Ottagono 70, 1983

Content includes:
Giovanni Anceschi – Basic design, foundation of design
Salvatore Gregorietti – Typological atlas of writing
Giovanni Baule, Wando Pagliardini – The sign and the product
Italo Lupi – Graffiti of editorial graphics
Daniele Baroni – Archigraphy
Alessandro Ubertazzi – Is the message clear?
Pier Carlo Santini – Beyond the mark
Rosamaria Rinaldi – Gio Ponti: an example, an exception
Alessandro Mendini – Mendini’s opinion
Luigi Bearzotti – Graphics and controls
Luigi Bearzotti – One means: the camera
John Klaus Koenig – Suspense for the latest Stirling
Marcello Perugi – Windows to the sea
Anna Clerici, Maddalena De Molinari – Transparencies of light and color
Gianfranco Facchetti / G14 Design 96 – In Brescia in a historic building
Eugenio Gerli, coll. Gerli and Remigi – Banca Popolare in Puglia
Marcello Armani – In Trento between glass and greenery
Fredi Drugman / Int. Enrico Jacomella – Valchiavenna Library
Dante Benini – A space-environment
Piero Polato – A laboratory-space
Franco Poli – Grapso
Tecno Project Center – Series 44
Tobia Scarpa – Celestia
Luigi Massoni, Giorgio Cazzaniga – In Milan

Direction: Sergio Mazza
Editing: Giuliana Gramigna
Graphics: Salvatore Gregorietti (Unimark)

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Salvatore Gregorietti (Unimark)
Unimark International was founded by Massimo Vignelli and Ralph Eckerstrom in 1965. It was a pioneering design firm known for its modernist approach and emphasis on corporate identity. The firm design identities for American Airlines and the New York City Subway signage system, before dissolving in the late 1970s. Explore related designers including Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda. See also Rise of Corporate Identity and 1960s graphic design history.
Ottagono
Ottagono was an Italian design magazine mainly focused on interiors, architecture and product design, with some content also related to graphic design.

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Ottagono 70, 1983. Designed by Salvatore Gregorietti (Unimark)
Ottagono 70, 1983. Designed by Salvatore Gregorietti (Unimark)
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