Mario Bellini: Furniture, Machines & Objects
About this book
Mario Bellini: Furniture, Machines & Objects is a monograph by Enrico Morteo, published by Phaidon in 2015. In 320 pages, it surveys the work of Italian designer Mario Bellini across furniture, machines and other objects. The range named in the title places different product types side by side and offers a way to consider how design responds to use, scale, technology and context. Rather than treating furniture and equipment as separate subjects, the book provides a broad frame for looking at Bellini’s practice and at the varied purposes that designed objects serve.
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For industrial design students, this breadth can support close comparison of product categories and discussion of how form relates to function. It can be used as a starting point for precedent research, design-history assignments or studio reviews, with students selecting examples from the book to describe design choices and explain their relevance to a brief. Reading across furniture and machines may also prompt questions about materials, construction, manufacturing and the relationship between an object and its user, without assuming one approach applies to every project. The book is useful as a reference when building a visual vocabulary, organizing observations and communicating a considered account of a designer’s work.
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