One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part of the 'Penguin on Design' series in Penguin Modern Classics. 'The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the public, between living people and art as a living thing'
Bruno
Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described
by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be
beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly
entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and
industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday.
Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising,
cars and chairs - these are just some of the subjects to which he turns
his illuminating gaze. How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on
Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on
art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno
Munari (1907-1998), born in Milan, was the enfant terrible of Italian
art and design for most of the twentieth century, contributing to many
fields of both visual (paint, sculpture, film, industrial design,
graphics) and non-visual arts (literature, poetry).
Design as Art - Bruno Munari
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