Author: Roberto Bigano

The Bugatti Catalogs Functional Design. 1920s and 1930s

Ettore and Jean Bugatti, the creative minds behind Bugatti’s iconic designs, also oversaw the creation of Bugatti’s literature with an obsessive attention to detail. Their influence can be seen in every catalog, advertisement, poster, and factory technical drawing.
Bugatti’s literature had a home-made taste. The Company didn’t have the budgets of most car makers, but its brochures were original and elegant—a class from itself.

Read More

Social Events in 1920s High Society. By Fish

A second compilation of pages from Vanity Fair and the book “High Society” on “Social Events in 1920s High Society,” illustrated by Anne Fish.
Any double-page plate focuses on a specific topic providing a unique, rich lens into American and international high society’s lifestyles of the 1910s and 1920s. Rigorously in black and white, these inimitable sketches are completed with entertaining captions.

Read More

TOPICS

USD United States (US) dollar
EUR Euro