Content includes:
Introduzione by Pasquale Plaisant and Sergio Polano
Una macchina visual: L’allestimento d’arte e i suoi archetipi moderni by Germano Celant includes work by Giacomo Balla, Ivan Puni, El Lissitzky, Marcel Duchamp, Frederick Kiesler and Walter Gropius.
Una logica della rappresentazione: Gli elementi della struttura espositiva by Nicola Marras includes work by Achille Castiglioni with Paolo Ferrari and Max Huber
Per mettersi in mostra: La Biennale di Venezia e i suoi allestitori by Giandomenico Romanelli includes work by Carlo Scarpa, Franco Albini and Livio Castiglioni and Davide Boriani among others
La technologia del cartone: Invenzione futurista di ambienti spettacolo by Pierpaolo Vetta includes many works by Fortunato Depero among a few others
La Triennale di Milano 1923-1947: Allestimento, astrazione, conteestualizzazione by Giacomo Polin includes work by Carlo Carra, Fortunato Depero, Gigi Chessa, Giuseppe Terragni, Joseph Hoffmann, L. Figini and G. Pollini, Giovanni Muzio and Mario Sironi, Luigi Piccinato, F. Albini, G. Pagano, R. Camus, G. Palanti, T. Mazzoleni and G. Minoletti, Ettore Prampolini, Max Bill, F. Albini and G. Romano, BBPR and Renzo Camus among others
L’autorappresentazione del fascismo: La mostra del decennale della marcia su Roma by Giorgo Ciucci includes work by Mario De Renzi e Adalberto Libera, Ettore Prampolini, Marcello Nizzoli, Giuseppe Terragni and Mario Sironi among others
La Quadriennale di Roma: Fra tradizione e innovazione by Silvio Pasquarelli
L’assenza dell’oggetto: Allestimento alla Triennale 1947-1968 by Gaddo Morpungo
Lo spettacolo da visitare: Allestimento e comunicazione visiva by Gaddo Morpungo
L’allestimento e l’industria: L’effimero e il suo contrario by Pierparide Vidari includes work by Marcello Nizzoli, Herbert Bayer, Malcolm Allum, Albert Leclerc, Erberto Carboni, Achille et Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Gio Ponti and Constantino Corsini among others
Allusione e illusione: Note sulla progettazione di alcune mostre contemporanee includes work by Achille Castiglioni, Constantino Dardi, Aldo Rossi, Daniela Ferretti, Maurizio Di Puolo, M. Albini, F. Helg, Roberto Einaudi, Paolo Piva, Marco Dezzi Bardeschi, Guido Canali, Gregotti Assoc., Bruno Monguzzi and Roberto Menghi among others
Book Reviews & Press Releases, Corporate Identity & Branding
I have always loved the design work created for Olivetti. The colourful midcentury designs by Italian designer Giovanni Pintori, the minimal typographic poster by Swiss designer Walter Ballmer and my personal favourite the 1959 poster for Olivetti designed by Herbert Bayer. I recently found out Triest Verlag released a new book, Visual identity and branding at Olivetti which contains further work by Xanti Schawinsky, Renato Zveteremich, Ettore Sottsass, Hans von Klier, Egidio Bonfante and Walter Ballmer.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Dick Elffers, had been the chosen designer for the printed matter of the Holland Festival for much of the festival's years, he used a painterly style for his work with the festival between 1954 and 1965 and later a more abstract style between 1969 and 1972. As well as publicity design, Elffers was commissioned to design the summer stamps to promote the Holland Festival in 1972.
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Design Archive Feature, Ephemera
Graphic design continues to be documented and an increase in individualised documentation and curated social media accounts are furthering our knowledge of design from a worldwide historic standpoint. I would not feel complete without the collected design that spans the shelves of my archive. It’s my identity, my passion and my hobby.
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