Saturday 1 December 2018

Fac51 The Hacienda Newsletter






One of the few Factory related things not to have its own catalog number. So, the year is 1982, the Hacienda has been open only for a few months, and things are going both swimmingly and disasterously by reading the contents.

Luigi Colani / Designing the 21st Century


Excellent book on the oddball futuristic transport designer Colani. Despite his name Colani is a German citizen of Kurdish descent, though a lot of his work was for Italian car manufacturers. Though a prolific furniture and industrial designer his most known work is within the automobile industry, where his futuristic and often outlandish designs have seen him occupy the position of both insider and outsider. A true eccentric, how he got funding for anything is a wonder.

Steven Meisel / Per Lui


The closest one can get to a Meisel monographs- his brilliant Per Lui for Vogue Italia. It's exactly what you would expect- and want.

L'arte del costume nel cinema di Luchino Visconti


Wonderful book from the exhibition of the same name mounted in 1977. Visconti's scenography and costumes are stunning, and here some of his best work is presented, with of course the focus being on the clothes.