Superdesign - Didero Maria Cristina; Snyderman Evan
Italian Radical Design 1965-1975
KORTE INHOUD
SuperDesign is the only comprehensive look at the short-lived but powerfully influential movement known as Italian Radical design. In numerous exclusive interviews, unreleased photographs, original drawings and artwork unearthed from personal archives, and newly commissioned photography of rarely seen works, SuperDesign casts new light on this tumultuous moment in design. What started as a largely student-led rally against the establishment and a rejection of accepted design norms became a movement that brought together some of the most dynamic and avant-garde thinkers and creative makers across the country. SuperDesign reveals how and why the designers of Italy during this short yet action-packed time changed the way we think about the objects that surround us. Through enigmatic, confrontational, and even distasteful objects and interiors, peppered with subversive performances and astonishingly innovative advertising campaigns, the Radicals projected design's new era as equal parts pop art, surrealism, play,...
