The journey that The Beatles made to India in 1968 is considered one of the key events for western pop culture. The journey that The Beatles made to India in 1968 caused an enormous stir in the international media and was fundamental in spreading a certain interest for the East that influenced music, literature, cinema, fashion and customs at the close of that decade. The title, Nothing Is Real, is a famous lyric in The Beatles' song Strawberry Fields Forever, inviting people to search beyond appearances with a spiritual and metaphysical tension. The book invokes that extraordinary moment through reports from the period, historical photographs, artworks by international artists such as Ettore Sottsass, Alighiero Boetti, Francesco Clemente, Luigi Ontani, Aldo Mondino and Julian Schnabel, as well as through album, book and magazine covers..

English summary: Miami Swing was born from a meeting between Alida Cappellini, Giovanni Licheri and Renzo Arbore, who inspired a furnshinig line that reflects his lifestyle and philosophy. This book is not a catalogue of furniture designed by Arbore; Arbore is the muse inspiring the designers Cappellini and Licheri, whose theatrical design research has blossomed into a tropical decor, with a soupcon of contemporary neo pop language. English & Italian text. Italian description: Miamiswing nasce dall'incontro di Alida Cappellini e Giovanni Licheri con Renzo Arbore, ispiratore di una linea di arredamento con il suo modo di vivere, con la sua filosofia di vita: dall'altra domenica all'altra TV all'altro design. Il volume non e pero un catalogo di mobili disegnati da Arbore, poiche potrebbe arrivare un messaggio falso che accomunerebbe Arbore ad altri vip che, arrivati all'apice della carriera, sfruttano il loro nome come designer improvvisati. Piuttosto Arbore e la musa ispiratrice per gli scenografi-designer Cappellini e Licheri che hanno creato una linea caratterizzata da mobili e arredi colorati, luccicanti e comodi che rimandano all'atmosfera della swing-house.