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Bruno Monguzzi posters

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0176

Content Description

85 posters by Bruno Monguzzi, (Swiss, b. 1941).

Scope and Contents

The Bruno Monguzzi posters contain materials from the 1987 through 2011, with the bulk of the posters dated between 2002 to 2009.

This collection contains posters related to Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland. Sixty of the posters were published to be viewed as triptychs, or 20 sets of three. Twenty-four posters are designed as single posters.

The Bruno Monguzzi posters have been arranged into one series. This collection is housed in 26 folders. Digitized materials can be found on digitalcollections.rit.edu

Dates

  • Creation: 1987 - 2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

Bruno Monguzzi was born in Switzerland in 1941. After studying graphic design in Geneva, typography, photography and gestalt psychology in London, UK, he began his career at Studio Boggeri, Milan, Italy in 1961. Monguzzi moved to Montreal, Canada in 1965 to design nine pavilions for Expo 67 with the firm of Charles Gagnon and James Volkus. Returning to Milan in 1968, he reconnected with Antonio Boggeri and collaborated on an independent basis until the closing of the studio in the early 1980s. In the early 1970s, with Anna, Boggeri's daughter, he settled in the town of Meride, Switzerland and began his long teaching career, first in Lugano and later internationally. In Milan, he began his association with Roberto Sambonet on exhibition design projects.

In 1981 Bruno Monguzzi was the curator and designer of the Studio Boggeri retrospective at the Milan Triennale. In 1983, in association with Visuel Design Jean Widmer, he won the competition for the signage system and identity for the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. Monguzzi was the art consultant for Abitare magazine from 1986 to 1991 . From 1987 to 2004 he was the sole designer for Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano.

Major exhibitions of Monguzzi’s work include: Villeurbanne, 1992; Zürich, 1993; Baltimore, 1999; Tokyo, 2000; Winterthur, Delaware, 2001; London, 2003; Chaumont, 2006. He has been a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale since 1979. His awards include: Premio Bodoni, 1971; Gold Medal, New York Art Directors Club, 1990; Yusaku Kamekura Design Award and Gold Medal, Toyama Poster Triennial, 2000. The Royal Society of Arts in London named him as a Royal Designer for Industry in 2003.

Extent

85 Item(s) (This collection is housed in 26 oversized folders, 53 x 40 in.) : Graphic Design Archives, Cary Collection Stacks, Row 16. ; posters, 128 x 90 cm each

Language

French

Italian

Russian

System of Arrangement

Series I. Posters, 1987-2011

Physical Location

Graphic Design Archives, Cary Collection Stacks, Row 16.

Custodial History

The Bruno Monguzzi posters were donated to the Rochester Institute of Technology in November 2023 as a gift from Tom Strong. The Bruno Monguzzi posters were accessioned by the Rochester Institute of Technology under cc2023:010.

Bibliography

Polina Grinberg, “Bruno Monguzzi,” ReadyMag, n.d., https://readymag.com/designstories/bruno-monguzzi/the-mirror-method/, Accessed September 3, 2024.
Bruno Monguzzi and Nicoletta Ossanna Cavadini, "Bruno Monguzzi, Fifty Years of Paper," Milan: Skira Editore, 2011.
"Bruno Monguzzi, Switzerland (1979)" Switzerland: Allianace Graphique Internationale, n.d. https://a-g-i.org/user/brunomonguzzi/view/bio/, Accessed March 10, 2025.

Condition Description

fine

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid written by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, March 2025.

Title
Bruno Monguzzi posters
Status
In Progress
Author
Amelia Hugill-Fontanel
Date
10 March 2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection Repository

Contact:
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