Superdesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75 by Didero, Maria Cristina

Superdesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75

SuperDesign charts the Italian Radicals' bold experimentation in modern design from its birth through its continued influence...
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Author: Maria Cristina Didero
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Language: English
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Superdesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75 by Didero, Maria Cristina

Superdesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75

$132.13

Superdesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75

$132.13
Author: Maria Cristina Didero
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
SuperDesign charts the Italian Radicals' bold experimentation in modern design from its birth through its continued influence on design today. Radical Design was launched by art, architecture, and design students in Italy in the mid-1960s. What started as a youthful rally against the establishment and a rejection of design norms became a movement that brought together some of the most dynamic and avant-garde thinkers and makers across the country. Through enigmatic, confrontational, and clever furniture and objects--such as the iconic lip-shaped Bocca sofa, or the Cactus coat-rack in green foam--as well as more public innovations including discotheque interiors and subversive performances, the Radicals projected design's new era as equal parts Pop Art, play, Surrealism, and futurism. Told through exclusive interviews, unreleased photographs, original drawings and artwork unearthed from personal archives, and newly commissioned photography of rarely seen works, SuperDesign explores this fervent period of design that played out against the era's social and political turmoil. Featured designers include Archizoom Associati, Lapo Binazzi (UFO), Pietro Derossi (Gruppo Strum), Piero Gilardi, Ugo La Pietra, Gaetano Pesce, Gianni Pettena, Studio65, and Superstudio. The culmination of a decade of collecting and researching original examples of some of the most important and iconic works of the period, SuperDesign offers a unique new introduction to the legacy of the Italian Radicals.

Author: Maria Cristina Didero
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Published: 10/31/2017
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.35lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781580934954

About the Author
Maria Cristina Didero is an independent curator and freelance journalist whose writing appears in Domus, Vogue Italia, and other design publications. Based in Milan, she works internationally; she has curated numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad, and contributed to several publications.

Evan Snyderman is a collector, curator, and cofounder of the design gallery R & Company in New York City. He has contributed to multiple publications, including monographs on designers Wendell Castle, Cees Braakman, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Poul Kjaerholm, Renate Müller, Jeff Zimmerman, and The Haas Brothers.

Deyan Sudjic is the director of the Design Museum, London. He is the author of numerous books on architecture and design, including The Language of Things and The Edifice Complex, and most recently, The Language of Cities.

Catharine Rossi is a senior lecturer in Design History at Kingston University, London. She is a specialist in Italian design, author of Crafting Design in Italy: From Post-war to Postmodernism, and co-curator of Radical Disco: Architecture and Nightlife in Italy, 1965-1975 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.


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