Radical period (design)
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In Italy, in the second part of the 1960s, the design avant-garde
s entered a new period of construction named "Radical".
Probably the most notorious result of such avant-garde period is the very famous installation called "Superarchitettura
", made in Pistoia
in 1966.
Within the Italian design framework and action environment, Superarchitettura literally triggered the Radical Period.
Another important studio was placed in Milan and called "STUDIODADA
".
The members of STUDIODADA were: Ada Alberti, Dario Ferrari, Maurizio Maggi, Patrizio Corno, Marco Piva
and Paolo Francesco Piva.
Other professionals of that period were: David Palterer, Tomo Ara, Battista Luraschi, Bepi Maggiori, Alberto Benelli, Pino Calzana, etc.
In that period there was a sort of "dichotomy" between architects and designers following the concept of shape coming FORM/FUNCTION and others trying to privilege the styling.
Between those, sprung a new movement called "POSTMODERNISM" or "NEOMODERNISM" led by Alessandro Mendini.
This movement defined themselves an avant garde, started to edit objects instead of project them.
Searching for new surprising surfaces and applying any sort of decoration, to objects they intended to anti-banalizing them.
Director of reviews like "Casabella", "Modo" and "Domus" from 1980 to 1985 he succeeded to promote the new tendency.
After some year, this movement vanished, but some parts of the researches on surfaces were used for the styling of the new objects.
The concept FORM/FUNCTION "won the fight".
But the impulse coming from POSTMODERISM and research from exhibitions like "L'INTERNO OLTRE LA FORMA DELL'UTILE" (Interior space after the form of usefulness) held in TRIENNALE DI MILANO in 1980, pushed producer to experiment new materials and new approach to project.
The spirit of new designer promoted the transformation.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
s entered a new period of construction named "Radical".
Probably the most notorious result of such avant-garde period is the very famous installation called "Superarchitettura
Superarchitettura
Superarchitettura is a theoretical & conceptual framework, whose physical definition has been given at the homonymous 1966 exhibition, held at Jolly2, an art gallery of Pistoia, Italy....
", made in Pistoia
Pistoia
Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...
in 1966.
Within the Italian design framework and action environment, Superarchitettura literally triggered the Radical Period.
Another important studio was placed in Milan and called "STUDIODADA
STUDIODADA
STUDIODADA was an affiliate of the architectural and design office of the Radical Period, it was involved in interior design and architecture projects both in Italy and abroad.- History :...
".
The members of STUDIODADA were: Ada Alberti, Dario Ferrari, Maurizio Maggi, Patrizio Corno, Marco Piva
Marco Piva
-Biography:Marco Piva, Italian architect and designer, was born in Milan in 1952.In 1977 he graduated at Politecnico di Milano and founded STUDIODADA in 1978, one of the design offices of the radical period....
and Paolo Francesco Piva.
Other professionals of that period were: David Palterer, Tomo Ara, Battista Luraschi, Bepi Maggiori, Alberto Benelli, Pino Calzana, etc.
In that period there was a sort of "dichotomy" between architects and designers following the concept of shape coming FORM/FUNCTION and others trying to privilege the styling.
Between those, sprung a new movement called "POSTMODERNISM" or "NEOMODERNISM" led by Alessandro Mendini.
This movement defined themselves an avant garde, started to edit objects instead of project them.
Searching for new surprising surfaces and applying any sort of decoration, to objects they intended to anti-banalizing them.
Director of reviews like "Casabella", "Modo" and "Domus" from 1980 to 1985 he succeeded to promote the new tendency.
After some year, this movement vanished, but some parts of the researches on surfaces were used for the styling of the new objects.
The concept FORM/FUNCTION "won the fight".
But the impulse coming from POSTMODERISM and research from exhibitions like "L'INTERNO OLTRE LA FORMA DELL'UTILE" (Interior space after the form of usefulness) held in TRIENNALE DI MILANO in 1980, pushed producer to experiment new materials and new approach to project.
The spirit of new designer promoted the transformation.