(Rome, 1966) Associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, linguist and designer by training, he works on the history of graphic design, typography and type design. Currently engaged in research on the Nebiolo Foundry, he has studied recognized (Bruno Munari) and lesser-known (Piero Ottinetti, Renato Zveteremich) figures in Italian graphic design.
“Antologia di cultura grafica” is the new series dedicated to the history of visual communication. Edited by Alessandro Colizzi and Silvia Sfligiotti, assisted from time to time by one or more guest editors, the series offers a series of volumes, organized around a theme or era, and includes a rich anthology of texts (articles, essays, chapters, excerpts, posters) translated into Italian and introduced by an essay by the editors.
“La questione moderna in Europa”, first volume of the series, addresses the graphic debate within the modern movement of the interwar years, with an expanded look at the European continent to include authors from cultures and national histories hitherto neglected by historiography.
Far from being a unified phenomenon, the modern movement was characterized by a plurality of manifestations and the presence of very different theoretical positions. In particular, modernist graphics was the result of a process of negotiation between actors belonging to different national contexts. Moreover, actors from multiple disciplinary fields participated in its formation: advertising, publishing, architecture, photography, journalism, and the printing industry.
This anthology reflects the variety of orientations and opinions expressed both within individual national events and by the different personalities involved, who interpreted the ideology of the modern in ways and forms as heterogeneous as ever. The panorama that emerges is decidedly more nuanced and hybrid than has appeared in existing publications to date, and allows us to grasp the phenomenon in its theoretical, aesthetic, technological and social complexity.
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Antologia di cultura grafica 1
Edite by Alessandro Colizzi, Silvia Sfligiotti & Carlo Vinti
Book design Bunker and Alessandro Colizzi
13,5 × 21,5 cm
280 pages
Paperback with flaps
Italian
Isbn 978-88-98030-56-9
First edition February 2023