DOMUS 1970-1979

FIELL, C&P

ISBN 10: 3836593866 / ISBN 13: 9783836593861

Published by TASCHEN, 2023

Seller Inventory # NW9783836593861

Synopsis:

Founded in 1928 as a “living diary” by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world’s most influential architecture and design journal. With style and rigor, it has reported on the major themes and stylistic movements in industrial, interior, product, and structural design.

This fresh reprint of the 1970s domus coverage brings together the most important features from an era marking seismic changes in architecture and design. It was a time when individualism gained momentum as a novel style, and we began to notice the first postmodernist tendencies. Faced with the global energy crisis, architects and designers imbued their methods with a new ecological awareness. For work to be featured in the magazine it had to offer function, spatial clarity, intellectual persuasion, relevant originality, and/or grace. Those groundbreaking projects and practitioners that made the cut include Shiro Kuramata, Verner Panton, Joe Colombo, Richard Meier, the modernist structures by Foster Associates and the Centre Georges Pompidou by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers.

domus distilled

Seven volumes spanning 1928 to 1999

Over 4,000 pages featuring influential projects by the most important designers and architects

Original layouts and all covers, with captions providing navigation and context

Introductory essays by renowned architects and designers

Each edition comes with an appendix featuring texts translated into English, many of which were previously only available in Italian

A comprehensive index in each volume listing both designers’ and manufacturers’ names

About the Author:

Charlotte and Peter Fiell are well-known design authors having written over 70 books on the history, theory, and criticism of design. The Fiells have lectured widely, guest taught courses, curated exhibitions, and consulted manufacturing companies, museums, salerooms, and major private collectors around the world. Together, they have written numerous TASCHEN books, including 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th Century, Industrial Design A–Z, 1000 Lights, Scandinavian Design, and, most recently, the double-volume Ultimate Collector Cars, Ultimate Collector Motorcycles and Ultimate Collector Watches.

Bibliographic Details

Title: DOMUS 1970-1979
Publisher: TASCHEN
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NEW