Italia in Miniatura Design shaped by ancestral memory

shaped by ancestral memory

The slightly rough texture of the bag provides a gentle exfoliating effect on the skin

seemingly opposing the economic transition to overseas manufacturing

published on the occasion of his solo show at Studio Guenzani (2018)

Anne Nwakalor

Italia in Miniatura Design shaped by ancestral memoryBetween the late 1970s and mid 1980s, Luigi Ghirri made a series of photographs meditating on the landscape of his native Italy, all within the grounds of a single theme park in Rimini, Emilia Romagna. The popular tourist destination Italia in Miniatura presents scale models of Italys major natural and architectural landmarks, brought together in surreal proximity. Ghirri photographed this fabricated world with a characteristic sensitivity for visual