To complicate is simple, to simplify is complicated. In order to complicate, you just need to add something, whatever you wish: colours, shapes, actions, decorations, characters, environments full of odds and ends.
Everybody is able to complicate. Only a few can simplify.
Bruno Munari

Verbale scritto is a collection of some short texts by Munari, taken from many of hs books.
From the aphorisms to the Japanese haiku, Munari’s verbal inventions create sparkles in every direction and about many subjects: from art to design, to common non-usable thing to everyday objects.
First published in 1982 by Il melangolo, Verbale scritto is divided into 5 sections (Promemoria, Teoremi, Canzoni, Pensare confonde le idee and Due autobiografie), that reproduce hints taken from other books by Munari following the ways of his personal imagination.

Bruno Munari (1907-1998) has been no doubt the most eclectic italian artist-designer.
Since his very first experiences in the 30s among the artists of the Second Futurism, he always dedicated his creative activity to every form of “experimentation”, with a particular attention to the world of children and their games and toys. His works in the fields of painting, sculpture, design, photography and didactics cross their languages and poetics following the path of his very personal inventiveness.

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