Fornasetti
Designer of Dreams
Patrick Mauriès
with an Essay by Ettore Sottsass
Foreword by Christopher Wilk
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| 'Glorious. . . almost as good as owning one of the things themselves' | | – The World of Interiors |
Piero Fornasetti established an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all his own – a style based on illusionism, architectural perspectives and a host of personal leitmotifs, such as the sun, playing cards and fishes, from which he spun seemingly endless variations. 'He makes objects speak' said Gio Ponti, his friend and longtime collaborator.
Designers and collectors today celebrate his use of allusion, unsettling images and striking juxtaposition to create uiue, whimsical objects. Fornasetti's masterpieces shock, delight and inspire. |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500280517 | | ISBN-13 978-0500280515 | | | | 30.0 x 22.0 cm | | Paperback | | 288pp | | 608 illustrations, 116 in colour | | First published 1998 | | | | £29.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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