Animal House: When Objects Have Animals' Names

by Augusto Morello and Giancarlo Basili

A zoologist might classify Italian design objects in various ways, distinguishing between species that are capable of flight (the Vespa "Wasp" scooter, the Heron lamp), of living aqueous lives (the Dolphin armchair, the jellyfish-like Medusa lamp), and of existing on terra firma (the Grillo "Cricket" telephone, the mouse-sized Topolino automobile). Alternately, one could catalog these all-but-inanimate objects in terms of the fictional creatures they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8881584018
• ISBN13: 9788881584017
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Charta
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 6.3"