects selected for their implications of more flexible patterns of use and arrangement -- Environments. Introduction ; Design program ; Design as postulation: Gae Aulenti ; Ettore Sottsass, Jr. ; Joe Colombo ; Alberto Rosselli ; Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper ; Mario Bellini -- Design as commentary: Gaetano Pesce -- Counterdesign as postulation: Ugo la Pietra ; Archizoom ; Superstudio ; Gruppo Strum ; Enzo Mari -- Winners of the competition for young designers: Gianantonio Mari ; Group 9999 -- Historical articles. Introduction ; Art Nouveau in Italy / Paolo Portoghesi ; The Futurist construction of the universe / Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco ; The beginning of modern research, 1930-1940 / Leonardo Benevolo ; Italian design 1945-1971 / Vittorio Gregotti -- Critical articles. Introduction ; Italian design in relation to social and economic planning / Ruggero Cominotti ; Housing policy and the goals of design in Italy / Italo Insolera ; Ideological development in the thought and imagery of Italian design / Giulio Carlo Argan ; The land of good design / Alessandro Mendini ; Radical architecture / Germano Celant ; Design and technological utopia / Manfredo Tafuri ; A design for new behaviors / Filiberto Menna -- Summary / Emilio Ambasz.

OCLC: 446779

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