1970 Artemide catalog, showcasing progressive lighting, furniture, and accessory designs in plastic, glass, and metal by a roster of design luminaries, almost all Italian, many of them trained architects. Founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, the company produced such icons of Italian Rational design as the Tizio and Boalum lamps, the Toga and Stadio chairs, and the Tantalo clock; their products garnered numerous design awards and earned placement in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including MoMA and the Met in NYC, the Musee des arts Decoratifs de Montreal, and the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome. The designers and design studios represented in the present catalog include Sergio Mazza, Livio Castiglioni and Gianfranco Frattini, Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Vico Magistretti, Dario Tagnon, Giuliana Gramigna, Studio Tetrarch (Silvio and Adelaide Bonatti, Enrico De Munari, Carla Federspiel), Angelo Mangiarotti, Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti Ciia Nuova, Gae Aulenti, Leonardo Ferrari and Franco Tartaglino, Ludovico Barbiano di Beliojoso, Enrico Peresutti and Ernesto N. Rigers, Anna Fasolis and Enzo Mari, Eleonora Peduzzi Riva, Sergio Mazza, Franco Miculitti, Piero Bromine, Mario Marenco, Sergio Asti and Sergio Favre, and Stacy Dukes. 8vo (6” x 8.5”), glossy stiff printed wrappers, 156 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Graphic design by Emilio Fioravanti. Each entry is accompanied by an image along with curatorial information including product name, designer, materials, and measurements. Text in five languages. Binding shaken; hinges somewhat weakened. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with creasing to rear flap. Contents near fine.
1970 Artemide catalog, showcasing progressive lighting, furniture, and accessory designs in plastic, glass, and metal by a roster of design luminaries, almost all Italian, many of them trained architects. Founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, the company produced such icons of Italian Rational design as the Tizio and Boalum lamps, the Toga and Stadio chairs, and the Tantalo clock; their products garnered numerous design awards and earned placement in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including MoMA and the Met in NYC, the Musee des arts Decoratifs de Montreal, and the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome. The designers and design studios represented in the present catalog include Sergio Mazza, Livio Castiglioni and Gianfranco Frattini, Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, Vico Magistretti, Dario Tagnon, Giuliana Gramigna, Studio Tetrarch (Silvio and Adelaide Bonatti, Enrico De Munari, Carla Federspiel), Angelo Mangiarotti, Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti Ciia Nuova, Gae Aulenti, Leonardo Ferrari and Franco Tartaglino, Ludovico Barbiano di Beliojoso, Enrico Peresutti and Ernesto N. Rigers, Anna Fasolis and Enzo Mari, Eleonora Peduzzi Riva, Sergio Mazza, Franco Miculitti, Piero Bromine, Mario Marenco, Sergio Asti and Sergio Favre, and Stacy Dukes. 8vo (6” x 8.5”), glossy stiff printed wrappers, 156 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Graphic design by Emilio Fioravanti. Each entry is accompanied by an image along with curatorial information including product name, designer, materials, and measurements. Text in five languages. Binding shaken; hinges somewhat weakened. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with creasing to rear flap. Contents near fine.
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