Publications

The following publications are a selection of what is available for consultation on paper and digitally by contacting theMissoni Archive

2019 – La grande moda italiana – The Great Italian Fashion

2019 – La grande moda italiana – The Great Italian Fashion

By Massimiliano Capella. Scripta Maneant, 2019. Cm 30 x 32. Italian, English. Pages: 348. Creativity, ingenuity and invention; the excellence of Italian art, since the times of Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo, is renewed with the protagonists of a new and...

2011 – Ottavio Missoni – Una vita sul filo di lana

2011 – Ottavio Missoni – Una vita sul filo di lana

by Ottavio Missoni and Paolo Scandaletti. Rizzoli, 2011. Cm 14 x 22,5. Italian. Pages: 163. Ottavio Missoni’s autobiography written on the occasion of his 90th birthday: “In these pages Ottavio Missoni ironically retraces his adventure as an eternal boy who managed to...

2003 – MISSONI. OPERE GRAFICHE 2002 2003

2003 – MISSONI. OPERE GRAFICHE 2002 2003

La Spirale 2000 – L’Incisione Edizioni d’Arte, 2002-2003.  Cm 30 x 42. Italian, English. Pages: 45. Image catalog of the 5 graphic works created by Ottavio Missoni in the years 2002-2003.

1995 – Ottavio e Rosita Missoni Story

1995 – Ottavio e Rosita Missoni Story

by Luca Missoni and Angelo Jelmini. Skira, 1995. cm 21,5 x 21,5. English, Italian. Pages: 88 Illustrations: in color. Catalog of the homonymous retrospective exhibition at the Civic Gallery of Modern Art in Gallarate.

1990 – AFRICA di Missoni per Italia ’90

1990 – AFRICA di Missoni per Italia ’90

by Anna Piaggi and Gianni Brera. Mondadori Electa, 1990. Cm 25 x 28. Italian, English, German. Pages: 72. Catalog of the project in which the Missonis interpret the African continent by creating the costumes for the opening ceremony of the World Cup at the San Siro...

1988 – L’emozione della Materia

1988 – L’emozione della Materia

by Vladimir Malekovic. Hefti Edizioni, Milano 1988.  Cm 21 x 22. Italian, English, Croatian. Pages: 72. Catalog of the exhibition of the same name at the MUO in Zagreb curated by Snjezana Hefti Susovic

1981 – Brunetta. Il Vizio del Vestire.

1981 – Brunetta. Il Vizio del Vestire.

Grafica Sipiel, 1981. Cm 18 x 25. Italian. Pages: 93. Edition printed in a thousand copies for Tai and Rosita Missoni of the story in images of fashionable women made through the illustrations of the famous designer Brunetta.

1978 – MISSONI 25°

1978 – MISSONI 25°

by  Luca Missoni. Arti Grafiche Milanesi, 1978. Cm 24 x 24. Italian. Pages: 38. Catalog of the first retrospective exhibition at the Rotonda della Besana in Milan for 25 years of activity, curated by Luca Missoni and Angelo Jelmini.

1983 – Bizzarra in nero

1983 – Bizzarra in nero

1953-1983, 30 anni dei Missoni by Giulio Confalonieri. Ardengo, 1978. Cm 32x19, Italian, Pages: 60. Volume created with real captions from Vogue, chosen by Giulio Confalonieri to comment on his b/w portraits of passing ladies. Dedicated by the Missonis to those who...

1989 – Missonologia

1989 – Missonologia

Il Mondo dei Missoni by Isa Tutino Vercelloni. Mondadori Electa, 1989. cm 24 x 32. Italian, English, German.  Pages: 160. Catalog of the homonymous retrospective exhibition for the 40th anniversary of the brand at the Permanente in Milan, at the reduced Pergola in...

1996 – Missoni Opera

1996 – Missoni Opera

by Luca Missoni e Angelo Jelmini.1996. The Seibu Department Stores, 1996. Cm  22 x 27. English, Japanese. Pages: 134. Image catalog of the exhibition of the same name at the Sezon Museum in Tokyo.

2006 – Caleidoscopio Missoni

2006 – Caleidoscopio Missoni

By Raffaella Sgubin. Musei Provinciali di Gorizia, 2006. Cm 22x28. Italian, English. Pages: 196. Catalog of the homonymous exhibition, a tribute from the Provincial Museums of Gorizia to Ottavio Missoni and his links with the territory of Friuli Venezia Giulia of...

2009 – WorkShop Missoni Daring to be different

2009 – WorkShop Missoni Daring to be different

by Paola Noé. Gangemi editore, 2009. Cm 24 x 22. English. Pages: 96. Catalog of the exhibition of the same name at The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in London, which highlights the similarities between Missoni’s work and the Museum’s art collection.

2012 – Storia di Aladino e della lampada incantata

2012 – Storia di Aladino e della lampada incantata

24 original studies/drawings by Ottavio Missoni executed between the years 1970 and 2010 with colored pencils and markers on squared paper, presented in 2012 in Maribor (Slovenia), then elevated to the rank of European Capital of Culture, on the occasion of the...

2012 – Ottavio Missoni, il genio del colore

2012 – Ottavio Missoni, il genio del colore

By Luca Missoni. Unione Italiana, 2012. Cm 24 x 30. Italian, English, Slovenian, Croatian. Pages: 56. Catalog of the homonymous 2012 traveling exhibition in various cities of Slovenia and Croatia which describes the figure of Ottavio Missoni in the various facets of...

2015 – MISSONI, L’ARTE, IL COLORE – MISSONI, ART, COLOUR

2015 – MISSONI, L’ARTE, IL COLORE – MISSONI, ART, COLOUR

by Luciano Caramel, Luca Missoni, Emma Zanella. Rizzoli, 2015 e 2016. Cm 21,5 x 28,5. Italian, English. Pages: Catalog of the homonymous exhibition at the MA*GA Museum of Contemporary Art in Gallarate (2015) and at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London (2016)....

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