The art of the cognitive forms

Franco Grignani was a italian designer, painter and architect. An eclectic character that influenced and revolutionized the design of the '50s in Italy.

The level of Grignani's graphic design, applied to communication since pioneer times,gained a fundamental importance in the history of Italian graphic design.
All his work, without faltering and parentheses, represents a cultural revolution. But above all represents a graphic turning point in the higher technical meaning that this term may have in the world of graphic design and communication.

"... on tops of our industrial civilization, the designer burdens himselfes of that role that naturally competes to him. His efforts coordinated to research of methods and tecniques of comunications, will offer to the world the bigger profit to guide to the weelbeing and spiritual freedoms. The future is our thing, because our design inside the future..."

F.Grignani

Here you can see my scholastic research > (italian)

"It's possible to collaborate in everyway to the construction of an idea when there are any worries about work hard; I, giving my contribution, wanted to point out the necessity of freedom that is a raight of every designer, becauseideas of creative world are made of excitement and of sky."

version 1965 F.Grignani

All images excerpted from my scholastic research (IUAV Venezia 2007-08) and from the book: Franco Grignani - Pitture, Sperimentali e Graphic design - Catalogo mostra Reggio Emilia (dal 31 marzo al 29 aprile 1979)

Comments

[mbert]

chiedo, riguardo quest'ultima foto... sapete chi ha fotografato franco grignani, e in che anno?

Grazie

[Teddy]

Non saprei esattamente...
Forse consultando il libro Pitture, Sperimentali e Graphic design che cito, ci potrebbe essere questa informazione.
Purtroppo non ho il libro negli States in questo momento, percui non posso confermare.