Mollino: Casa Del Sole

Second edition of this compendium of radical and post-modern design produced by the Tuscan-based firm Poltronova from its early collaborations with Ettore Sottsass, who became Art Director in 1958, through the heyday of 1960’s anti-design and to the mid-1970s. Features work by both Old Guard masters and emerging leaders of the Radical Movement including (in addition to Sottsass) Archizoom, Superstudio, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Allesandro Mendini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Gianni Ruffi, Giovanni Michelucchi, Gianfranco Fini, Mario Ceroli, Ugo Nespolo, Roberto Barni, Paolo Portoghesi, Gino Marotta, and the group De Pas, D’Urbino, and Lomazzi. Written by Pier Carlo Santini and published by Artigraf Edizioni in 1996, following its initial run in 1977. 4to, 181 pages with text in Italian; stiff printed wraps with printed brown paper dust jacket. Fully illustrated, primarily in black-and-white. Includes artist biographies. A scarce and significant resource chronicling the contribution of this avant-garde design firm. A crisp, collectible copy with only minor bumping to the dust jacket and extremities. From the estate of design guru Jim Walrod...

Well-edited and lavishly illustrated survey of mid-century Italian ceramics, written by Hugo Blattler and published in Rome in 1958 by Aristide Palombi as part of the Arti Pratiche series, intended to contribute to an examination in depth of the material, as well as to the documentation and to the spreading of knowledge of each separate subject. Features vessels, lighting, fireplaces, and artworks by renowned artists such as Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Meli, Fauson Melotti, Gio Ponti, Antonia Campi, Marcello Fantoni, Franco Meneguzzo, Pietro Melandri, and Guido Gambone, along with a host of lesser-known figures. Stellar abstract designs throughout. Square 8vo (8.5” x 9”), 206 pages, hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w. Slight lean to spine. Mild soiling to extremities, with chipping to corners. Professional repair to front hinge, as well as between pp. 194-5 and 204-5. Light chipping to first two leaves. The complete front cover remains of the dust jacket, which is still crisp and vibrant, with only minor chipping to top edge. Missing spine and back of dust jacket. A must-have for collectors and connoisseurs of Italian design and mid century ceramics.

First edition of this comprehensive monograph on acclaimed Italian architect and designer Osvaldo Borsani (1911-1985), tracing his career and oeuvre from early works in an Italian Ar...

Single volume survey of high-end Italian mid-century furniture design. Published in 1992 by Editori Laterza with introductory and biographical text in Italian by Irene de Guttry and ...

The book has deteriorated over time, it does not have its original cover but it is complete, no page is missing, it is 175 pages and is from the fourth edition. For more photo or vid...

From 1954 until 1985, Mobilia served as an influential Danish publication dedicated to modern design. Its pages showcased the innovations of Scandinavian furniture makers, architects...

Curator: Antonella Commellato; Marta Melotti Pages: 476, Color illustrations: 1015 The catalog raisonné of the ceramics of Fausto Melotti, the absolute protagonist of Italian art, w...

Villa By John Saladino hardcover large coffee table book. The story of Saladino’s restoration of a stone house, originally designed by Wallace Frost, and its garden in California ov...