Dimensions
238 x 282 x 7mm
The exhibition catalogue for Niente di meno / Nothing less documents a selection of more than 100 out-of-production objects designed between 1945 and 2000 by female Italian (or long-term Italian resident) designers from the collections of Daniele Lorenzon (Paloma) and Alessandro Padoan (Fragile), gallery owners who have been committed to highlighting this particular type of product for years. The critical essays in the book are accompanied by biographies of the artists, whose work has focused on characterising and personalising the most varied range of domestic environments, designing beds, sofas, tables, lamps, sconces and furnishing accessories, then made in silver, ceramic, glass, plastics etc. At the start of the 21st century, and 150 years since the Unification of Italy, it seems pertinent to show how these professionals were the precursors of a number of women who are now moving into the increasingly broader field of design. AUTHOR: Milanese art critic and historian Anty Pansera has over the years moved towards the history and criticism of design. She taught the Theory and History of Industrial Design at Milan Polytechnic from 1996 to 2008. A teacher at the Brera Academy since 2001, she has also taught at the ISA in Monza and the Architecture Department in Palermo. Pansera also writes current affairs journalism and curates exhibitions; her preferred fields of research are industrial design and decorative and applied arts. Since 2010 she has been president of the ISIA (Istituto superiore per le industrie artistiche) in Faenza. ILLUSTRATIONS: 110 colour
