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"It hasn't always been easy for me to make people take me seriously. I play with children. And, in a society such as ours, anyone who plays or works with children runs the risk of being thought eccentric." Munari, Italian artist, inventor and designer.

Bruno Munari (October 24, 1907, Milan- September 30, 1998, Milan) was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor whose work could never be defined. He created and invented across mediums and methods as paper, painting, sculpture, toys, photography, film, education, fine art and graphic design.

What are the main features of Munari's style? The quirky objects, furniture, books, pictures and workshops he created encouraged learning through tactile, physical and kinaesthetic play. His work is often associated with the Italian Futurist movement, he also drew heavily from Surrealism's vibrant pallets and the Bauhaus's geometric forms.

A Bruno Munari doodle from 1987

Munari encouraged children to learn about the world through touching and playing with materials and things. Possibly one of his most well-known interventions was his Tactile Workshop series. In these Murani in worked with groups of young children to experiment with touch as an exploration of material's properties and artistic concepts.