RADICAL/ ITALIAN DESIGN 1965

In the mid-1960s, reacting to contemporary social and political upheaval, young Italian architects and designers began developing a new style that openly challenged Modernism. Known as Radical design, this movement probed possibilities for visually transforming th e urban environment. Radical design's proponents also applied it to items such as furniture and lighting, utilizing alternative mate rials and an innovative formal vocabulary. Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985 surveys the work of these pioneering designers through nearly 70 ...[Llegir més]