The Hot House. Italian New Wave Design
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. 1st US Edition. Quarto, publisher's stiff photo-illustrated paper wraps.
First US edition of influential Italian architect and designer Andrea Branzi’s survey of Italian New Wave applied arts. Framing Italy as a "hot house" of aesthetic experimentation, this historical survey and design manifesto details avant-garde movements from the 1960s onward, including groups such as Archizoom, Superstudio, and Memphis, while advocating for a rejection of modernist rules regarding functionality and tradition within the fields of furniture, architecture, and fashion.Illustrated with color and black-and-white photos, plans, and reproductions; with a foreword by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, brief biographies and an index. Translated from the original Italian by C.H. Evans. Originally published in Italy earlier the same year. Issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback (as here). Light sunning, creasing and edgewear to wraps. Very good. Item #12981
$65.00