Milan. Idea Books / Studio Vista. 1976 / 1977. First Edition. 2
volumes. Small 4to. Unpaginated (ca 128pp each). Printed boards and
cloth in dustwrap as issued. Numerous Colour and Black & White
plates. Text in Italian and English.
Hardcover.. Book: VG+. .
Killer project from Archizoom founder Branzi, along with others, who
together formed Il Centro Design Montefibre, to research textiles,
fibres and colours. Decorattivo was intended to be an annual
publication, though only 2 were published by Idea. The themes for
Decorattivo 1 are UFO, a decorative system created from space objects,
and amorphous designs connected to spontaneous processes, with volume 2
focussing on lines and squares. Texts are also a very definitive and
well considered statement. As far as research and as a sourcebook- it is
yet to be bettered!