Gillo Dorfles (1910 – 2018) was an Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher. He was born in Trieste and active in Milan.
Biography
In 1948, with Soldatai, Monnet, and Munari, he was a founder of MAC (Movimento Arte Concreta). In 1956, he became a member of ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale), of which he was promotion committee member.
Academia
- He was a professor of aesthetics, Universita di Trieste.
- He was on the committee of the 1955 industrial design exhibition, London.
- He was a member of the international industrial design stand, 1957 (XI) Triennale di Milano;
- Of the jury at โBIOโ Industrial Design Biennale, Ljubljana;
- Of the jury at the event in Jablonec (now the Czech Republic);
- Commissioner of the industrial stand at 1960 (XII) Triennale di Milano;
- Delegate at 1957 โJournรฉe de lโEsthetique Industrielle,โ Paris;
- Speaker at ICSID (International Congress of Industrial Designers), London;
- Speaker at industrial section, 1957 Congresso dellโAica, Naples.
- Dorfles participated in the congress, 1954 (X) Triennale di Milano;
- 1957 meeting of CIAM (Congrรฉs Internationaux dโArchitecture Moderne) in Venice; and in
- 1961โ62 events at Instituto Disegno Industriale, Florence; Italian Institute, London;
- In 1963, Kunstgew-erbemuseum, Ziirich.
- He published books Il Disegno Industriale e la sua estetica (1963) and Introduzione al Disegno Industriale (1971);
- He was one of the first to observe the Kitsch in decoration and design, publishing Kitsch (1968).
Sources
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing.
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