IDEA Extra Issue – Designers in Italy, 1981

Italian design / Miki Toshihiro
Profiles on Carlo Cattaneo, Italo Lupi, Occhiomagico, Paola Navone, Giancarlo Iliprandi, Ferenc Pinter, Gabriella Verna, Franco Grignani, Augusta Mariani, Francesco Joanna (Francesco Gioana), Antonio Barrese, Enzo Mari, Armando Testa, Silvio Coppola, Peppe Di Giuli, Alfredo de Santis, Marco Silombria, Marco Caroli, Cini Boeri, Mauro Olgiati, Mimmo Castellano, Fiorucci SDA, Rinaldo Cutini, Michele Spera, Franco Storchi
About my method of design thinking / Pepe Didgiri
Silvio Coppola’s methodology for design projects / Studio Coppola

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Idea is a Japanese design magazine that has been published since 1953, covering typography, visual identity, and contemporary graphics.

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IDEA Extra Issue – Designers in Italy, 1981
IDEA Extra Issue – Designers in Italy, 1981
IDEA special issues focused on Italian designers in the 1970s and early 1980s. Such as Profiles on Carlo Cattaneo, Italo Lupi, Franco Grignani, Enzo Mari, Armando Testa, Silvio Coppola, Marco Caroli and Michele Spera.
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