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Introduction
Bruno Munari (24 October 1907 in Milan – 29 September 1998 in Milan) was "one of the greatest actors of 20th-century art, design and graphics". He was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphic design) in modernism, futurism, and concrete art, and in non-visual arts (literature, poetry) with his research on games, didactic method, movement, tactile learning, kinesthetic learning, and creativity. On the utility of art, Munari once said, "Art shall not be separated from life: things that are good to look at, and bad to be used, should not exist".
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Introduction
Italian designer.
Nationality
Italian
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Advertising Artist, Designer, Writer, Industrial Designer, Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Installation Artist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
Name
Bruno Munari
Ulan
500076929
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Works

35 works online

Exhibitions

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Publication

  • Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented, 1918–1939. The Merrill C. Berman Collection at MoMA Edited by Jodi Hauptman and Adrian Sudhalter, 2020 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 288 pages
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