Italian Radical Design and the Memphis Group (1965–1988)

1. Superarchitettura I exhibition launches Radical Design

   Dec 4, 1966Labels: Archizoom, Superstudio, Superarchitettura

   • Superstudio FR Wiki
   • Archizoom EN Wiki

2. Superarchitettura II continues the movement in Modena

   Jan 1, 1967Labels: Archizoom, Superstudio, Modena

   • Superstudio FR Wiki
   • Archizoom EN Wiki

3. Superstudio begins its photomontage-based critiques

   Dec 1, 1968Labels: Superstudio, photomontage, Continuous Monument

   • DOAJ paper
   • Superstudio EN Wiki

4. Continuous Monument project frames a global critique

   Jan 1, 1969Labels: Superstudio, Continuous Monument

   • DOAJ paper
   • Palinsesti UniTN

5. Archizoom develops No-Stop City as anti-urbanism

   Jan 1, 1969Labels: Archizoom, No-Stop City

   • Archizoom EN Wiki
   • Palinsesti UniTN

6. MoMA spotlights Italian design’s new domestic debates

   May 26, 1972Labels: MoMA, Italy The

   • MoMA Exhibition

7. Global Tools launches a radical design “counter-school”

   Jan 1, 1973Labels: Global Tools

   • Triennale Milano

8. Global Tools ends, marking a shift in strategies

   Jan 1, 1975Labels: Global Tools

   • Triennale Milano

9. Studio Alchimia founded in Milan

   Jan 1, 1976Labels: Studio Alchimia, Milan, Alessandro Guerriero

   • Alchimia EN Wiki
   • Domus

10. Bau.Haus uno debuts Alchimia’s furniture experiments

    Jan 1, 1978Labels: Alchimia, Bau Haus

    • Domus
    • Alchimia EN Wiki

11. Mendini designs the Poltrona di Proust

    Jan 1, 1978Labels: Alessandro Mendini, Poltrona di

    • Philadelphia Museum
    • Domus

12. Memphis meeting forms around Sottsass in Milan

    Dec 11, 1980Labels: Ettore Sottsass, Memphis, Milan

    • Memphis Milano
    • Design Museum

13. Sottsass designs Carlton bookcase as Memphis icon

    Jan 1, 1981Labels: Ettore Sottsass, Carlton

    • Christie s
    • MBAM

14. Memphis debuts first collection at Arc ’74

    Sep 19, 1981Labels: Memphis, Arc 74

    • Memphis Milano
    • Triennale Milano

15. De Lucchi’s First Chair shows Memphis reaching wider markets

    Jan 1, 1983Labels: Michele De, First Chair

    • The Met
    • DIA

16. Branzi’s Animali Domestici advances “neo-primitive” furniture

    Jan 1, 1985Labels: Andrea Branzi, Animali Domestici

    • Centre Pompidou
    • Architectural Digest

17. Memphis disbands, closing its original era

    Jan 1, 1988Labels: Memphis

    • Guardian
    • Memphis Group EN