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Publications

The Olivetti Historical Archive Association publishes a number of
publications in house or through external publishers. The catalogues
of exhibitions organised by the Association are generally
published in house.

  • The volumes published by Il Mulino, in the Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, contain the results of extensive archival research on aspects of Olivetti’s history.
  • The Olivetti Historical Archive series of journals collects studies, interviews and essays on Olivetti’s history.
  • In collaboration with the Marche-based Loccioni Group,
    a number of publications have been produced since 2008
    in the Corporate Culture Series dedicated to particularly
    important individuals or aspects in Olivetti’s history.

List of publications

Eugenio Pacchioli, L’Archivio Storico Olivetti, 1998

Eugenio Pacchioli, La grafica della “O” ((exhibition catalogue), 1998

Eugenio Pacchioli, The Olivetti Historical Archives, 1999

Eugenio Pacchioli, Un mare di numeri (exhibition catalogue), 1999

Eugenio Pacchioli, Rosso, rosso Valentine (exhibition catalogue), 1999

Eugenio Pacchioli, Le pietre e il muschio di Kyoto (exhibition catalogue in Italian and English), 2000

Eugenio Pacchioli – Linda Kaiser, Outsider Art (exhibition catalogue in Italian and German), 2000

Vv.Aa., I Critofilm di Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti (exhibition catalogue), 1999

Reprinting of historical documentation

1st Journal of the Olivetti Historical Archive, Olivetti 1908-2000, September 2001

2nd Journal of the Olivetti Historical Archive, Giovanni de Witt, Due anni con il guerriero giaguaro, December 2001

Adriano Bellotto and Eugenio Pacchioli, Le message – il segno lieve e il senso profondo dei filmati Olivetti (film anthology catalogue), 2002

Eugenio Pacchioli and Piero Adolfo Salvetti, Le macchine sapienti di Natale Capellaro – cento anni dalla nascita del grande progettista Olivetti (exhibition catalogue, 2002

3rd Journal of the Olivetti Historical Archive, Renzo Zorzi – Eugenio Pacchioli, Egidio Bonfante, un pittore alla Olivetti, April 2003

4th Journal of the Olivetti Historical Archive, various authors, Franco Balan, 200 originals (catalogue of the exhibition in Italian, French and English), May 2004

5th Journal of the Olivetti Historical Archive, Ottorino Beltrami, Sul ponte di comando, biography-interview edited by Alberto De Macchi and Giovanni Maggia, September 2004 (published by Mursia)

6th Journal of the Olivetti Historical Archive, Giovanni de Witt, Le fabbriche ed il mondo. L’Olivetti industriale nella competizione globale (1950-1990), November 2005 (published by Franco Angeli)

Un discorso di Adriano Olivetti ai dipendenti (Ivrea, 25 dicembre 1955), with semiotic analysis by Lisa Gino and introduction by Bruno Lamborghini, Cultura d’impresa series no. 1, edited by Loccioni Group and the Olivetti Historical Archive Association, May 2008

Olivetti 1908-2008, il progetto industriale, catalogue-poster for the Olivetti company centenary exhibition of the Olivetti Society, 16 October – 9 November 2008, Workshop H in Ivrea, exhibition organised with the support of the Piedmont Region and Compagnia di San Paolo

Stefano Musso, La partecipazione nell’impresa responsabile. Storia del Consiglio di gestione Olivetti, Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, il Mulino, May 2009

La misura di un sogno: l’avventura di Camillo Olivetti, with introductory essay by Carlo C. Lacaita Alle origini di una grande industria moderna, introduction by Laura Olivetti, Cultura d’impresa series no. 2, edited by Loccioni Group and the Olivetti Historical Archive Association, May 2009

Fabio Lavista, La stagione della programmazione. Grandi imprese e Stato dal dopoguerra agli anni Settanta, Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, il Mulino, February 2010

L’impresa del design: il stile Olivetti, with essay by Carlo Vinti, Una via italiana all’immagine d’impresa, Cultura d’impresa series no. 3, edited by Loccioni Group and the Olivetti Historical Archive Association, May 2010

Federico Butera, Giovanni de Witt, Valorizzare il lavoro per rilanciare l’impresa. La storia delle isole di produzione alla Olivetti negli anni ’70, Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, il Mulino, April 2011

Adriana Castagnoli, Essere impresa nel mondo. L’espansione internazionale dell’Olivetti dalle origini agli anni sessanta, Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, il Mulino, September 2012

Società della conoscenza e attualità del modello Olivetti introduction by Federico Butera, Cultura d’impresa series no.4 edited by Loccioni Group and the Olivetti Historical Archive Association, October 2012

Massimiliano Musina, Giovanni Pintori, la severa tensione tra riserbo ed estro, Fausto Lupetti Editore, Bologna, December 2013 – the Olivetti Historical Archive Association contributed to this volume on the designer and graphic designer who left an indelible mark on Olivetti’s history of graphic communication, providing extensive support for the author’s research and conducting in-depth iconographic research to identify the images illustrating the volume.

Lucia Rossetti (eds.), Olivetti – il libro, Edizioni Amargine, Ivrea, December 2013 — Together with the text and images of a brilliant musical about Olivetti’s history, this publication combines numerous historical records compiled and illustrated by the Olivetti Historical Archive Association. The book was presented in Sala Santa Marta in Ivrea on 15 December 2013.

Caterina Cristina Fiorentino, Millesimo di millimetro. I segni del codice visivo Olivetti 1908-1978, preface by Giuseppe Lupo, Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, il Mulino, Bologna, April 2014

Olivetti Historical Archive Association, Egidio Bonfante: Il dolce tempo della grande estate. May 2015

Caterina Cristina Fiorentino, Congegni sapienti. Stile Olivetti: il pensiero che realizza, Hapax Editore, Turin, December 2016.

Carlo Olmo, Patrizia Bonifazio and Luca Lazzarini, Le case Olivetti a Ivrea. L’Ufficio Consulenza Case Dipendenti ed Emilio A. Tarpino, with photographs by Paolo Mazzo, Olivetti Historical Archive Association Studies and Research Series, il Mulino, Bologna, December 2018

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