ITALIAN NEW WAVE DESIGN Philippe Starck objects are hidden away in

objects are hidden away in carefully designed storage spaces

our bathtubs

This characteristic is often described as “minimalism” and “normcore

he was invited to reside at the villa

ITALIAN NEW WAVE DESIGN Philippe Starck objects are hidden away inThe Hot House is in part a manifesto and in part a noncanonical history of the most progressive and heretical experiments in the applied arts and design. Covering two centuries of avantgarde designs, but concentrating on the 1950s to the present, the book looks at architecture and urban design as well as graphic, interior, exhibit, industrial, and fashion design. It discusses the role that such magazines as Casabella, Domus, and Modo have played on