Published by the Italian department store La Rinascente to commemorate the Museum of Modern Art Department of Department of Architecture and Design as the recipient of the Gran Premio Internazionale La Rinascente's Compasso D’oro in 1956. Graphic design by Laura Lamm.
Designers include Theo Van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld, Frederick Kiesler, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Herbert Bayer, Anni Albers, Marcel Breuer, Marianne Brandt, William Wagenfeld, Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Bruno Mathsson, Alvar Aalto, Hans Wegner, Raymond Loewy, Josef Hoffmann, Elis Bergh, Carl Harry Stalhane, Paolo Venini, Tapio Wirkkala, Pietro Chiesa etc.
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