{"title":"BOOKS","description":"\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"design-as-art","title":"Design as Art - Bruno Munari","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign as Art - Bruno Munari\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesign as Art \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part of the 'Penguin on Design' series in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the public, between living people and art as a living thing'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. 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The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBruno Munari (1907-1998), born in Milan, was the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Italian art and design for most of the twentieth century, contributing to many fields of both visual (paint, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphics) and non-visual arts (literature, poetry). 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He writes, “The nearer an artist works to the erotic politics of his own culture, the more he gets its concerned attention. 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