An introduction to 20th Century Italian Design with Anna Caione

Artist Anna Caione presents a modern history of Italian design and how it defined a generation. This lecture begins at turn of the 19th Century and then focuses on how Italy became a world leader of manufacturing and design from 1945 onwards with the rapid introduction of production lines including that of automobile producers Alfa Romeo, FIAT and Vespa, typewriting machine manufacturer Olivetti, manufacturing firms such as Alessi, Kartel, Floss and various Italian fashion designers.