Gio Ponti founded Domus in 1928, this journal devoted to architecture and design, originally named “L’ Arte della Casa,” has been at the forefront of design debate in Italy.
Contents
Founded to circulate ideas regarding style in homemaking and furnishing, over the years Domus—through its various editors—has explored a wide range of nuances in the fields of architecture, the applied arts, industrial design, art, urban planning, editorial and advertising graphics, digital communications, always with an international perspective.
Background
In the 1930s, it was mainly concerned with a Novecento aesthetic, but it also paid attention to more radical tendencies, as Persico’s 1934 article “A New Start for Architecture” exemplifies. The magazine was at the forefront of leftist debates about the role of realistic, functional, and well-designed products in a democratic society under Ernesto Rogers’s editorship in the immediate aftermath of WWII. As editor from 1947 to 1979, Ponti took on a less progressive but more broadly discursive approach in its next step. During this period, Italian architecture became known for its elegance and sophistication on a global scale. Until 1986, the position was filled by the more radical Alessandro Mendini.
Sources
Wikipedia contributors. (2022, July 10). Domus (magazine). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:02, July 22, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domus_(magazine)&oldid=1097442571
Woodham, J. M. (2006). A dictionary of modern design. Oxford University Press.
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