Rubelli. Una storia di seta a Venezia

Salvo Esposito
Provincia di Roma

Marco Fazzini
Skira Editore / Moret

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who encouraged him in his work, he decided to focus his attention on the area of industrial design, and began to work for some of the most important companies in the world. Constantly in search of original ideas, over the years he has tirelessly been engaged in analyzing and experimenting with both forms and material. In 1985 he opened a laboratory-studio-jeweler's, where, together with a group of worldclass architects, he designs and produces silver jewelry and other objects for avant-garde collections that truly represent historical revolutions in jewelry both in Italy and abroad, and have also led to the production of watches, pens and furniture. Cleto Munari's objects have entered the permanent collections of some of the world's top museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This book is the first to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts. After his jewelery, silverware, watches and furnishings, the great designer has involved ten other designers and artists in the creation of a unique collection of art carpets. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dario Fo, Mario Botta, Alessandro Mendini, Javier Mariscal, Ettore Mochetti, Deisa Centazzo, Sandro Chia, Mimmo Paladino and by Cleto Munari himself, these creations are full-fledged works of art and represent the high point of the skills and expertise of one of the greatest creative designers in the world, who has been designing and producing for over forty years.

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Ferrari SpA

Gianni Rogliatti
Giorgio Nada Editore

This book, richly illustrated, retraces the sport and technical history of the cars, through brief but precise texts signed by Gianni Rogliatti, one of the most appreciated historian of the Cavallino facts.

Marco Fazzini
Skira Editore / Moret

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who encouraged him in his work, he decided to focus his attention on the area of industrial design, and began to work for some of the most important companies in the world. Constantly in search of original ideas, over the years he has tirelessly been engaged in analyzing and experimenting with both forms and material. In 1985 he opened a laboratory-studio-jeweler's, where, together with a group of worldclass architects, he designs and produces silver jewelry and other objects for avant-garde collections that truly represent historical revolutions in jewelry both in Italy and abroad, and have also led to the production of watches, pens and furniture. Cleto Munari's objects have entered the permanent collections of some of the world's top museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This book is the first to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts. After his jewelery, silverware, watches and furnishings, the great designer has involved ten other designers and artists in the creation of a unique collection of art carpets. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dario Fo, Mario Botta, Alessandro Mendini, Javier Mariscal, Ettore Mochetti, Deisa Centazzo, Sandro Chia, Mimmo Paladino and by Cleto Munari himself, these creations are full-fledged works of art and represent the high point of the skills and expertise of one of the greatest creative designers in the world, who has been designing and producing for over forty years.

Giuseppe Culicchia
Pininfarina Studi e Ricerche S.p.A.

Marila Guadagnini, Paolo e giovanna Vitelli
Rizzoli

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Fucina

Marco Fazzini
Skira Editore / Moret

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who encouraged him in his work, he decided to focus his attention on the area of industrial design, and began to work for some of the most important companies in the world. Constantly in search of original ideas, over the years he has tirelessly been engaged in analyzing and experimenting with both forms and material. In 1985 he opened a laboratory-studio-jeweler's, where, together with a group of worldclass architects, he designs and produces silver jewelry and other objects for avant-garde collections that truly represent historical revolutions in jewelry both in Italy and abroad, and have also led to the production of watches, pens and furniture. Cleto Munari's objects have entered the permanent collections of some of the world's top museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This book is the first to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts. After his jewelery, silverware, watches and furnishings, the great designer has involved ten other designers and artists in the creation of a unique collection of art carpets. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dario Fo, Mario Botta, Alessandro Mendini, Javier Mariscal, Ettore Mochetti, Deisa Centazzo, Sandro Chia, Mimmo Paladino and by Cleto Munari himself, these creations are full-fledged works of art and represent the high point of the skills and expertise of one of the greatest creative designers in the world, who has been designing and producing for over forty years.

Ugo La Pietra
Fondazione Cologni-Marsilio

Gianluca Bauzano
Fondazione Cologni-Marsilio

A Roberto Capucci, tra i grandi padri della moda italiana, alla sua arte e al suo genio artigiano è dedicato il nuovo titolo della collana «Mestieri d'arte». La sua storia è ben nota agli studiosi, esperti e appassionati di moda e costume. Nato a Roma nel 1930, il maestro debutta ufficialmente a Firenze in occasione delle prime sfilate di moda organizzate da Giovanni Battista Giorgini e inaugurate da un evento ospitato il 12 febbraio 1951 nella villa di famiglia nel cuore della città. Inizia così l'ascesa del mito Capucci: le sue non sono solo creazioni di alta moda, abiti in tessuti preziosi per le star di Hollywood e le rappresentanti dell'aristocrazia romana e del jet set internazionale, ma vere sculture, straordinarie architetture in tessuto. Già negli anni Ottanta è antesignano della contemporaneità: i suoi abiti destano ammirazione e fanno scalpore, sfilano sulle passerelle di tutto il mondo e sono presenti nei musei e nelle istituzioni d'arte più importanti, dalla Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna di Roma alla Schauspielhaus di Berlino, da Palazzo Strozzi a Firenze al Kunsthistorisches Museum di Vienna, fino alla Biennale d'Arte di Venezia. Un percorso unico: dall'arte all'altissima artigianalità, in oltre settant'anni di attività ininterrotta l'intera carriera del maestro è emblema di un savoir-faire di assoluta eccezione. Ancor oggi la sua creatività si esprime vivissima e densa di suggestioni visionarie soprattutto nei disegni, di cui il volume presenta una selezione di grande fascino e bellezza. Grazie alla ricostruzione esaustiva e appassionata di Gian Luca Bauzano, firma del «Corriere della Sera», giornalista, studioso e curatore di moda, costume e musica, da sempre molto vicino a Roberto Capucci, grande amico e conoscitore della sua vita e della sua opera, il volume ci restituisce il ritratto di un grandissimo artista-artigiano: un vero "tesoro vivente", secondo la poetica definizione che in Giappone si usa dare ai più grandi maestri. L'autore ci offre un racconto intessuto di ricordi personali, che si dipana anche attraverso le immagini dei più celebri abiti di Capucci e dei suoi disegni, tratti dall'incredibile corpus di opere autografe. Un libro che vuol essere in primis un tributo a un'eccellenza che è vanto per il nostro Paese, ma anche «una sorta di poetico manuale per giovani creativi», come osserva Franco Cologni: perché Roberto Capucci, raffinato interprete dell'alta maestria italiana, «ha saputo scrivere parole che oggi i giovani dovrebbero imparare a memoria: arte, mestiere, talento, competenza, lavoro, visione, coraggio, bellezza».