DESIGN Radiofonografo: Brionvega RR1269/9/2015Be it rock or opera, the living-room revolution has a name: „RR126". In the 1960s, no one matched Brionvega’s consistent emphasis on design for radios, TVs and hi-fi equipment.
DESIGN Stilista e carrozziere: Bertone, Giugiaro, Pininfarina und Zagato 8/31/2015They quite literally shaped automobile design and created the one or other icon to boot: Italian car body sculptors Bertone, Giugiaro, Pininfarina and Zagato.
DESIGN Barca a motore: Riva’s Aquarama 8/26/2015They were the classic toys of members of high society and the jet set. „Riva" models such as the „Aquarama" can hardly be topped in the eleganza rankings.
DESIGN La macchina da corsa: MV Agusta Tre8/19/2015There are many racing motorcycles around. One of the most beautiful and the most successful of all time is the “MV Agusta Tre”.
DESIGN Bisiluro: Carlo Mollino and the Damolnar8/12/2015A streamlined racing car that resembles a bullet. Carlo Mollino knew like no other how to blend technology and poetry.
DESIGN Distribuzione Desmodromica: Ducati 750 Supersport Desmo8/5/2015The engine in the Ducati “750 Supersport Desmo” from 1974 with its desmodromic valve control is considered one of the most beautiful and sophisticated engines of all times.
DESIGN Vettura sportiva: Lamborghini and the Miura7/24/2015Low, compact and very fast: In the Lamborghini “Miura” with its transversely mounted V12, the automotive fighting bull is comparatively gentle.
DESIGN La motoretta: The Vespa by Piaggio7/17/2015Sun, air, love – and a “Vespa”. Mobility can’t get any more Italian and folksy than that. The little “Wasp” has long since become mythical.
DESIGN Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica: Alfa Romeo’s B.A.T. mobiles7/9/2015Are they really beautiful, the 1950s Alfa Romeo models known as “B.A.T.” for short? Spacey all three certainly are, even if Batman was not an Italian and is not called “pipistrello”.
DESIGN Macchina da scrivere: Ettore Sottsass and Olivetti7/1/2015Typewriters are hybrids, combining elements of both tools and machines. As for their design, they remained as good as interchangeable for a long time. Ettore Sottsass put a stop to all that with his designs for Olivetti: the “Tekne” and “Praxis 48” models.
DESIGN Il motore a dodici cilindri: Scuderia Ferrari and its 312 6/27/2015To this day the Italians are the unrivaled masters of making the most beautiful machines. Some have red heads and 12 cylinders.
DESIGN Macchina per il caffè: La Cornuta by Giò Ponti for La Pavoni6/20/2015At the beginning of the 20th century the Futurists exalted it to the rank of a deity: la macchina.