SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75

SuperDesign is a lively chronicle of how the Italian Radicals’ bold experimentation in modern design continues to influence design today. 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.   Featured designers include Archizoom Associati, Lapo Binazzi (UFO), Pietro Derossi (Gruppo Strum), Piero Gilardi, Ugo La Pietra, Gaetano Pesce, Gianni

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. Maria Cristina Didero is an independent curator and freelance journalist 

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.  Evan Snyderman is a collector, curator, and cofounder of the design gallery R & Company in New York City. About the AuthorMaria 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. She is a specialist in Italian design, author of Crafting Design in Italy: From Post-war to Postmodernism, and co-curator of Ra