Futurissimo : L'utopie du design italien, 1930-2000

Format:: Book
Language:: French and English
Imprint:: ©2021 and Paris : BPI du Centre Pompidou, 2021
Subject:: Design - Italy - History - 20th century - Exhibitions
Contributor:: Brayer, Marie-Ange, editor, writer of supplementary textual content
Branzi, Andrea, writer of supplementary textual content
Dardi, Domitilla, writer of supplementary textual content
Zeitoun, Olivier, writer of supplementary textual content
Agius d'Yvoire, Élisabeth, translator
Sharpley, Gammon, translator
Hôtel des arts (Toulon, France), host institution, publisher
Centre Georges Pompidou, publisher
Villa de Noailles (Hyères, France), publisher
ISBN:: 9782844269126, 2844269125, 9782919290499, and 2919290495
Description:: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Notes:: "Published for the exhibition "Futurissimo. The utopia of Italian design. 1930-2000" held at the Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, as part of the 5th Design Parade Toulon festival organized by the villa Noailles from 25th June to 31st October 2021"-- Back cover
Bibliographic Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-221)
Contents:: Préfaces -- Design emotionnel = Emotional design / Andrea Branzi -- L'utopie critique du design italien = The critic utopia of Italian design / Marie-Ange Brayer -- Rationalisme = Rationalism -- Design organique = Organic design -- Design industriel = Industrial design -- Design radical = Radical design -- Pro oggetto : L'utilisation de l'objet anonyme dans la conception du design italien = The use of the anonymous object in Italian design / Domitilla Dardi -- Généalogie de l'assise = Genealogy of seating -- Luminaires = Lamps -- Les arts de la table = Tableware -- Bruno Munari -- 1981 : Memphis ou l'instant = The Memphis moment / Olivier Zeitoun -- Ettore Sottsass -- Des radicaux à Memphis = From the radicals to Memphis -- La ville post-moderne = The postmodern city -- Andrea Branzi
Summary:: "Between experimentation and radicalism, transcending the oppositions between industry and craftsmanship, Italian design opens the way to another approach to the object, beyond functionalism, renewing the relationship with the domestic environment. After the rationalist aesthetic (Pagano, Albini) of the 1930s and 1940s, Italian industrial design enjoyed international success in the 1950s (Sottsass, Borsani, Colombo, Castiglioni, etc.). From critical utopias carried by radical architecture (Archizoom, Superstudio, Pettena, Ugo La Pietra) to the "reappropriation" of objects (Enzo Mari, Riccardo Dalisi), Italian design opens up to "collective creation" over the seventies"-- Provided by publisher
Collection:: BGC Monograph Stacks
Call Number:: NK1452.A1 F88 2021
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