Italian design and the photographs of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo

The Vitra Design Museum presents the exhibition “Zoom. Italian design and the photography of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo”, offering a new way of interpreting the history of Italian design through an exhibition of furnishings, lights, objects, books, periodicals, posters and a vast series of photographs from the Ballo archive. Italian design has been recognised and appreciated all over the world since the second half of the twentieth century, thanks in part to the work of photographers such as Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo. Their lenses focus on the beauty and function of objects, and their photographs have themselves become an integral part of Italian design, rather than just recording its history.

by Agnese Bifulco

Exhibition: Zoom. Italian design and the photographs of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo
Location: Weil am Rhein, Germany
Dates: March 26 to October 3 2011
Photographs: © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, @vitra

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Captions

01 Liisi Beckmann: Sessel Karelia, 1966 fur Zanotta /Liisi Beckmann: easy chair Karelia, 1966 for Zanotta © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1969 @vitra

02 Vico Magistretti: Stuhl Selene, 1968 fur Artemide /Vico Magistretti: chair Selene, 1968 for Artemide © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1968  @vitra

03 Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini und Franco Teodoro: Sessel Sacco, 1968 fur Zanotta / Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro: easy chair Sacco, 1968 for Zanotta © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1972 @vitra

04 Paolo Lomazzi, Donato D’Urbino und Jonathan DePas: 2 CV, 1969 fur Driade; Kunstwerk im Hintergrund von Lucio Del Pezzo, Fernsehgerat Black von Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso 1969 fur Brionvega / Paolo Lomazzi, Donato D’Urbino and Jonathan DePas: 2 CV, 1969 for Driade; artwork in the background by Lucio Del Pezzo, TV set Black by Richard Sapper and Marco
Zanuso 1969 for Brionvega © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1971 @vitra

05 Mario und Dario Bellini: Hi-Fi Anlage Totem, 1971 fur Brionvega /Mario and Dario Bellini: Hi-Fi Totem, 1971 for Brionvega © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1974 @vitra

06 Ettore Sottsass mit seiner Stehlampe Treetops fur Memphis, 1981 / Ettore Sottsass with his floor lamp Treetops for Memphis, 1981 © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1981 @vitra

07 Inneneinrichtung gestaltet von Livia Lobue Castelli /Interior decoration designed by Livia Lobue Castelli © Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo, Milan 1979@vitra