Pier Carlo Santini - Facendo mobili - 1977

Rare first edition of this compendium of radical and postmodern design produced by the Tuscan company Poltronova, tracing from the early collaborations with Ettore Sottsass, who became artistic director in 1958, to the period of the peak of anti-design in the 1960s and into the mid-1970s. It features works by both masters of the old guard and emerging leaders of the Radical Movement, including (besides Sottsass) Archizoom, Superstudio, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Allesandro Mendini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Gianni Ruffi, Giovanni Michelucci, Gianfranco Fini, Mario Ceroli, Ugo Nespolo, Roberto Barni, Paolo Portoghesi, Gino Marotta and the group De Pas, D'Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi. Written by Pier Carlo Santini and published by Poltronova Edizioni in 1977, following the first edition of 1977. 181 pages with Italian text; hardcover printed with a dust jacket in brown printed paper. Fully illustrated, mainly in black and white. Includes the artists' biographies. A sharp collectible copy in perfect condition with a dedication. From the Rossi archive of Albizzate.