DOMUS - 1960'S - BU(HC)(INT) 65039

Futuristic thrill: The stars of 60s pop and experimentation

Founded in 1928 as a “living diary” by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has has been hailed as the world’s most influential architecture and design journal. With both style and rigor, it has offered consistent coverage of major themes and stylistic movements in product, structure, interior, and industrial design.

In this fresh reprint of all 1960s issues, the magazine documents the daring, practical, and beautiful projects of a decade of futuristic thrill and booming pop culture. Synthetics plastics and hit the stage, leading to radical new design, while conventional notions of elegance give way to fresh, exploratory forms.

For work to be featured in the magazine it had to offer function, spatial clarity, intellectual persuasion, relevant originality, and/or grace. Those projects and practitioners that made the grade include the Anti and Radical Design movements, and Charles Ray Eames, Gae Aulenti, Kenzo Tange, Verner Panton, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Ettore Sottsass, Carlo Scarpa, Angelo Mangiarotti, Cesare Maria Casati, and Eero Saarinen.

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.
Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!

Text in English, French, German, and Italian