Introduction: The History of Italian Design, Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, Norway, and Grace Lees-Maffei, University of Hertfordshire, UK 1. A Historiography of Italian Design, Maddalena Dalla Mura, Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy, and Carlo Vinti, Università degli Studi di Camerino, Italy PART 1: ACTORS 2. Ettore Sottsass and Critical Design in Italy, 1965-1985, Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UK 3. Domes to Domus (or how Roberto Mango brought the geodesic dome to the home of Italian design), Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Harvard University, USA 4. Tomás Maldonado and the Impact of the HfG Ulm in Italy, Raimonda Riccini, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy PART 2: CRAFTS 5. Craft, Industry and Art: ISIA (1922-1943) and the Roots of Italian Design Education, Elena Dellapiana, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Daniela Prina, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 6. Manufactured Identities: Ceramics and the Making of (Made in) Italy, Lisa Hockemeyer, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Kingston University, UK 7. Crafting a Design Counterculture: the Pastoral and the Primitive in Italian Radical Design, 1972–1976, Catharine Rossi, Kingston University, UK PART 3: SPACES 8. Private Exhibitions: Galleries, Art and Interior Design, 1920-1960, Imma Forino, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 9. Exhibiting Exhibitions: Designing and Displaying Fascism, Vanessa Rocco, Southern New Hampshire University, USA 10. This Way to the Exit: The Re-Writing of the City through Graphic Design (1964-1989), Gabriele Oropallo, University of Oslo, Norway PART 4: INDUSTRIES 11. Designing a New Society: A Social History of Italian Car Design, Federico Paolini, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy 12. Espresso by Design: The Creation of the Italian Coffee Machine, Jonathan Morris, University of Hertfordshire, UK 13. Italian Fashion: The Metamorphosis of a Cultural Industry, Simona Segre Reinach, Università di Bologna, Italy PART 5: MEDIATIONS 14. Annus Mirabilis: 1954, Alberto Rosselli and the Institutionalization of Design Mediation, Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, Norway 15. A Vehicle for 'Good Italians': User Design and the Vespa Clubs in Italy, Thomas Brandt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 16. ‘Made’ in England? The Mediation of Alessi S.p.A., Grace Lees-Maffei, University of Hertfordshire, UK Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations Bibliography Index