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SARTOGO, Piero, Italian re evolution: design in Italian society in the eighties, University of Washington Press, s.l. 1982. [Italy: The New Domestic landscape was the first major Italian design and the most important one that exhibited in the United States. Other exhibitions have been occurred with the same purpose to present the Italian style in deferent periods. In 1982 another important exhibition occurred at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art in California making a review of Italian culture and discovering new vision of the industrial design in Italy. The exhibition focused on contemporary aesthetics. A varieties of objects displayed covering all aspects of Italian life. The unique document of the exhibition was saved as a catalogue book with some literary additions made by Piero Sartogo who was the conceiver of this exhibition under title Italian re evolution: design in Italian society in the eighties. In fact Italian designers presented their amazing activity in participating in various international exhibitions since Sixties up to the present time presenting individual achievements, like: Achille Castiglioni, Carlo Scarpa, Eugenio Quarti and Paolo Portoghesi. In 2004 and as a part of the Milan treannale series the Premio Compasso d’Oro (the Twentieth edition) presented the great contribution of Italian design in fifty years since 1945 up to the present. Promoted by ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale andFondazione ADI per il Design Italiano. About 600 candidate and 25000 analyzed pieces. The exhibition was not only aimed to review the history of the Italian industrial design but also it was a valuate vision to the future. Berlin, Chicago, Istanbul, Praga and Tokyo were the cities who got the honor to host this achievement]