Described as “one of the greatest artistic personalities of this century” by Vogue Italia, Monica Bolzoni’s designs anticipated many of the concepts of today’s fashion, such as modularity and tailoring.
Structured as an ABC book, this volume reflects the multiple facets of Bianca e Blu through a wealth of visual material from the company’s archives: drawings, vintage images, fabrics, accessories, fashion stories, artworks, film stills, and stage images, accompanied by critical texts, press cuttings, and interviews.
Master’s students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne have conversed with Bianca e Blu Archives, producing new fashion stories and a fresh graphic identity for the brand.
Editors and Art Directors
Davide Fornari and Régis Tosetti
Publishers
Rizzoli International New York
ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne
Design Coordination
Régis Tosetti & Simon Palmieri
Text
Vittoria Caterina Caratozzolo
Type Design
Malte Bentzen Bredstrup, Ondřej Báchor, Davide Tomatis
Photography
Jacques-Aurélien Brun, Yuliya Khan, Marvin Leuvrey, Nicolas Polli, Senta Simond, Maria Tasula, Laura Zoccarato, Miles Aldridge, David Bailey, Francesco Ballo, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Francesca Bertini, Monica Bolzoni, Luigi Bussolati, Stefano Campo Antico, Mattia Candiotti, Michel Comte, Patrick Demarchelier, Donna DeMari, Michelangelo Di Battista, Enrico Fedrigoli, Carlo Fei, Marco Ferreri, Fabrizio Ferri, Marcello Formichi, Lucia Giacani, Peter Lindbergh, Armin Linke, Greg Lotus, Luca Manfredi, Maria Mulas, Helmut Newton, Gioia Olivastri, Manuela Pavesi, Pietro Pisoni, Stefania Rossi, David Seidner, Lance Staedler, Toni Thorimbert, Ellen von Unwerth, Albert Watson, Qi Xin
Illustrations
Monica Bolzoni, Dante Donegani, Luca Stoppini
Artists
Vanessa Beecroft, Letizia Cariello, Fanny & Alexander, Claudia Losi, Cesare Viel
Translators
Anna Albano, Marcello Francioni, Eluned Zoë Aiano
Format
23.5×34 cm, 192 pages
Printer
Graphicom, Vicenza
Papers
Munken Print White 15, 90 g/sqm
Glossy coated paper, 170 g/sqm
PVC dust jacket
Lithography
Grande forEdit, Monza
Reviews
Mariuccia Casadio, In bianco e blu, “Vogue Italia”, no. 819, November 2018, pp. 82–83.
Red., Bianca e Blu: il libro sulla designer Monica Bolzoni, “Vogue.it”, 6 February 2019.
Antonio Mancinelli, Monica Bolzoni e Bianca e Blu: un libro celebra la rivoluzionaria designer italiana, “Marie Claire”, 13 February 2019.
Maria Vittoria Coda, Bianca e Blu: il libro dedicato alla designer Monica Bolzoni, “The Fashion Atlas”, 13 March 2019.
Colin McDowell, Colin’s Column | Tomes of the Times: Summer Reading 2019, “Business of Fashion”, 21 June 2019.
Patrizia Calefato, L’ultima moda? È già passata. Monica Bolzoni, quando il design parla alla mente, “Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno”, 30 June 2019, p. 20.
Patrizia Calefato, Bianca e Blu Monica Bolzoni, “Fashion Theory”, 16 September 2019, vol. 23, no. 4-5.
Laura Piro, Bianca e Blu Monica Bolzoni, “Graphie”, 2019, vol. 21, no. 88, p. 81.
Ornella Cirillo, Bianca e Blu Monica Bolzoni, Rizzoli – ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne, Milano 2018, “Zone Moda Journal”, 2020, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 155-156.
Book Presentations
6 March 2019, 7PM, Fondazione Sozzani, Corso Como 10, Milan
6 May 2019, 3PM, Università di Bologna, Campus di Rimini
4 July 2019, 7PM, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
22 April 2020, 9PM, IED Milano, Contemporary Fashion, Milan
Exhibitions
Fondazione Sozzani Bookstore, Milan, 18 February – 30 March 2019
Helmhaus, Most Beautiful Swiss Books, Zurich, 20–23 June 2019
Schule für Gestaltung, Most Beautiful Swiss Books, Berne, 5–10 September 2019
HEAD, Most Beautiful Swiss Books, Geneva, 15–19 October 2019
Schule für Gestaltung, Most Beautiful Swiss Books, St. Gallen, 4–16 November 2019
Médiathèque Valais, Most Beautiful Swiss Books, 20 November 2019 – 1 February 2020
Awards
Bronze Award for Book layout, European Design Awards 2019
Selected for ADI Design Index 2019, ADI
Award Eccellenze Lombarde 2019, Regione Lombardia
