theft

Someone broke into my studio over the weekend. As far as I can tell, they only took my stereo, DVD player, and my cordless skill-saw (I loved that thing). They dumped my garbage all over the floor and used the bag. The bastards forgot the DVD remote. Don't they know that player is useless without the remote?
Just three days before we move out of that place. I'll be glad to leave.

(image) "Theft", from Speak Italian:The Fine Art of the Gesture by Bruno Munari, 1963 (Chronicle Books, 2005) "First the open hand is held out. Then the fingers, one at a time, beginning with the little finger, are slowly closed, with only the thumb remaining extended. The movement resembles that of the hand on a harp."

travelling sculpture

Scultura da viaggio, 1958-1964

from Bruno Munari: Il Disegno, Il Design, CSAC Universita di Parma, Edizioni Corraini, 2008

MUNARI: I LIBRI

Munari's Books by Giorgio Maffei, Corraini Edizioni, 2008 (english edition)

A highly recommended survey of Bruno Munari's book production from 1929-1999. (A gift from P+W. T H A N K S ! ! !)

To Draw On Stone:

FROM AFAR IT IS AN ISLAND by Bruno Munari, World Publishing Company, 1972 (originally published in Italian, 1971)

(Infinite thanks to Burgin Streetman of Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves for her astounding generosity.)

previously---Bruno Munari: Images of Reality

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Variations on the Theme of the Human Face (detail)

from Design as Art by Bruno Munari, Penguin, 1966 (2008)

Bruno Munari: IMAGES OF REALITY

Immagini Della Realta' by Bruno Munari, Danese, Milan, 1977

Boxed edition of "40 cards with photographic images to learn about the different ways of representing objects" plus 12 blank white cards to draw on. 3 different games can be played with the cards: The words and images game, The misleading images game, and The classification game. Intended for ages 3-6. Munari produced a second game in this Symbolism series called Say It By Signs, which uses the same photos with several additional variations, intended for ages 6-10.

Remy Charlip: It Looks Like Snow

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It Looks Like Snow by Remy Charlip, Young Scott Books, 1957 [32]pp

For John Cage

Set by hand and printed by Igal Roodenko in and edition of 750

Wraparound cover, constructed to be mailed. This one wasn't.

The book was reprinted by William Morrow and Co. in 1983 and again in french as On Dirait Qu'il Neige by Edition Les Trois Ourses in 2000. Apparently, Bruno Munari responded with his own book Little White Riding Hood (Cappuccetto Bianco), Corraini, 1999.