Gae Aulenti. I mondi Guida alla mostra

Written by Giovanni Agosti, this guide charts the Triennale Milano exhibition on Gae Aulenti (1927- 2012), affording insights into its critical and cultural underpinning. In parallel, it provides an overview of the rules of the game on which the Tspoon studio based the mis-enscène of the exhibition: an almost cubist reconstruction of a number of the spaces created by the architect, following a chronological sequence that encompasses everything from exhibition designs, shops and apartments to stage sets, museums, subways and airports, spanning the period 1964-2012, from the years of Italy’s economic boom right through to its recent history. The book also includes a list of the works on display, a short biography of Gae Aulenti and a selected annotated bibliography.

The guide is accompanied – both physically and conceptually – by two other products: a deck of cards, which highlights the key figures in the various worlds with which the architect engaged; and the full exhibition catalogue, which features an illustrated chronology and an extensive list of over 700 works, as well as an in-depth account of the exhibition itself.