L'ILLUMINAZIONE DELLA CASA
Quaderni di Domus 5
Luigi Claudio Olivieri
Luigi Claudio Olivieri: L'ILLUMINAZIONE DELLA CASA [Lighting for the Home]. Milano: Domus, 1946 (No. 5 of series Quaderni di Domus). First edition. Text in Italian. A good softcover book in plain board wrappers with spine label in a very good photographically-printed dust jacket with mild soiling and edgewear with some loss. The perfect-bound signatures have been glued into the wrappers, and the first signature is loosening with the whole textblock delicate. Still a nice copy of a rare title sought by multiple constituencies. Way out-of-print and never reissued in any format. A significant tiles documenting the mid-century design movement. 7.75 x 9.25 softcover book with 96 pages profusely illustrated with b/w examples of modern lighting solutions, circa 1946. Quaderni di Domus 5 stands as the single finest reference volume for Italian and International modernist lamp and lighting design that I am aware of. Each illustrated example is identified by designer, making this edition an exceptionally valuable reference resource.
Under the editorial direction of Lina Bo and Carlo Pagani, the Quaderni di Domus series sought to highlight the best and brightest designers and products emerging from the carnage of Post-war Europe. Each volume dealt with a specific area of interest (Kitchens, Fireplaces, etc.) with an introductory essay followed by a lengthy selection of photographs and images, many culled from Gio Pontišs Domus magazine. Ponti can be felt lurking behind the scenes of nearly every page of the Quaderni di Domus series through the impeccable selection of included materials to the contemporary layouts of each volume.
Includes work by Franco Albini, Renato Angeli, Joseph Aronson, Baldwin, Gian Luigi Banti, Boston Barnes, Melchiorre Bega, Ludovico Belgioioso, Bennet, G. A. Berg, Karl Bertsch, Gunvor Bjorkman, Holger Blom, Walter F. Bogner, Piero Bottoni, M. Brandt, Nuova Breck, Marcel Breuer, Franco Buzzi, Dominioni Luigi Caccia, Luciano Canella, Livio Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Boston Champney, Carlo De Carli, Derby, Kaj Enghend, Ewert, Ignazio Gardella, Geddes, Gibelli, Parigi Giso, W. H. Gispen, Erno Goldfinger, Giuseppe Gori, Walter Gropius, Halmstao, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Harding, Burnham Hayt, Hombostel, Ake Huldt, Kelley, Emilio Isotta, Vito Latis, Le Corbusier, Erik Lundberg, Carl Malmstens, Adolfo Meyer, Michael Meredith Hare, Giulio Minoletti, Carlo Mollino, Richard J. Neutra, Nygren, Luigi Claudio Olivieri, J. J. P. Oud, Enrico Peressutti, Adrian Peterson, A. N. Rebori, Ernesto Rogers, Gilbert Rohde, Jean Royere, Julius Rucker, Germania Ruth, Samuel, Sanders, Jens Selemer, Louis Sognot, Raphael S. Soriano, Oscar G. Stonorov, Elias Svedberg, Svenkst Tenn, Tuttle, K. Tutiura, Mies Van der Rohe, Guglielmo Ulrich, Jan Wahlman, and Weese.
No doubt about it-- this one is truly an essential volume for any serious design library collection. A scarce title -- you have been warned.
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