{"product_id":"munaris-machines-reprint","title":"Munari's Machines \/ Le Macchine di Munari","description":"\u003ctable class=\"table product-detail-custom-fields-table\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; width: 100%; height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"custom-fields-row\" style=\"height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"custom-fields-value\" style=\"width: 98.263889%; height: 19px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bruno-Munari\/e\/B004N6DPWC\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\"\u003eBruno Munari\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Author), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;field-author=Isobel+Butters+Caleffi\u0026amp;text=Isobel+Butters+Caleffi\u0026amp;sort=relevancerank\u0026amp;search-alias=books\"\u003eIsobel Butters Caleffi\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Translator)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1942, the artist, writer, product designer, architect, graphic designer, illustrator, educator and philosopher Bruno Munari created an enormously successful and utterly charming book called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Macchine di Munari\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Faithfully reprinted here, it contains instructions for building the most fantastical of mechanical structures, including a machine for taming alarm clocks, a lizard-driven engine for tired tortoises, a mechanism for sniffing artificial flowers, a humiliator for mosquitoes, a machine for playing the pipe even when you are not home, a machine for seeing the dawn before anyone else and a tail wagger for dogs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDEA BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45283068838066,"sku":"9788887942828","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3532\/5780\/files\/Copyofcategoryimagesforwebsite-2026-03-23T173630.581.jpg?v=1774305398","url":"https:\/\/mfashop.mfah.org\/products\/munaris-machines-reprint","provider":"The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston","version":"1.0","type":"link"}