Overview
In the early 1960s Italian design legend Bruno Munari published his visual case studies on shapes: Circle, Square, and, a decade later, Triangle. Using examples from ancient Greece and Egypt, as well as works by Buckminster Fuller, Le Corbusier, and Alvar Aalto, Munari invests the three shapes with specific qualities: the circle relates to the divine, the square signifies safety and enclosure, and the triangle provides a key connective form for designers. One of the great designers of the twentieth century, Munari contributed to the fields of painting, sculpture, design, and photography while teaching throughout his seventy-year career. After World War II he began to focus on book design, creating children's books known for their simplicity and playfulness.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781616894122
- ISBN-10: 1616894121
- Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
- Publish Date: January 2016
- Dimensions: 6.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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