Saturday, May 28, 2011

Bruno Munari

The famous Italian graphic designer and children's book writer was a ubiquitous presence in the bookstores and art shops I visited back in April. I believe he is most famous for his book that uses forks to represent different Italian hand gestures (apparently, there are more than just a few!)




Were it not for the "cigarette?" one, I would buy the book for my 4 year old class next year! I guess it's not like they've never seen cigarettes before...although they would be more familiar with a fork gesture representing stuffing a betel nut into one's cheeks:)

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