Bruno Munari
Libro Illeggibile N.Y. 1
New York City, USA: Museum of Modern Art, 1967
[unpaginated], 8.75 x 8.75", staple-bound
Edition of 2000 numbered copies
As far back as 1949 Bruno Munari was producing books under the banner of “libri illeggibili”, or "illegible books". These titles communicate without text - foregrounding format, colour, die-cut elements and (in this case) red thread which binds the book and also becomes a central component of it's content.
This title, hand-numbered in an edition of two-thousand, was produced for MoMA, where several of the titles were shown in the 1955 exhibition Two Graphic Designers: Bruno Munari and Alvin Lustig.
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