Originally published in Domus 425/April 1965
It is a contemporary event, with these designs, born from a new collaboration between fashion designer Germana Marucelli, full of courage and talent, and artist Getulio Alviani, sculptor and member of the "Nuove Tendenze" movement (his aluminum "luminous refractive surfaces" are now on display in New York at the Museum of Modern Art in "The Responsive Eye" exhibition).
Designs and prints conceived one for the other. The patterns by Alviani—in two colors, equally distributed—develop the constant mobility of the surfaces and forms on which they are applied, the multiple visual effects that their structure permits.
The photographs capture and arrest—but not totally—the beauty of the drawings in motion and that particular effect of light that radiates from the graduated intensity of lines, seen from a distance. The designs were very successful in New York at the beginning of March, and in Milan and in Rome where they were presented in conjunction with the "Perpetuum Mobile" exhibition at the Galleria dell'Obelisco in April.
Alviani Op-Dresses—
Designs by Germana Marucelli with prints by artist Getulio Alviani From the archive
Network
Designs by Germana Marucelli with Getulio Alviani
Network
Joe Colombo's own show-home—
'The house of a VIP designer' was the original title of this article introducing his apartment 'manifesto' in 1971 From the archive
Uncommon: Malta + Gozo—
In this contemporary take on the travel guide, 36 contributors — whether native, resident or visitor — manage to strip off the cliché facet of the Maltese Islands and delve into its core through the narrow dappled streets and lazy corners. A book review by Lyanne Mifsud
From the Archive