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Design as Art

by Bruno Munari

Everyday objects as design questions

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Everyday objects as design questions

Bruno Munari considers design across visual, graphic, and industrial forms, connecting artistic choices with the objects and images encountered in daily life. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children’s books, advertising, cars, and chairs all enter the discussion. The book presents Munari’s view that good design should be beautiful, functional, and accessible, while its illustrated format offers a broad introduction to the range of subjects he addresses. Its scope makes design less a specialized category than a way to examine how practical objects and visual communication are shaped.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking an introduction to modern design across several disciplines.
  • Those interested in typography, posters, product design, and everyday objects.
  • Art and design students exploring the relationship between function and visual form.

Themes

Modern designFunction and beautyAccessibilityVisual communicationEveryday objects

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Book overview

An illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design, by the enfant terrible of Italian art and design for most of the twentieth century

A Penguin Classic

Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as "the new Leonardo." Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs--these are just some of the subjects to which he turns his illuminating gaze.
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