Lualdi and “La tradizione del nuovo”

Munari defined the ‘campanello’ (doorbell) as “the instrument to communicate auditory messages through the doors according to the character, mood, humidity and sensitivity of the people who ring the bell”. For the centenary of Munari’s birth in 2007, the exhibition was re-presented by Beppe Finessi in Lualdi’s Milan showroom, with fit-out by Marco Ferrer and embellished with previously unpublished documents.

Using a series of doors produced by Lualdi, Bruno Munari and Davide Mosconi applied devices and structures “in place of the doorbell” that produce the strangest and most diverse sounds in relation to the imagined owner of the door. For example, to ring the door of the geologist ‘Pietro di Pietra’ we use a knocker that strikes a stone plate. For that of the Head Physician ‘de Medici’, the Medici brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger, paper nametag.

The Design Museum selected six works, which will enhance the towers that make up the entrance portal.

TOWER 1
Front: lacquered wood, brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger
Back: lacquered wood, spring-loaded plunger, battery tray, wood

TOWER 2
Front: lacquered wood, rope and fabric
Back: lacquered wood, rope, brass and wooden wind chimes

TOWER 3
Front: lacquered wood, rope
Back: lacquered wood, rope, brass doorbells, ribbons

TOWER 4
Front: lacquered wood, bird callers, marker, paper tag
Back: lacquered wood

TOWER 5
Front: lacquered wood, wooden bridge support and keys, ropes, paper nameplate
Back: lacquered wood, “f” shaped holes, wooden keys

TOWER 6
Front: lacquered wood, Medici brass knocker, spring-loaded plunger, paper nameplate
Back: lacquered wood, lithophone, rope, brass, spring-loaded plunger