domus 1928-1939 in Bloomington, MN

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
’ coverage from the
transformative years between 1928 and 1939
. It is an era famed for the
emergence of the International Style
when the likes of Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Alvar Aalto, and Richard Neutra channeled modernist ideals into
rectilinear forms
,
restrained surfaces
, and
open, luminous interiors
. The
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 4,000 pages featuring influential projects by the most important designers and architects Original layouts and all covers, with captions providing navigation and context 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