Design as art / Bruno Munari ; translated by Patrick Creagh
By: Munari, Bruno [author]
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Contributor(s): Creagh, Patrick [translator].
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BookSeries: Penguin modern classics: Publisher: United Kingdom : Penguin Modern Classics, 2008Edition: [1st edition].Description: 223 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.ISBN: 9780141035819.Uniform titles: Arte come mestiere. English Subject(s): Design -- Philosophy | Art and design | Decoration and ornament | Industrial designDDC classification: 745.4 Summary: Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs - these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze
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Originally published (in Italian) by Editori Laterza, 1966
Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs - these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze
Translated from the Italian
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