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Crafting design in Italy: From post-war to postmodernism (Studies in Design MUP)
Rossi Catharine
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Description for Crafting design in Italy: From post-war to postmodernism (Studies in Design MUP)
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 304 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; ACX; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 758.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Design and Material Culture
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719089404
SKU
V9780719089404
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About Rossi Catharine
Catharine Rossi is Senior Lecturer in Design History at Kingston University London -- .
Reviews for Crafting design in Italy: From post-war to postmodernism (Studies in Design MUP)
Crafting Design in Italy brings this neglected chapter of design history into sharp focus, and Rossi writes with command and concision., Will Wiles, Apollo Magazine, 1 June 2015
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