Bruno Munari
| Bruno Munari |
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| Born |
October 24, 1907(1907-10-24)
Milan, Italy |
| Died |
September 30, 1998(1998-09-30) (aged 90)
Milan, Italy |
| Occupation |
Artist, designer |
Bruno Munari (October 24, 1907, Milan – September 30, 1998, Milan) was an Italian artist and designer, who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphic design) and non visual arts (literature, poetry) with his research on games, didactic method and creativity.
Biography
Bruno Munari was born in Milan but spent his childhood and teenage years in Badia Polesine. In 1925 he returned to Milan where he started to work with his uncle who was an engineer. In 1927, he started to follow Marinetti and the Futurist movement, displaying his work in many exhibitions. Three years later he associated with Riccardo Castagnedi (Ricas), with whom he worked as a graphic designer until 1938. During a trip to Paris, in 1933, he met Louis Aragon and André Breton. From 1939 to 1945 he worked as a press graphic designer for the Mondadori editor, and as art director of Tempo Magazine. At the same time he began designing books for children, originally created for his son Alberto.
In 1948, Munari, Gillo Dorfles, Gianni Monnet and Atanasio Soldati, founded Movimento Arte Concreta (MAC), the Italian movement for concrete art.
In 1969 Munari, worried by the incorrect perception of his artistic work, which is still confused with the other genres of his activity (didactics, design, graphics), selected art historian Miroslava Hajek as curator of a selection of his most important works. This collection, structured chronologically, shows his continuous creativity, thematical coherence and the evolution of his esthetical philosophy throughout all of his artistic life.
Awards and recognitions
- Compasso d'Oro award from the ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale) (1954, 1955, 1979)
- Golden medal of the Triennale di Milano for the "Libri illeggibili" book (1957)
- Andersen award as best child author (1974)
- Honorable mention from the New York Science Academy (1974)
- Graphic award in the Bologna Fair for the childhood (1984)
- Award from the Japan Design Foundation, for the intense human value of his design (1985)
- Lego award for his exceptional contributions to the development of creativity for children (1986)
- Award from Accademia dei Lincei for his graphic work (1988)
- Award Spiel Gut of Ulm (1971, 1973, 1987)
- Honoris causa in architettura from the Genova University (1989)
- ADCI Milan Hall of Fame in Creativity and Communication (1990)
- of the Brera Academy - Marconi award (1992)
- Cavaliere di Gran Croce (1994)
- Honorable partnership of the Harvard University
Books from Bruno Munari
Design and visual communication
- Munari, Bruno. Arte come mestiere [Design as Art]. ISBN 978-0141035819.
- Discovery of the Circle
- Discovery of the Square
Books for children
The Elephant's Wish, 1945 THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 59-9957
Other
From Afar it was an Island, 2006, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l.
See also
Further reading
- Miroslava Hajek, Luca Panaro, "Fantasia esatta i colori della luce di Bruno Munari", APM edizioni, 2008, ISBN 978-88-89109-28-1.
- Francesco Franco, "Gianni Rodari e Bruno Munari. I cinque libri: racconti e disegni brevi", in "Bollettino '900", 2007, n. 1-2, <http://www3.unibo.it/boll900/numeri/2007-i/Franco.html>.
- Francesco Franco, "Bruno Munari. Dalla copertina alla coperta, fino al riciclaggio del ciclo", in "BTA - Bollettino Telematico dell’Arte", 21/3/2007, n. 451, <http://www.bta.it/txt/a0/04/bta00451.html>.
- Miriam Nocchi Croccolo, Un progetto a lungo termine. I laboratori di Bruno Munari, Edizioni ETS, Pisa 2005.
- Bruno Corà, Pietro Bellasi, Alberto Fiz, Miroslava Hajek, Guido Magnaguagno, Tinguely e Munari. Opere in azione, Mazzotta Editore, Milano 2004, ISBN 88-202-1693-0.
- Giorgio Maffei, Munari: i libri, Sylvestre Bonnard, 2002.
- Claude Lichtenstein, Alfredo Haberli - Air Made Visible: A Visual Reader on Bruno Munari, Lars Muller, 2000.
- Beppe Finessi, Su Munari - Abitare Segesta, 1999.
- Alberto Fiz, Omaggio a Bruno Munari, Mazzotta editore, Milano 1999.
- Miroslava Hajek, Bruno Munari, Revue Svetovej Literatury, 1997 n°1, page 145.
- Miroslava Hajek, Bruno Munari, Instalace edizioni GKK 1997, ISBN 80-85628-22-XI.
- Mostra di Bruno Munari, inventore artista scrittore designer architetto grafico gioca con i bambini, Corraini Editore, Milano 1995.
- Marco Meneguzzo, Bruno Munari Mostra Collettiva, Adulti e bambini in zone inesplorate, Corraini Editore, Milano 1994.
- Marco Meneguzzo, Bruno Munari, Laterza, 1993.
- Marco Meneguzzo, Munari '50, La bellezza come funzione, Corraini Editore, 1991.
- Bruno Munari, Editore Electa, 1986.
- Aldo Tanchis, Bruno Munari, Idea Books, 1986.
- Luciano Marucci, Viaggi nell'arte. Bruno Munari. Creativa mente, Cauda Pavonis, 1986.
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| Persondata |
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Munari, Bruno |
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| Date of birth |
October 24, 1907 |
| Place of birth |
Milan, Italy |
| Date of death |
September 30, 1998 |
| Place of death |
Milan, Italy |