17 Nov 08:50

A rich and precious, new collection of documents and images can now be found on the Rinascente Archives portal.

The Archive contains the following sections:

• The history of la Rinascente: photographs and articles from the historic archives of Fondazione Fiera Milano

• Design: catalogues and photographs from the archives of the Fondazione ADI, Compasso d’Oro award collection, and the Italo Lupi and Mario Bellini archives

• Communication: catalogues, posters, advertisements, projects and photographs from the Mario Bellini, Salvatore Gregorietti, Amneris Latis, Serge Libis, Italo Lupi and Saporetti Immagini d'Arte archives

• Fashion: photographs from the Serge Libis archives

The Library section contains the following volumes:

• la Rinascente: cinquant'anni di vita italiana (la Rinascente: Fifty Years of Italian Life), 3 volumes, published by la Rinascente, Milan, 1968

• Franco Albini, Franca Helg, La Rinascente: disegni e progetto de la Rinascente di Roma (La Rinascente: drawings and projects for la Rinascente in Rome), Il progetto di architettura (The Architectural Project) series, published by Editrice Abitare Segesta, Milan, 1982

• Marcello Dudovich. Bozzetti e manifesti per la Rinascente (Marcello Dudovich. Sketches and Posters for la Rinascente), published by Fabbri Editori, Milan, 1996