MODERN INTERIORS
Franco Magnani [Editor]
Franco Magnani (Editor): MODERN INTERIORS. NYC: Universe Books, 1969. First English language edition (originally published in Italian under the title "idee per la casa"). A good hardcover book in a near-fine (price-clipped) dust jacket: spine lightly sunned and very minor edgewear. One signature has come loose from the sewn and glued binding and is loose but present.
9 x 11.75 hardcover book with 162 pages and 191 color and b/w photographs, diagrams and plans. This book was printed in Italy and it really shows-- the color reproduction is truly stunning. The engraving and plates were dead-on perfect for this edition, and all the photographs are printed on qualtiy glossy paper. My highest recommendation.
This is one of the finest books on the Interior Design transition that occured as people migrated from 1950s organic austerity into the enlightened (and very colorful) 1960s. This volume would be an invaluable resource for anybody attemting to restore a contemporary residential environment. You have been warned.
This volume is also a valuable midcentury resource since it goes through the trouble of identifying both designers and manufacturers of furniture, fabrics, wall coverings, tiles, lamps and accessories. You know what I'm talking about.
- Summary
- The Living Room
- The Dining Room
- The Bedrooms
- New Designs
- The Kitchen and Bath
Designers, manufacturers, architects, and artists included in this volume: Giulio Cesari, Carlo Graffi, Knoll International, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Alberto Rosselli, Tobia Scarpa, Gavina, F. Micolitti And C. Pellegrini, Vico Magistretti, Cassina, Giulio Crespi, Tripoli, Claudio Dini, Arflex, Marcello Grisotti, Rafaella Crespi, Charles Eames, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Arteluce, Emilia Sal Giorgio Madini, Pino Pini, Ettore Zerbi, Canotex, Venini, Giuseppe Gibelli, Gian Case, Lorenzo Forges, Piero Ranzani, Achille Castiglione, Flos, L. Buttura, L. Massoni, Boffi, Artemide, Cinova, Arredamenti Pillinini, Marcel Breuer, Laura Griziotti And Pietro Salmoiraghi, Pietro Montini, Eero Saarinen, Tito Agnoti, Casati And Hybsch, Kartell, Marco Zanuso, G. Songia For Sormani, Dino Frigerio, Driade, G. Offredi, Halbo Solvsten, Marco Comolli, Nyform, Thonet, Mario Passanti, Paleari Arredamenti, Giuseppe Ajmone, Jaretti Sodano, Antonio Calderara, Chiavari, Enrico Peressutti, Lia Peli Vinci, Busnelli, Cini Boeri, Gelosa, George Coslin, Bazzani, Paul Kold Mobler, Saporiti, Joe Colombo, Richard Neagle, Carlo Vigano, Nava, Arc-Linea, Angelica Carlini, Laura Moroni, Scic, Ferretti, Carla Venosta, Roberto Mango, Fontana Arte and many more.