This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition design is a state of mind at the Serpentine North Gallery, London, in collaboration with Museion, Bolzano, Italy and Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy.
Including an insightful text by writer and design critic Alice Rawsthorn and an interview with Martino Gamper and Serpentine Gallery Directors, Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the catalogue explores Gamper’s enduring interest in the social aspects of furniture design, our relationship to design objects and their impact in our lives.