DESIGN FURNITURE FROM ITALY
CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE ITALIAN FURNITURE 1950-1980
Gillo Dorfles, Ignazio Gardella and Bruno Munari
Gillo Dorfles, Ignazio Gardella and Bruno Munari [advisory and editorial committee]: DESIGN FURNITURE FROM ITALY [CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE ITALIAN FURNITURE 1950-1980]. Rome: Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio Estero, 1981. Re-edition of the original exhibit catalog. Text in English, German, French and Italian. Quarto. Printed wrappers. 312 pp. Illustrated essays of 230 furniture designs. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Wrappers shelfworn with a rubbed and creased spine, but a very good copy of this exceptional catalog.
8.75 x 9.25 soft cover book with 312 pages and approx. 300 black and white illustrations of 230 furniture designs. Re-edition of the exhibit catalog published in conjunction with "Culture and Technology of the Italian Furniture 1950-1980": Koln Stadt Museum [Nov 29, 1980-Jan 25, 1981]. From the foreword: "Such event offered the visitors coming from all continents an amazing opportunity to view a premiere showcase of a cultural and economical phenomenon that aroused world-wide interest and curiosity. It was, therefore, a must for us making -available to the American public in general and to the furniture businessman in particular the reprinted catalog that -- except for a little adjustment -- strictly reflects the original edition."
- The Situation of Industrial Design in Italy by Gillo Dorfles
- Doubts Arising Between Form and Content in Design by Ignazio Gardella
- The Design Process by Bruno Munari
- The Role of the Institutions: Triennale, ADI, the Compasso d'Oro and Smau Awards by Rodolfo Bonetto
- Design/Item/Image by Angelo Cortesi, Gianfranco Frattini and Giotto Stoppino
- The Plan by Giotto Stoppino
- The Product by Gianfranco Frattini
- The Media by Angelo Cortesi
- Note on Italian furniture magazines by Alessandro Mendini
Manufacturers include Flos, Poggi, Vittorio Bonacina, Arteluce, Arflex, Azucena, Thema, Cassina, Tecno, Boffi, R. M. Napoli, Bernini, Sim, Gavina, Olivetti, Poltronova, Comfort, Kartell, Zanotta, Danese, Artemide, B&B Italia, Pozzi, A. Bazzani, Sormani, O Luce Italia, Gabbianelli, Stilnovo, Martinelli Luce, Tisettanta, Cinova, Flexform, Molteni, Stilwood, Anonima Castelli, Giovannetti, Busnelli, Valenti, Bieffeplast, Skipper, Acerbis International, Elco Bellato, Rossi di Albizzate, Former, Velca, Gufram, BBB Bonacina, Crassevig, Tonelli, Driade, Uniforemme 3, Citterio, Robots, Ghianda, Snaidero, Marcatre, Oscam, Facomet, Longato, Montina, Heron Parigi, Maxalto, Sirrah, Joint, Brunata, Velca, Sacea, Sirrah, Bianchi Bilumen, Ibis, Acerbis International, Merloni Ariston, Mobileffe, Officina Meccaniche Vallio, Trau and Fantoni among others.
Designers include Vittoriano Vigano, Roberto Menghi, Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Franco Albini, Marco Zanuso, Ignazio Gardella, Gastone Rinaldi, Carlo De Carli, B.B.P.R., Roberto Mango, Osvaldo Borsani, Gino Sarfatti, Sergio Asti, Sergio Favre, Alberto Rosselli, Gio Ponti, Gianfranco Frattini, Tobia Scarpa, Gregotti/Meneghetti/Stoppino, Luigi Comi, Vico Magistretti, Eugenio Gerli, Gae Aulenti, Carlo Bartoli, Casare Casati, Enzo Hybsch, Joe Colombo, Givanni Michelucci, Richard Sapper, Bruno Munari, Gau Citta Nuova, Luigi Massoni, Mario Bellini, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, D'Aniello / Jacober, Richard Neagle, Anna Castelli, Ferrieri, Claudio Salocchi, De Pas/D'Urbino / Lomazzi, Marcello Cuneo, Danilo and Carrado Aroldi, Angelo Mangiarotti, Marcello Minale, Giotto Stoppino, Enzo Mari, Elio Martinelli, Giancarlo Piretti, Annig Sarian, Sergio Asti, Tito Agnoli, Rodolfo Bonetto, Pierluigi Molinari, Alessandro Becchi, G-14 Milano, Isao Hosoe, Gaetano Pesce, Mario Marenco, Angelo Mangiarotti, Nanda Vigo, Luca meda, Gigi Sabadin, Centro Progetti Tecno, Carlo Santi, Cini Boeri, Laura Griziotti, Franco Annoni, Superstudio, Paolo Rizzatto, Drocco/Mello, Etore Sottsass, De Pas/D'Urbino/Lomazzi, Archizoom, Paolo Deganello, Giovanni Offredi, Hans von Klier, Marcello Cuneo and more.