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- january 2001 - brevetti del design italiano 1946-1965 by giampiero bosoni, francesca picchi, marco strina and nicola zanardi edited by electa, 180 pages, 489 images in italian and english for more info see the editor's site http://www.electa.it the patents: objective historical testimonies - for those interested in a deeper study of the technical-scientific, theoetical and ideological instruments at the base of modern soceity. as siegfried giedion teaches us in his book ' mechanization takes command' a historical and critical review of the worlds of patents read through their economic, epistemological, aesthetic and productive reflections may be extremely useful. the quality of the patent requests collection represents a valuable source for research. after 20 years, the collections of italian industrial model patents of the central state archive, ranging from the end of the world war II to the economic boom of the sixties, has finally become available to researchers. the book is beautifully done with many pics and drawings of famous italian design items and objects which are more or less unknown to the design world (because they never went into production), divided in categories as - the italian style for the home - a household of electrical appliances - the tradition of fine cuisine - luxury items... with essays as - 'models for the future' - 'the hidden genius of italians'... |
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--- people at the presentation of the book in milan, january 22nd, 2001
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