Italy´s particular position with respect to "applied arts" and crafts over a very long period. In effect the coming of mechanization as made the use of manual activities superfluous in the mass produced items, on the other hand the ancient italian tradition in the sector of ceramic, glass, wood, straw and materials, is such that in those sectors where industrial production has taken over from crafts (as e.g. in forniture and furnishing) some of the prerogative of the italian character have remained − fantasy and the search for a "good form".(Gillo Dorfles- "The situation of industrial design in Italy" in catalogue: italienishes Mobel design, ICE 1980, pgg. 12-21)
In planning this exhibition, importance has been given to the item as a priority for the visitor: comunication intended as the relation between the object and the media, and design as the basic instruments for the product´s planning. A very simple system of short boards and textile panels delimited the expositive areas where the object were arranged in chronological order. The "Scintilla" system, with very low voltage halogen bulbs, expressely designed for those spaces lighted up forniture and expositive panels with sparkling light, without shadows.