In 1934 with the publication of the volume "The modern furnishing" ("L'arredamento moderno"), Aloi began his activity of studying and writing about architecture, furnishing and decorative art. These volumes are one of the most important iconographic collections of the taste and of the artistic tendencies of those years.
In fifty years of job he published, always for the publisher Ulrico Hoepli, more than forty volumes collecting success and world resonance.
In the postwar period he creates the series of
"Examples" ("Esempi"), always of international interest: each volume,
with hundreds of illustrations and sketches, with Italian and English explanations (for a
lot of books also in French and German), has an historical preface written by different
specialised architects.
This job gave to Aloi the opportunity of visiting places, of rebuilding grafics and
project, of establishing relations with the most important italian and foreign architects
and designers like Giņ Ponti, Carlo de Carli, Angioldomenico Pica, Vico Magistretti
and many other.
The job of Aloi included, beside the choice of the works
to publish, the grafic impagination, the careful choice of the iconographicds material,
all in conformity to a precise aesthetical taste.
The main idea of these books was to join the demands of precise technical information
adressed to experts of the sector with those of a larger pubblic that would to
approach the different disciplines or subjects discussed in them.
For the volume "New architecture in Milan"
("Nuove architetture a Milano") Aloi got the card ad Honorem from the
"Collegio degli Architetti".
While presenting the volume he wrote:"... An almost filial homage, to this town which
I consider to be my true city, since I don't know how long - a faithful and efficient
manifestation of hte enormous vitality which is pheraps the essential component of this
always new city despite its more than thousand years."
These books are still used for researches and accademic studies about design and aesthetical taste of that period.
