Radical - Italian Design 1965-1985

Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985, from The Dennis Freedman Collection / ISBN 9780300247497 / 224-page hard cover, about 9.75 x 12 inches / published by Yale University Press Read a nice review in Curbed. *** An essential new look at the design philosophy that interrogated modern living against the turbulent political landscape of 1960s Italy 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 the urban environment. Radical design’s proponents also applied it to items such as furniture and lighting, utilizing alternative materials and an innovative formal vocabulary. Radical: Italian Design 1965–1985 surveys the work of these pioneering designers through nearly 70 objects and architectural models—including rare prototypes and limited-production pieces. Cindi Strauss insightfull