Description
Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio Estero, Rome, Published 1982. Wraps, 127 pp.; 21 x 21 cm; text in English and German; illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs.
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Condition & notes
In acceptable condition. Illustrated wraps with French flaps, featuring a bold abstract design of geometric furniture shapes in yellow, orange, red, and black with red lettering. Covers show moderate shelf wear with some color loss along edges, small nicks and chips and creasing at corners. The wraps have come unglued from the text block along the rear spine but remain in place, and the text block binding itself is still solid. Interior pages are lightly toned but otherwise unmarked.Exhibition catalogue for Italia Forma '82, the Italian national presence at the International Furniture Exhibition in Cologne (Internationale Möbelmesse Köln), January 1982. Published by the Italian Foreign Trade Institute (I.C.E. / Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio Estero) in cooperation with the Federlegno/Arredo and Unionlegno trade federations, documenting 116 exhibiting firms and 13 consortia occupying 6,345 square meters across Pavilions 10, 1, and Rheinbau Erdgeschoss. The catalogue presents a bilingual German and English directory with company addresses and product category indicators, followed by an illustrated program of current Italian furniture design ranging from avant-garde and design pieces to modern, period, and reproduction furniture. Firms featured include Acerbis International, Altana, Anna Nora, Bellato, Belligotti, Bernini, Bieffe, Carpanelli, Cassina, Flexform, Fumagalli, Lacedelli, Lev & Lev, Nespoli, and Novacimot, among many others, with designers and photographers credited throughout.Contents: Darstellung / Introduction; Katalog der italienischen Kollektivteilnahme / Catalogue of collective Italian participation; Illustriertes Programm / Illustrated directory; Verzeichnis der Illustrationen / Index of illustrations; Möbel- und Zubehör Messen und Austellungen / Furniture and accessories exhibitions; Zeitschriften über Architektur, Möbeleinrichtungen, Design / Magazines on architecture, furnishing and design; Fachpresse über Technik / Technical press; Das ist ICE / What is ICE; Sitze der Auslandsbüros des Aussenhandelsinstituts / Offices abroad of the Italian Foreign Trade Institute.