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Fair in fair dust jacket. No markings. Pages moderately age-toned. Jacket faded with a browned spine. Front hinge starting but solid. Good reading/study copy. 430 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 9x8x1; Books is clean tight and unmarked translucent jacket has the customary toning typical of this title. All 5 loose paper cut outs are present. Jacket, top edge and endpapers show light fox spotting. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Centro Di, Florence
Published:
1972
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18046119546
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VG/G+ Contents clean and tight, with some tanning to page edges. Vellum DJ has light staining or age-toning. All included objects are present inside the dustjacket on front cover. White card wraps; folded vellum dj with printed titling and 5 color, loose, die-cut dust jacket inserts. 432 pp. 520 illustrations with 124 in color. In English. Summarized from the dj: "Issued in conjunction with a major exhibition. Over 150 objects of Italian design of the past 10 years have been selected for the show. The book contains essays by Emilio Ambasz, Curator of Design at The Museum of Modern Art and director of the exhibition, along with contributions by a number of outstanding Italian critics and art historians. Together, these comprise the first historical survey of contemporary Italian design." Catalogue from the exhibition held May 26 to Sept. 11, 1972. A fascinating look at Italian design, both visually and with articles on both historical and critical aspects. A stellar catalogue. NOTE: This is the scarce hardcover edition! Contents as follows: Introduction / Emilio Ambasz--Objects. Objects selected for their formal and technical means; Objects selected for their sociocultural implications; Objects selected for their implications of more flexible patterns of use and arrangement--Environments. Introduction; Design program; Design as postulation: Gae Aulenti; Ettore Sottsass, Jr.; Joe Colombo; Alberto Rosselli; Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper; Mario Bellini--Design as commentary: Gaetano Pesce--Counterdesign as postulation: Ugo la Pietra; Archizoom; Superstudio; Gruppo Strum; Enzo Mari--Winners of the competition for young designers: Gianantonio Mari; Group 9999--Historical articles. Introduction; Art Nouveau in Italy / Paolo Portoghesi; The Futurist construction of the universe / Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco; The beginning of modern research, 1930-1940 / Leonardo Benevolo; Italian design 1945-1971 / Vittorio Gregotti--Critical articles. Introduction; Italian design in relation to social and economic planning / Ruggero Cominotti; Housing policy and the goals of design in Italy / Italo Insolera; Ideological development in the thought and imagery of Italian design / Giulio Carlo Argan; The land of good design / Alessandro Mendini; Radical architecture / Germano Celant; Design and technological utopia / Manfredo Tafuri; A design for new behaviors / Filiberto Menna--Summary / Emilio Ambasz.