Design and Visual Communication

Design and Visual Communication—the first-ever English translation of Bruno Munari’s extraordinary Design e Comunicazione Visiva (1968)—remains an important guide to bridging design education and everyday life. Published after Munari served as visiting professor at Harvard’s Carpenter Center, Design and Visual Communication takes over fifty lessons, class materials, and even letters home in which he describes life in America, and transforms them into a book about the future of art, architecture, and design. Conceived as a living volume, the book was written as inspiration to current and future designers to push beyond the past, however recent, and develop new tools to see and understand tomorrow’s world.

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Design and Visual Communication

Designer

IN-FO.CO

Author

Bruno Munari

Publisher

Inventory Press

Format

Softcover

Pages

400

Size

8.25 x 5.375 Inches

ISBN

978-1941753712

About the author

Bruno Munari

Bruno Munari (1907–1998) was a pioneering Italian artist, designer, and inventor, often hailed as a Leonardo-like figure of the 20th century for his versatility in graphic design, industrial design, painting, and sculpture. Closely linked with Futurism early on and later the Concrete Art Movement (MAC), he aimed to bridge art and life, focusing on play, tactile learning, and the functional beauty of objects.