GRIGNANI: PROGETTI DI GRAFICA E COMUNCAZIONE VISIVA
Giuseppe Columbo [introduction]
Giuseppe Columbo [introduction]: GRIGNANI: PROGETTI DI GRAFICA E COMUNCAZIONE VISIVA. Milan: Associazone Italiana Progettazione per la Comunicazione Visiva [AIAP], 1995. First edition. Text in Italian. Octavo. Printed saddle-stitched wrappers. 32 pp. 90 illustrations. SIGNED letterhead and glossy print laid in. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Minor shelf wear. A nearly fine copy.
Includes a SIGNED sheet of Franco Grignani's letterhead with the following note and a black-and-white print [5.75" x 4"] on glossy stock [dated 1933]: Milan 18/2/1990 / My drawing of 1933 (futurist period) / The dynamic image is always a great greeting.
8.25 x 11.75 staple-bound book with 32 pages with 90 illustrations, most in color, a SIGNED piece of Grignani's letterhead, and a black-and-white print. Book published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name curated by Giuseppe Columbo and Mario Piazza: Galleria AIAP, Milan [June 6 - 17, 1995].
- Questa Mostra by Giuseppe Columbo
- Questo Catalogo by Mario Piazza
- La Comunicazione e l'Avventura della Grafica by Franco Grignani
- Il Mestiere del Grafico by Franco Grignani
- La Curva nell'Esperanza, nel Pensiero e nella Comunicazione: Conversazione di Franco Grignani e Fabio Mataloni
- Il Campo della Grafica, Spazio di Manovra: Conversazione di Franco Grignani e Fabio Mataloni
- Durata e Consumo di un Segno: Conversazione di Franco Grignani e Fabio Mataloni
- Licenza Visiva Nei Nuovi Caratteri Tipografici: Conversazione di Franco Grignani e Fabio Mataloni
- La Geometria Come Fondamento della Grafica Moderna: Conversazione di Franco Grignani e Fabio Mataloni
- Struttura e Decorazione: Una Scelta Della Grafica by Franco Grignani
- Idea/Tokyo. European Trademark and Logotypes by Franco Grignani
- Disegnare un Marchio by Franco Grignani
- Type by Franco Grignani
- Heinz Edelman by Franco Grignani
- Franco Grignani: Note Biografiche
Franco Grignani [1908 - 1999] was an Italian designer, painter and architect who first came into public view through his participation in the second wave of Futurism. His early immersion into optical hijinks served him well over the next 70 years.
He became a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale [AGI] in 1952: “Grignani studied architecture but became more interested in graphic design. He devoted himself to experiments in optical and visual design, painting and photographs. The Milan printers Alfieri & Lacroix allowed him a free hand with his typographic experiments. In later years he devised outstanding and novel photo compositions, based on optical systems he invented. He influenced many of his contemporaries.
“He worked as art director for Bellezza d'Italia, the house organ of Dompé pharmaceuticals, and Publicità in Italia. He was also an exhibition designer. He had more than forty-nine solo exhibitions from 1958 in Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, the US and Venezuela. He was the winner of the Palma d'Oro della Publicità (1959) and the gold medal at the Milan Triennale. Grignani also won an award at the Warsaw Poster Biennale (1966) and the Venice Biennale (1972). Many museums in Italy, as well as Hamburg and Caracas, have acquired his work.” [Musatti & Melchiorre, FRANCO GRIGNANI, Galleria San Fedele and Ulrico Hoepli, Milan, 1969]