PrimoPiano Modern Asian Art and Furniture

Large format softcover in brown paper printed dustwrapper. Facendo mobili con Archizoom, Asti, Aulenti, Ceroli, De Pas d'Urbino Lomazzi, Ernst, Fini, Mangiarotti, Marotta, Mendini, Michelucci, Nespolo, Portoghesi, Ruffi, Sottsass, Superstudio, Vignelli. Profusely illustrated with more than 500 images (photographs and drawings). Text in Italian. Poltronova, printed by Artigraf - Firenze in 1996 (texts by Pier Carlo Santini) Profusely illustrated with more than 500 images (photographs and drawings). Text in Italian, 21 x 30 cm, 180 pages. Santini was born in Lucca on 20 April 1924. After the interval of the war, he attended the Faculty of Letters of the University of Pisa graduating in 1951 under the guidance of Carlo Ludovico Raggianti, with a thesis on Giambologna, worthy of praise and the dignity of publication. From 1952 to 1957 he was editor of "SeleArte", a bimonthly training and information of the artistic disciplines, commissioned by Ragghianti and published by Adriano Olivetti. In 1957 he moved to Milan, to the editorial office of "Comunità" to assume the responsibility of the architecture section. In this period he conceived and produced the first monographs of living architects: Moretti, Figini...

An entrance hall set composed of two coat racks with a drawer and a bench with a storage unit, designed by Carlo de Carli for FIARM in 1960s. This set is made with curved plywood and...

The Putrella is a table centerpiece made from a semi-finished industrial product. Its archetypal form and expressive force is a prime example of Enzo Mari’s work. The piece is ma...

Decorative plate in ceramic realized by Giuseppe Rossicone in the 1960s. Numbered (27/120) and signed by the author. In his 50 years of activity Giuseppe Rossicone has involved n...

Set of seven couples of handles in ABS (black and dark red shade) and metal, designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni and produced by Olivari, in 1970s. The manufacturer's brand is visibl...