Archizoom
The Archizoom Associati group was founded in Florence in 1966 . The founding members of the group include Andrea Branzi , Paolo Deganello , Gilberto Corretti and Massimo Morozzi . The group is considered to be the founder of anti-design . In addition to architecture and product design, Archizoom also dealt with urban planning. The name is derived from the British architectural group Archigram and their magazine Zoom .
In provocative works inspired by Pop Art , Archizoom breaks away from the dominant functionalist design . An example of this is the Superonda sofa from 1966, a wave-shaped cut polyurethane block that can be put together to form various seat combinations. In the Mies armchair from 1969, Archizoom ironically quotes a design classic and combines a steel frame in the form of a three-sided prism with a comfortable latex bed.
Archizoom questioned existing bourgeois values and conventions and criticized the existing consumer society. Even if Archizoom dissolved again in 1974, their influence on later groups such as Memphis or Alchimia is unmistakable.
literature
- Bernhard E. Bürdek: Design. History, theory and practice of product design. 3. Edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7643-7028-9 , p. 133.
- Mel Byars: Design Encyclopedia. 1880 to the present. Klinkhardt and Biermann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-7814-0365-3 , p. 27.
- Enrico Morteo: Design Atlas. From 1850 until today. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-8321-9239-6 , pp. 302-310.
Web links
- http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/artist/archizoom/biography/
- http://www.designlexikon.net/Designer/A/archizoom.html
- https://www.design-museum.de/de/sammlung/100-masterpieces/detailseiten/mies-archizoom-associati.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell: Design of the 20th Century. Taschen, Cologne u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-8228-5541-3 , p. 14.
- ^ Claudia Neumann: Design Lexicon Italy. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4427-9 , p. 102.