On the occasion of the release of “Little Tree” by Katsumi Komagata, we publish the preface that Stefano Salis wrote for “The Books of Katsumi Komagata”: the text that explains, better than any other, why these books are impossible to forget.
Design
Five projects from the Aiap Women in Design Award
Between the pages of the new volume «How Many Women Are in the Room?» emerge the voices of young designers and pioneers of graphic design — editorial projects and stories of activism, drawings, words, and symbolic objects.
Marianne Brandt. Dismantle the future and rebuild Chaos
Francesco Ciaponi analyzes the figure of designer and artist Marianne Brandt, focusing on her use of collage and photomontage as tools of political critique aimed at exposing the artificial construction of the female body.
Armando Milani: Five Encounters
In his book «Incontri», Armando Milani shares one hundred stories of exchanges with design icons and famous figures who have inspired his creativity. From these, we’ve selected five of the most iconic encounters—unmissable moments to savor down to the very last word.
Designing visual identity
In this excerpt from «Civiltà dello sguardo», Francesco Dondina explores the methods of designing visual identity and emphasizes the shift from the concept of corporate identity to branding, with a focus on the role of the designer in the digital age.
How Mike Hinge Redefined the Graphics of the Future
In the landscape of 20th-century graphic design, Mike Hinge stands out as one of the most innovative yet sadly unknown figures in the world of graphic arts and illustration. He was a person who shaped the aesthetics of science fiction and futuristic design.
The history of Emme Edizioni
Telling the story of Emme Edizioni means giving credit to a publishing house that has played a fundamental role in the development of children’s publishing in Italy.
The Billboard Liberation Front Handbook
The Billboard Liberation Front, founded by Jack Napier and Irving Glikk in 1977, devoted itself to altering large billboards, particularly those of major brands such as McDonald’s and Apple, by twisting their message with text or image changes as a form of taking over spaces dominated by commercial communication.
Lettering in cinema
Luca Barcellona analyzes the imaginative lettering used by painters such as Sandro Symeoni or Enrico De Seta. His story jumps from film to film, showing how the application of painting and calligraphy to lettering in cinema constitutes a fascinating discipline.
Ljubov’ Popova – The fotomontage
Ljubov’ Popova, a leading figure in Russian constructivism and a lecturer at Vchutemas, was active in various fields of the project, from visual communication to textile design to set design, always in a revolutionary key.