Most of Milan’s beauty is behind closed doors. The designs of these these portals—by Gio Ponti, Giovanni Muzio, Piero Portaluppi, Luigi Caccia Dominioni and others—have been brought together in a book of photographs edited by Karl Kolbitz.
ENTRYWAYS OF MILAN—INGRESSI DI MILANO
By Karl Kolbitz
(Cologne: Taschen, 2017)
taschen.com/entryways_of_milan_ingressi_di_milano
See Kolbitz’ interview with Sven Schumann in Purple:
Image credit: Taschen.
At Design Miami/Basel, Calvin Klein and its chief creative officer Raf Simons collaborated with Cassina to showcase a limited edition of Feltri chairs—originally designed in 1987 by Gaetano Pesce—upholstered in an American quilting motif, set around a barn papered with images of AndyWarhol’s Electric Chair.
Armchairs numbered 1–50 will be available for purchase at the fair, while the remaining 51–100 will be made available for purchase through Cassina at a later date.
DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL, through June 17.
Hall 1 Süd, Messe Basel.
artnet.com/art-basel-raf-simons-calvin-klein
In 2014, Florent Rousseau transformed Robert Mapplethorpe’s 1988 Whitney Museum catalogue into a masterpiece of bookbinding.
See: bibliotheque-gay.blogspot.com/robert-mapplethorpe-habille-par-florent
On the occasion of the publication of WOMEN DESIGN, author and former Design Museum curator Libby Sellers will talk with Betil Dagdelen, Marianne Goebl, and Nina Yashar about the fields of study and landmark work brought to life in her new book.
LIBBY SELLERS—DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL, Hall 1 Süd, Messe Basel.
Image credit: Frances Lincoln.
MILTON GLASER POSTERS, a 700-page compendium of over 400 works by the master, is out now from Abrams.
Thick as a brick, this compact, paperbound edition is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of graphic design.
MILTON GLASER POSTERS—427 EXAMPLES FROM 1965 TO 2017 (New York: Abrams Books, 2018)
Milton Glaser, from top: Ad for Ettore Sottsass’ Valentine typewriter for Olivetti; Dick Gregory and Townes Van Zandt event poster; Mahalia Jackson concert poster; cinema poster for Phoebus Palast; 10th Montreux International Festival.
All images © Milton Glaser.
