Austriennale

Austria at the 14. Triennale di Milano 1968, The Great Number. Vienna, 14. Triennale, 1968. 21 x 21 cm, 96 pp. Catalogue edited by architect/artist Hans Hollein (1934 - 2014), who also curated the exhibition. Texts by Robert Jungk, Hans Hollein, Oskar Morgenstern and Robert Nitsche in German, Italian and English. Striking design includes a silver cover with die cut circles, the interior is prof. ill. and printed with various colours and on various types of paper. Left corner of the cover creased, else a fine copy.

Hollein's contribution to the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts and of Modern Architecture was a radical, experience based event. Visitors were asked to 'look at the world through the Austrian glasses' which were made at the spot by a 2 colour automatic injection molding machine.