Course Description

Instructor: Allan Hing

This overview of Italian Design builds and expands on a talk by Dr. Grace Lees Maffel, Professor of Design with the same title.  It serves as a background to understand the creative richness of Italian Design.  The four-week session will inform those who may travel on the OLLI October Italian trip and others who are interested on Italian design. 

“Design in Italy has always reflected the national identity of the Italians themselves: sexy, stylist and with more than a touch of audacity.  No country takes design so seriously, nor treats its practitioners with such reverences.  There is a strongly held belief that good design should be implemented passionately and comprehensively, across all aspect of life from the spoon to the city.”  from Masterpieces of Italian Design.