LISA LICITRA PONTI / ETTORE SOTTSASS
u003cpu003eFounded in 1928 as a "living diary" by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world's most influential architecture and design journal. With style and rigor, it has reported on the major themes and stylistic movements in industrial, interior, product, and structural design.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eThis fresh reprint of domus' 1950s coverage brings together the most important features from an era of post-war optimism. As memories of conflict receded, architecture and design sought new forms, materials, and applications, as well as increasing international dialogue.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eHighlights include Le Corbusier's design of the United Nations Building in New York; the Case Study Houses of Charles and Ray Eames; Richard Neutra in California and Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil, office machines by Olivetti, furniture by Ray and Charles Eames, ceramics and lights by Ettore Sottsass, and the Herman Miller Showroom by Alexander Girard in San Francisco.domus distilledu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eSeven volumes spanning 1928 to 1999u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eOver 6,000 pages featuring influential projects by the most important designers and architectsu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eOriginal layouts and all covers, with captions providing navigation and contextu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eNew introductory essays by renowned architects and designersu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eEach edition comes with an appendix featuring texts translated into English, many of which were previously only available in Italianu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eA comprehensive index in each volume listing both designers' and manufacturers' namesu003c/pu003e