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Made in Italy : rethinking a century of Italian design /

"Goods made or designed in Italy enjoy a disproportionately high profile, even though, in terms of global manufacturing, Italy's output is relatively modest. Italy's glorious design heritage and reputation for innovation mean that goods 'Made in Italy', and/or designed in It...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lees-Maffei, Grace (Autor, Editor ), Fallan, Kjetil (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Made in Italy; C O N T E N T S; List of Illustrations; Introduction: The History of Italian Design; 1. A Historiography of Italian Design; PART 1: ACTORS; 2. Ettore Sottsass and Critical Design in Italy, 1965-1985; 3. Domes to Domus (or How Roberto Mango Brought the Geodesic Dome to the Home of Italian Design); 4. Tomás Maldonado and the Impact of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm in Italy; PART 2: CRAFTS; 5. Craft, Industry and Art: ISIA (1922-1943) and the Roots of Italian Design Education; 6. Manufactured Identities: Ceramics and the Making of (Made in) Italy.
  • 7. Crafting a Design Counterculture: The Pastoral and the Primitive in Italian Radical Design, 1972-1976PART 3: SPACES; 8. Private Exhibitions: Galleries, Art and Interior Design, 1920-1960; 9. Exhibiting Exhibitions: Designing and Displaying Fascism; 10. This Way to the Exit: The Re-writing of the City through Graphic Design, 1964-1989; PART 4: INDUSTRIES; 11. Designing a New Society: A Social History of Italian Car Design; 12. Espresso by Design: The Creation of the Italian Coffee Machine; 13. Italian Fashion: The Metamorphosis of a Cultural Industry; PART 5: MEDIATIONS.
  • 14. Annus Mirabilis: 1954, Alberto Rosselli and the Institutionalisation of Design Mediation15. A Vehicle for 'Good Italians': User Design and the Vespa Clubs in Italy; 16. 'Made' in England? Th e Mediation of Alessi S.p.A.; Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index.