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Rossi, Catharine

 
9780719089404: Crafting Design in Italy: From Post-War to Postmodernism
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ISBN 10 : 0719089409 ISBN 13 : 9780719089404
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Crafting design in Italy is the first book to examine the role that craft played in post-war Italian design, one of the most celebrated design episodes in the twentieth century. Craft was vital to the development of Italian design, and it has been so far overlooked.

This book examines the multiple ways craft shaped Italian design from 1945 to the 1980s in the context of bigger socio-economic, cultural and political change; from post-war reconstruction to the economic 'miracle' of the 1960s, to the rise of the countercultural Radical Design movement and advent of postmodernism. It consists of case studies on design areas including product, furniture, fashion, glass and ceramics to bring to light previously unknown makers and objects as well as re-examine design 'icons' such as Gio Ponti's Superleggera chair and Ettore Sottsass's Memphisware. It also offers a model for analysing design and craft's relationship in other contexts, including today.

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À propos de l'auteur

Catharine Rossi is Senior Lecturer in Design History at Kingston University London

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0719089409
ISBN 13 
9780719089404
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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