Made in Italy : rethinking a century of Italian design /: rethinking a century of Italian design. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Made in Italy (2014)
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Grace Lees-Maffei and Kjetil Fallan.
• Authors: Lees-Maffei, Grace; Fallan, Kjetil
• Editors: Lees-Maffei, Grace; Fallan, Kjetil
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 325 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 745.20945/09051; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Design -- Social aspects -- Italy; Design -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Design -- Italy -- History -- 21st century; Design -- Italy -- History -- 21st century; Design -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Design -- Social aspects -- Italy; DESIGN -- History & Criticism; DESIGN -- Decorative Arts; DESIGN -- Reference; ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General; ART -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); ART -- History -- Contemporary (1945- ); HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy; ART -- Folk & Outsider Art; CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts; Design; Design -- Social aspects; Industrial / commercial art & design; Design -- History & Criticism; Design -- Decorative Arts; Design -- Reference; Architecture -- History -- General; Art -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); Art -- History -- Contemporary (1945-); History -- Europe -- Italy; Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Italy; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472558428; 1472558421; 9780857853905; 0857853902; 9781306721783; 1306721784
• Related ISBNs: 9780857853899; 0857853899; 9780857853899; 0857853899; 9780857853882; 0857853880
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.