Enzo Mari: The Fable Game

Il giocco delle favole (The fable game) by Enzo Mari, Danese, Milano, 1965 (This is the third variant, from 1971. Lithography in 12 colours on plastified cardboard sheets, 9 X 18 inches). The Fable Game is currently in its 5th printing, reissued by Edizioni Corraini (at 6 X 12.5 inches).

It’s not a book to read or to leaf through but to make, unmake and build up: a never ending adventure, played and invented anew each time by the endless possibilities at hand.

previously:

Enzo Mari: Living

Enzo Mari: Drawing Cards '5' soggetti e sequenze

Enzo Mari: See-Saw

Bruno Munari: Images of Reality

ENZO MARI: LIVING

Living (carte da gioco per immaginare la propria vita) by Enzo Mari and Paolo Gallerani, Edizioni Per Bambini, Danese, Milano, 1976 (Italian language).

Playing cards to imagine his/her own life (rough translation)---A game for children. The set of cards is divided into 8 decks (with 10 cards each) representing various categories, such as profession ("i am a..."), home ("My home is..."), place ("I live in..."), neighbours ("My Neighbour is..."), possessions ("I own a..."), etc.

30 years later, Mari used these cards in lectures to architecture students in order to "broaden and improve the quality of their design horizon". A website called LIVING - exercises by Enzo Mari documents these lectures, complete with video and an interactive version of the game (in English). In 2006, Domus reprinted the set to include in an issue of the magazine.

see also:

Enzo Mari: Drawing Cards '5' soggetti e sequenze

Enzo Mari: See-Saw

Bruno Munari: Images of Reality

ENZO MARI: soggetti e sequenze

Carte Da Disegno 5: Soggetti e Sequenze (Drawing Cards 5: Subjects and Sequences) by Enzo Mari, Danese, Milano, 1978 (first edition). Sheaf containing 6 sheets of drawing paper---2 blank and 4 with printed images for children to embellish and complete. Each sheet is 38.5 X 6.7 inches. All 5 sets of Mari's drawing cards have been reissued by Corraini. (the above images are cropped details)

...in these apparently impervious traces of world Mari has slipped in the unexpected chance outlet, the pick-lock that flings wide the door. It will be a pleasure for all to come across the hole in the wire-netting, the window left open, the dream shared.

see also:

Enzo Mari: See-Saw

Bruno Munari: Images of Reality

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.

SEE-SAW

L'ALTALENA (SEE-SAW) by Enzo Mari, Danese Milano Edizioni Per Bambini, 1981 (Second Edition). The first edition was published in 1961. This book is currently in print as a beautiful accordion-fold edition, published by Corraini. See also Mari's 16 Animali puzzle (1957) on which this book is based. This edition contains a poem by Renato Pedio not included in the Corraini edition. (staple bound, 13 X 9.5 inches)