DESIGN

Totem Stereo System with detachable speakers, Model RR 130, designed by Mario Bellini for Brionvega. c.1970.

During an artistic career spanning 50 years, the German artist Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) has continually criticized social inequality, exploitation and war in clear-cut prints – activism with artistic means. read more Gerd Arntz Title: Private house Year: 1927

At 25, Arntz depicts the division between rich (against a clear background) and poor (in a gloomy environment). With its four classes, the ‘Mid-Europe’ train symbolizes class society. The railway sign above the left carriage says ‘stop here’, while the sign on the right signals ‘continue on’. Gerd Arntz Title: Mitropa Year: 1925

Sapper, Richard - Black 201 Television Set, with Marco Zanuso, manufactured by Brionvega

Mario Bellini. Divisumma 18 Electronic Printing Calculator. 1972

Untitled, ink on found book page, graphic art by Louis Reith | http://www.museumofthegoldenratio.org/louis_reith.htm

1962 Industrial sewing machine (prototype) Necchi Pavia

Typewriter: Monpti Portable Typewriter vs Olivetti Valentine

During an artistic career spanning 50 years, the German artist Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) has continually criticized social inequality, exploitation and war in clear-cut prints – activism with artistic means. read more Gerd Arntz: ‘The fact that the whole composition is a bit crooked, gives a ‘falling’ impression, is on purpose. The Third Reich wouldn’t last very long, I thought then.’ Gerd Arntz Title: The Third Reich Year: 1934

Kaare Klint: Propeller Stool, 1927 Made by Rud. Rasmussen. Stained oak and leather

During an artistic career spanning 50 years, the German artist Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) has continually criticized social inequality, exploitation and war in clear-cut prints – activism with artistic means. read more Gerd Arntz Title: Utopia? Year: 1969

Cover by Vítor Palla "O Pão da Mentira", Horace McCoy Portuguese edition

Kaare Klint: Safari Chair, 1933 Made by Rud. Rasmussen. Stained ash and leather

Cadeira com braços PRESTÍGIO DACIANO DA COSTA LONGRA 1962

Gerd Arntz designed around 4000 signs, which symbolized key data from industry, demographics, politics and economy, for the visual language Isotype. Gerd Arntz Period: 1928 - 1965 Category: architecture

Scored this Japanese magazine from 1961!  Im going to have so much fun with thisss

original production 606 Universal Shelving System

The famous Brionvega Algol TV, designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso in the sixties, has been updated to modern tastes. It is now avai...