Interiors '70: Carla De Benedetti - Hardcover

Giovanni Odoni; Caterina Romaniello

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190521619X ISBN 13: 9781905216192

Publisher: Verba Volant Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

English edition - A selection of forty exceptional Italian interiors photographed by the the influential architectural photographer Carla De Benedetti between 1965 and 1975. Features the work of more than twenty designers: Franco Albini, Franca Helg, B.B.P.R., Cini Boeri, Gae Aulenti, Aldo Jacober, Claudio Dini, Joe Colombo, Carla Venosta, Alberto Seassaro, Romano Juvara, Italo Lupi, Nanda Vigo, Marcello Pietrantoni, Leonardo Fiori, Giorgio Pes, Roberto Federici, Giancarlo Bicocchi, Roberto Monsani, Adalberto Dal Lago, Franco Mazzucchelli, Antonia Astori, Giuseppe Raimondi, Lino Schenal, Willy Rizzo, Patrizio Paris, Patrizia Pietrogrande, Piera D'Aniello, Eleonore Peduzzi Riva.

About this title

Synopsis:

"Interiors '70" presents a selection of exceptional Italian interiors photographed by Carla De Benedetti between 1965 and 1975. This was particularly rich period of creativity in the field of interior design and its protagonists included Joe Colombo, Carla Venosta, Renzo Mongiardino, Alberto Seassaro, Giorgio Pes, Nanda Vigo, and Gae Aulenti. Spaces styled by these masters characterize a transitional period in the evolution of Italian decor that is not easily categorized.However De Benedetti's strikingly eloquent photographs, made for architectural and interior design magazines of the time, offer an extraordinary commentary on these influential interiors. The dramatically composed images communicate the style of each space with astuteness and an instinct for the designer's intentions. The decor of the residences shown, located principally in Milan, is characterized by a bold use of color and intriguing geometries, styles that are now beginning to re-emerge in the world of fashionable magazines.

These interiors now exist only in De Benedetti's photographs which have been restored for this book and are more luminous and crisp than when they were originally published more than thirty years ago. An informed text by veteran design journalist Giovanni Odoni sheds light on De Benedetti's important career and on this undervalued period in the history of Italian interior design.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verba Volant Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 190521619X
• ISBN 13: 9781905216192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304