The Hot House : Italian New Wave Design by Branzi, Andrea - 1984

MIT Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

UsedVeryGood. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

The MIT Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

The MIT Press, 1984. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/Fine. As New copy in Fine dustwrapper with original $25 price. First American edition. Collectible copy: pages and covers are crisp, intact and unmarked. Small patch of dustjacket (less than 1/2 inch square) missing on the back- therefore labeled Fine. Protected in clear mylar cover. 156 pages with Index list of designers and design styles in back with brief description. Printed on glossy paper, profusely illustrated in color and B&W photos. 9 x 1 x 11 inches. The Hot House is in part a manifesto and in part a noncanonical history of the most progressive and heretical experiments in the applied arts and design. Covering two centuries of avant-garde designs, but concentrating on the 1950s to the present, the book looks at architecture and urban design as well as graphic, interior, exhibit, industrial, and fashion design. It discusses the role that such magazines as Casabella, Domus, and Modo have played on this lively front, and provides an… Read More