Second edition of this monumental and indispensable record of the three decades that established Italy at the center of international modern design. Published in Milan in 2001 by Mondadori Editore following its initial publication in 1985. Thick 4to (10.5” x 12”), pictorial boards, 586 pages, profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Text in Italian. Giuliana Gramigna’s Repertorio documents, chronologically then by form-type, the extraordinary development of Italian furniture and lighting between 1950 and 1980, reproducing more than 2,000 objects and identifying their designers, manufacturers, materials, and dates. Canvassing the Italian postwar design scene from Rationalism through Radical Design and Post-Modernism, the book features a comprehensive roster of designers and manufacturers: Franco Albini, Gae Aulenti, Osvaldo Borsani, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Ignazio Gardella, Vico Magistretti, Enzo Mari, Bruno Munari, Gaetano Pesce, Gio Ponti, Gino Sarfatti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Superstudio, Marco Zanuso among the designers; Artemide, Arflex, B&B Italia, Cassina, Danese, Flos, Fontana Arte, Gavina, Kartell, Oluce, Poltronova, Tecno and Zanotta among the manufacturers. Indexed for both designers and manufacturers at the end.
Arguably the single most useful general reference for researching and documenting Italian furniture and lighting of the period. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with lower right bumping affecting the beginning of the text block. Contents near fine.
Second edition of this monumental and indispensable record of the three decades that established Italy at the center of international modern design. Published in Milan in 2001 by Mondadori Editore following its initial publication in 1985. Thick 4to (10.5” x 12”), pictorial boards, 586 pages, profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Text in Italian. Giuliana Gramigna’s Repertorio documents, chronologically then by form-type, the extraordinary development of Italian furniture and lighting between 1950 and 1980, reproducing more than 2,000 objects and identifying their designers, manufacturers, materials, and dates. Canvassing the Italian postwar design scene from Rationalism through Radical Design and Post-Modernism, the book features a comprehensive roster of designers and manufacturers: Franco Albini, Gae Aulenti, Osvaldo Borsani, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Ignazio Gardella, Vico Magistretti, Enzo Mari, Bruno Munari, Gaetano Pesce, Gio Ponti, Gino Sarfatti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Superstudio, Marco Zanuso among the designers; Artemide, Arflex, B&B Italia, Cassina, Danese, Flos, Fontana Arte, Gavina, Kartell, Oluce, Poltronova, Tecno and Zanotta among the manufacturers. Indexed for both designers and manufacturers at the end.
Arguably the single most useful general reference for researching and documenting Italian furniture and lighting of the period. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with lower right bumping affecting the beginning of the text block. Contents near fine.
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