Andrea Branzi

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Andrea Branzi (2008)

Andrea Branzi (born November 30, 1938 in Florence ) is an Italian architect and designer .

life and work

Andrea Branzi studied architecture in his native city of Florence. In 1966 he founded the Archizoom -Associati with Paolo Deganello , Gilberto Corretti and Massimo Morozzi . The group is considered to be the founder of anti-design . In 1975 Branzi co-founded the CDM organization with Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini and then became a member of Studio Alchimia . Branzi helped found the Domus Academy in 1982 and published Modo magazine from 1983 to 1987 .

Since 1967 he has been involved in experimental and industrial design, architecture, urban planning, training and cultural promotion. He is a professor at the Milan Polytechnic .

As an architect and designer, Andrea Branzi realized many projects for clients such as Alessi, Artemide, Danese and Zanotta.

Famous works

  • 1968 Safari living area and San Remo lamp for Poltronova
  • 1969 Wind City together with Archizoom
  • 1972 No-Stop-City together with Archizoom
  • 1982 Century sofa
  • 1985 Animali Domestici furniture series for Zanotta
  • 1988 Foglie lamp for Memphis
  • 1991 Amnesia vases for Design Gallery Milano
  • 1998 Passenger lamp for Design Gallery Milano
  • 2000 Weak Urbanization for Philips
  • 2003 Blossoming Gap Installation with Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Martin Rendel & René Spitz , Cologne
  • 2009 Treille mirror cabinet for Bernardaud

Awards (selection)

Literature (selection)

  • The Hot House: Italian New Wave Design by Andrea Branzi MIT Press 1984, ISBN 978-0-26202-2-118
  • Domestic Animals: The Neoprimitive Style by Andrea Branzi MIT Press 1987, ISBN 978-0-26252-1-260
  • Learning from Milan: Design and the Second Modernity by Andrea Branzi, MIT Press 1988, ISBN 978-0-26252-1-369
  • Nouvelles de la metropole froide: design et seconde modernite by Andrea Branzi Editions du Center Pompidou, ISBN 978-2-85850-6-033
  • Introduzione al design italiano. Una modernità incompleta by Andrea Branzi, Dalai Editore 2008, ISBN 978-8-86073-0-718

Web links

Commons : Andrea Branzi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 36; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5
  2. ^ Ketterer Kunst Andrea Branzi accessed on October 29, 2015
  3. ↑ art directory Andrea Branzi accessed on October 29, 2015
  4. ↑ rotaliana Andrea Branzi accessed on October 29, 2015
  5. ↑ Architecture & Living Architect and Designer Andrea Branzi accessed on October 29, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Branzi, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect and designer
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence