DOMUS - 1930s 65036

Modernist quintessence: The birth of the International Style

Offering an unrivaled record of architecture and design, the “living diary” of domus was founded by Gio Ponti in 1928. Through the years and decades that followed the journal charted the major themes and movements of industrial, interior, product, and structural design with an eye for creative excellence as much as editorial rigor.

This fresh reprint features domus’s coverage from the transformative years between 1928 and 1939. It is an era famed for the є поява of the International Style when the likes of Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Alvar Aalto, and Richard Neutra channeled modernist ideals into rectilinear forms, restrained surfaces and open, luminous interiors.

The domus coverage of this decisive decade spanned the details and the grand designs. From soaring steel skyscrapers to tubular furniture, its coverage is a definitive record of how light, form and pared-down aesthetics combined in the pursuit of an honest and utilitarian form for the modern and rapidly industrializing age.

domus distilled

• Seven volumes spanning 1928 to 1999
• Over 6,000 pages featuring influential projects by the most important designers and architects
• Original layouts and all covers, with captions providing navigation and context
• New introductory essays by renowned architects and designers
• Each edition comes with an appendix featuring texts translated into English, many of which were previously only available in Italian
• A comprehensive index in each volume listing both designers’ and manufacturers’ names

About the series:
Bibliotheca Universalis  Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!
Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.
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Text in English, French, German, and Italian