Author: Sparke, Penny:
Title: Italian Design. 1870 to the Present.
Description: 1988, (24 x 29,7 cm), 240 pp. English text, 298 ills. (149 in colour), clothbound/ dustwrappers Contents: 1870-1914 Towards a modern Italy; 1915-1939 'Proto-design': tradition and modernity; 1940-1955 'The form of the useful': reconstruction and design; 1956-1965 'The good life': designing the Italian miracle.; 1966-1975 Consumerism and counter-culture;. 1976-1985 The new design. The work of individual designers -Magistretti, Pinninfarina, Molino, Bellini, The Castiglioni brothers, Zanuso, Sottsass and many others - is examined in detail in this timely study, and at last given a proper appraisal. In furniture, lighting, electrical goods, ceramics and transportation, Italy's designers have had the most marked influence on worldwide aesthetics. This book is lavishly illustrated with 298 pictures of wich 149 in color. With notes, bibliography and index.

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