ALCHIMIA Never-Ending Italian Design Alessandro Mendini Studio Alchimia Japan 19

by Kazuko Sato

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ALCHIMIA: Never-Ending Italian Design Written and edited by Kazuko Sato, supervised by Alessandro Mendini. Published by Rikuyo-sha, Japan, in 1985. An important Japanese publication documenting Studio Alchimia, one of the most influential groups in Italian Radical and Postmodern design. The book extensively presents Alchimia's experimental work across furniture, objects, interiors, architecture, textiles and conceptual design, making it an excellent reference on the development of Italian avant-garde design around the late 1970s and 1980s. The book includes an introduction by Alessandro Mendini and sections covering: Alchimia Redesigned Cupboards Bau-haus I & II Exhibition Philosophical Expression Activity Space Design Performance Architecture and Interior Redesign of Modern Movement New Design / Nuova Alchimia 1930s Furniture Poetical Objects Philosophical Cupboard Monumental Objects Architectural Fashion Textile Pattern Enterprise & Alchimia Neapolitan Coffee Pot Design of Post Modern Radical Design Florence Group and Casabella Post Radical Brief History of Studio Alchimia Profiles of Alchimia Participants Index Reference Literature A desirable reference for collectors of Alessandro Mendini, Studio Alchimia, Memphis Milano, Italian Radical Design, Postmodernism, architecture and 20th-century furniture design. Shipping For multiple book purchases, $5 will be deducted from the shipping cost for each additional book. Shipping is only available to the address registered in eBay

• Publisher: Rikuyo-sha Publishing
• ISBN: 4897370469
• Condition: Good

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