{"product_id":"fornasetti-designer-of-dreams-piero-fornasetti","title":"Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiero Fornasetti lived and worked in Milan from 1935 until his death in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring this long career he established an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was distinctly his own; a style based on illusion, architectural perspectives, and a host of personal leitmotifs, such as the sun, playing cards, fish, and flowers, from which he spun seemingly endless variations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFornasetti applied his decorative vocabulary to an astonishing array of objects—hats, vests, pipes, ashtrays, chairs, plates, cabinets, pianos, ocean liners—and transformed them by the application of unexpected images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday his work seems more contemporary and is more popular than ever. Designers and collectors celebrate his use of allusion, unsettling images, and striking juxtaposition to create unique, whimsical objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFornasetti's masterpieces continue to shock, delight, and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Mauries, Piero Fornasetti, Victoria and Albert Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45183893143721,"sku":"9780500280515","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780500280515_6dea51d5-a8f5-423d-b4d1-ad8c6731551e.jpg?v=1738124648","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/fornasetti-designer-of-dreams-piero-fornasetti","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}