A House of Three Corners, Galleria Franco Noero

This book was designed for Galleria Franco Noero on the occasion of the gallery’s 20th anniversary.

A House of Three Corners recounts the years when the gallery was located in the building at via Giulia di Barolo, at the corner of corso San Maurizio—the famous Casa Scaccabarozzi by Alessandro Antonelli, commonly known as the “Fetta di Polenta.” From 2008 to 2013, the Fetta di Polenta hosted exhibitions and installations curated by the gallery.

The book was intentionally designed with modest dimensions and elongated proportions, echoing the slender, vertical profile of the building. It exists in both Italian and English editions.

The layout of the central section divides each page in half: the upper half displays photographs of the works in the gallery space. The lower half presents the textual content. Whenever both text and images appear on the same page, there is a direct relationship between them. This layout allows for easy reading, even in the reduced format, without the need for captions or page references. It also enables the edition to be printed in two languages without adapting the layout: Italian text, printed in black, is replaced with the English equivalent.

The book opens with an introductory essay by Serio Pace and closes with a curated selection of images. The central section retraces the gallery’s exhibitions and key moments, pairing images of artworks in context with descriptive texts by Kirsty Bell.

The book block was printed in offset by Grafiche Antiga, while the cover was produced by Archivio Tipografico using photopolymer plates. A hand-applied image reproduces a Polaroid taken during the gallery’s residency-exhibition.

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