Radice, Barbara (Editor) - Terrazzo 1

  Barbara Radice (Editor). Terrazzo 1.  Milano: Terrazzo srl, 1988.  Softcover. 158 pages.  Very good.  Toning and light foxing to interior pages.Minor edgewear and corner bumping. Binding square, strong and tight. Nice copy of the uncommon first issue of Terrazzo. TERRAZZO was a very special biannual publication on architecture and design, edited and published between 1988–1995 by Barbara Radice, a prominent Italian author, design critic and member of the Memphis Milano design group. In conjunction with Ettore Sottsass, Christoph Radl, Anna Wagner and Santi Caleca, Radice created a unique and thoughtful periodical that focused on contemporary works of design and architecture, within Italy and abroad, touching on a vast array of disciplines in each issue, including literature, poetry, history, science, philosophy, art and anthropology. Features Editors Note by Barbara Radice. The Second Modernity by Andrea Branzi. Things Must Pass by Massimo Iosa-Ghini. Outside the Avant-Garde by Herbert Muschamp. Le Corbusier. Travel Notes by Ettore Sottsass. Antipater of Thessalonika. Architecture from the Sky by Johnny Pigozzi. New Drawings by Michele de Lucchi. Plans. Marcus Argentarius. Marmora Romana by Raniero Gnoli with photographs by Santi Caleca.