Bruno Munari

Bruno Munari (1907 – 1998) was born in Milan. At the age of twenty, shows interest on the futurism movement and presents works inspired in Marinetti. Surrealism and, in the thirties, constructivism are aesthetics he adopts in his works. From the fifties, on track with the research of the Gestalt theory initiates experiments with light projection by means on colored plastic producing films with such technique, adding electronic music. His artistic production encompasses areas such as sculpture, painting, design, graphical design, advertising, literature, photography, and cinema. He had an innovative role in the research he conducted on childhood, creativity, and learning. His collaboration with Portalegre’s tapestry began in 1985.