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Review: Radical Design

2017; University of California Press; Volume: 76; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/jsah.2017.76.2.258

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Marie Theres Stauffer,

Visual Culture and Art Theory

Book Review| June 01 2017 Review: Radical Design Radical Design Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany 4 June–13 November 2016 Marie Theres Stauffer Marie Theres Stauffer University of Geneva Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2017) 76 (2): 258–260. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2017.76.2.258 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Marie Theres Stauffer; Review: Radical Design. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 June 2017; 76 (2): 258–260. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2017.76.2.258 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search Radical Design was the latest in a number of shows, including a special exhibition at the 1996 Architecture Biennale in Venice, devoted to the “radicals” of the 1960s and 1970s.1 That exhibition made clear that the “radical” approach did not concentrate on objects exclusively, but was in fact rather expansive: “from the spoon to the city.”2 In the beginning, Radical Design was an informal network, consisting primarily of young Italian architects who had forged friendships over their shared interests.3 Lacking building contracts, they began experimenting on a 1:1 scale, producing objects in practices that straddled the lines between design, art, and theory. This plainly adhered to the Italian tradition of architects who are active as designers and intellectuals as well. But in contrast to the representatives of earlier generations, these new Italian radicals came of age during a period of crisis. Graduates of architecture schools were extremely... You do not currently have access to this content.