The essay examines the birth, emergence, and crisis of the practice and culture of industrial design in Italy, reconstructing the debate that, beginning with the first editions of the Compasso d'Oro Award, developed in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s among designers, magazines, trade associations, and entrepreneurs. In particular, the essay illustrates the significance of technological objects and the shifting meanings and perspectives of their design.
Design, style, and industry, between product aesthetics and the ‘civilisation of machines’
Dario Scodeller
Primo
2025
Abstract
The essay examines the birth, emergence, and crisis of the practice and culture of industrial design in Italy, reconstructing the debate that, beginning with the first editions of the Compasso d'Oro Award, developed in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s among designers, magazines, trade associations, and entrepreneurs. In particular, the essay illustrates the significance of technological objects and the shifting meanings and perspectives of their design.File in questo prodotto:
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