Aldo Tanchis, Bruno Munari. — Bruno Munari: Design as Art.

Cambridge / Massachusetts The MIT Press 1987 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket (protected with removable cellophane), 137pp., 24x29cm., richly illustr. in colour and b/w., in very good condition (dustjcket with light traces of use). ISBN 9780262200653. This illustrated study presents the wide-ranging work of Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari (1907-1998), whose practice encompassed painting, sculpture, graphic and industrial design, experimental books and visual communication. It explores his inventive approach to materials, typography, form and technology, including his experimental books, travelling sculptures, imaginary objects, xerographies and celebrated "useless machines". The illustrations convey Munari's characteristic combination of experimentation, functionality, humour and visual ingenuity. Bruno Munari was an influential Italian artist, designer, writer and educator whose work crossed the boundaries between fine art and everyday design. Drawing on the experimental spirit of Futurism, he developed an original approach to visual communication, industrial design and bookmaking.