Women’s presence in architecture and design has been ignored for a very long time. However, thanks to specialised magazines, their visibility in the public eye began to advance, albeit with great difficulty, during the first half of the twentieth century and social conventions induced it to change only slowly immediately after the second post-war period. Founded by architect Gio Ponti in January 1928, the Domus magazine provided updated information on the ‘living culture’ at an international level. A close examination of articles published in 253 issues from the magazine’s foundation up to 1950 gives us a significant overview of how women’s design culture was recognised. The magazine’s international stance let the public know about some of the European women’s works abroad and, from the end of the Second World War, it started to publish works by USA women architects. Articles published in specialised magazines –and Domus is an exceptional representative– are an essential source for mapping women designers and their works as well as for studying their reception.

From the Embroidery to the Construction. Women in Design and Architecture: "Domus" 1928-1950 / Franchini, Caterina - In: MoMoWo - 100 works in 100 years. European women in Architecture and Design, 1918-2018 / Fernández García A.M., Franchini C., Garda E., Seražin H.. - STAMPA. - Ljubljana : France Stele Institute of Art History ZRC SAZU, 2016. - ISBN 978-961-254-906-0. - pp. 248-255

From the Embroidery to the Construction. Women in Design and Architecture: "Domus" 1928-1950

FRANCHINI, CATERINA
2016

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Women’s presence in architecture and design has been ignored for a very long time. However, thanks to specialised magazines, their visibility in the public eye began to advance, albeit with great difficulty, during the first half of the twentieth century and social conventions induced it to change only slowly immediately after the second post-war period. Founded by architect Gio Ponti in January 1928, the Domus magazine provided updated information on the ‘living culture’ at an international level. A close examination of articles published in 253 issues from the magazine’s foundation up to 1950 gives us a significant overview of how women’s design culture was recognised. The magazine’s international stance let the public know about some of the European women’s works abroad and, from the end of the Second World War, it started to publish works by USA women architects. Articles published in specialised magazines –and Domus is an exceptional representative– are an essential source for mapping women designers and their works as well as for studying their reception.
2016
978-961-254-906-0
MoMoWo - 100 works in 100 years. European women in Architecture and Design, 1918-2018
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