Signed: Luigi Colani - Designing Tomorrow - 1978

Richly illustrated documentation of the futuristic design visions of Luigi Colani, with sketches from automotive, architecture, and product design as a manifesto of his organic form language.

First edition. Publisher: Tokyo, Toppan Printing, (=Car styling special edition No. 23), 1978. 119 pages illustratively throughout, with English-Japanese parallel text, original leather-bound cover under a transparent dust jacket, 25 x 26 cm.
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Rare signed and limited special edition of the famous design portfolio by the visionary industrial designer Luigi Colani, one of the most influential and avant-garde designers of the 20th century. The present opulently equipped work powerfully documents Colani’s revolutionary language of form and his organic-futuristic designs from the transportation, architecture, and product design sectors.

With numerous large-format, sometimes full-page and two-page color reproductions of his legendary studies, prototypes and design objects – including futuristic vehicles, aircraft, architectural visions, interiors and iconic product designs. Complemented by biographical and project-related texts in English and Japanese.

Particularly noteworthy is Colani’s own signature on the flyleaf, which makes this copy an extraordinary collectible. The edition appeared as a limited special edition and today ranks among the sought-after publications on Colani’s work. An exceptional collectible and gift for lovers of design, architecture and visionary concept art of the 20th century.
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Very beautiful, fresh and excellently preserved copy.