#Lapo Binazzi

[yorkshireword]

Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod, Auction Catalog, 2018

Okay… This one is sort of a secret but information should be free—and good taste should be passed around like a bad flu. The catalog that accompanied the auction of the late interior designer Jim Walrod's personal collection is like a reference bible for brilliant style. Jim was discovered by Andy Warhol and worked at Fiorucci, and later opened his Form and Function gallery in 1998. He designed my friend Mel Ottenberg's apartment, and also did Mike D's from the Beastie Boys. He worked with Steven Meisel and Andre Balasz, consulted on the unforgettable interiors in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm, and perhaps most famously was David Bowie's decorator. If I could steal anyone's eye, it would be Jim's. Favorite pieces I discovered through him include Lapo Binazzi's MGM Table Lamp, Antonio Locatelli and Pietro Salmoraghi's Centopiedi daybed, Nanda Vigo's Light Tree, and Ettore Sotsass's Attribution shelves. He was obsessed with Gaetano Pesce and had the absolutely jaw-dropping Nobody's Perfect cabinet in his possession… I love feeling jealous.

[garadinervi]

Lo specchio fluido. Il cinema d'artista, Edited by Andrea Granchi, Edizioni Galleria De Amicis, Firenze, 1978 [Exhibition: March-April, 1978] [Temporary Bookstore]. Feat. Cioni Carpi, Ugo Nespolo, Luca Patella, Gruppo 70, Lapo Binazzi (UFO), Ugo La Pietra, Superstudio, Massimo Becattini, Alberto Moretti, Plinio Martelli, Renato Ranaldi, Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci-Lucchi, Andrea Granchi

[zozammer]

UFO, a collective of architects and designers who were a part of radical Italian design in the 60s. They were mostly inspired by Dadaism, humour, and utopia.

[fashionbooksmilano]

Radical

Italian design 1965-1985

The Dennis FreedmanCollection

Cindi Strauss with an essay by Germano Celant and contributions by Marissa S.Hershon, Sarah Horne and J.Taylor Kubala

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2020, 223 pages, ISBN 9780300247497

euro 52,00

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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 insightfully explores the aesthetic inspiration and changing cultural mores that informed the movement, and her research is complemented by an essay from Germano Celant, the acclaimed author and curator who coined the term “Radical design.” Importantly, the book includes seven interviews with Radical designers and architects, offering fresh insights into the individuals who were at the vanguard of this groundbreaking movement.

25/05/20

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[80sdeco]

Today at lunch I got to hear two of my design heroes, the weirdo Italians of the radical design collective 'UFO Group' and Studio Alchimia (Lapo Binazzi and Gianni Pettena). SuperDesign Artist Talk at SAIC tomorrow, info here:  http://www.saic.edu/academics/departments/aiado/events/lapo-binazzi-and-gianni-pettena

UFO Group, Boutique “Il Mago di Oz”, Viareggio, Italy, 1969 Safari Sofa with San Remo floor lamps

[lescuriositesdelafoire]

Lapo Binazzi,  UFO-Comune agricola di Piazza signoria, Florence, 1970

[designbooksmilano]

SuperDesign

Italian Radical Design 1965-75

Maria Cristina Didero, Introduction by Evan Snyderman; essays by Deyan Sudjic and Catharine Rossi

The Monacelli Press, New York 2017, ISBN  9781580934954

euro 49,00

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SuperDesign charts the Italian Radicals’ bold experimentation in modern design from its birth through its continued influence on design today.Radical Design was launched by art, architecture, and design students in Italy in the mid-1960s. What started as a youthful rally against the establishment and a rejection of design norms became a movement that brought together some of the most dynamic and avant-garde thinkers and makers across the country. Through enigmatic, confrontational, and clever furniture and objects—such as the iconic lip-shaped Bocca sofa, or the Cactus coat-rack in green foam—as well as more public innovations including discotheque interiors and subversive performances, the Radicals projected design’s new era as equal parts Pop Art, play, Surrealism, and futurism. Told through exclusive interviews, unreleased photographs, original drawings and artwork unearthed from personal archives, and newly commissioned photography of rarely seen works, SuperDesign explores this fervent period of design that played out against the era’s social and political turmoil. Featured designers include Archizoom Associati, Lapo Binazzi (UFO), Pietro Derossi (Gruppo Strum), Piero Gilardi, Ugo La Pietra, Gaetano Pesce, Gianni Pettena, Studio65, and Superstudio. The culmination of a decade of collecting and researching original examples of some of the most important and iconic works of the period, SuperDesign offers a unique new introduction to the legacy of the Italian Radicals.

31/05/20

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[modelarchitecture]

Barn Restoration by Lapo Binazzi of Gruppo UFO (****Also, found at http://italian.it/lapobinazzi/start.html )

[hottsoupp]

Lapo Binazzi, UFO

[worldfoodbooks]

OPEN TODAY 11-6 PM. BACK IN THE BOOKSHOP: "SUPERDESIGN : ITALIAN RADICAL DESIGN 1965-75" (2017) • SuperDesign charts the Italian Radicals' bold experimentation in modern design from its birth through its continued influence on design today. Radical Design was launched by art, architecture, and design students in Italy in the mid-1960s. What started as a youthful rally against the establishment and a rejection of design norms became a movement that brought together some of the most dynamic and avant-garde thinkers and makers across the country. Through enigmatic, confrontational, and clever furniture and objects--such as the iconic lip-shaped Bocca sofa, or the Cactus coat-rack in green foam--as well as more public innovations including discotheque interiors and subversive performances, the Radicals projected design's new era as equal parts Pop Art, play, Surrealism, and futurism. Told through exclusive interviews, unreleased photographs, original drawings and artwork unearthed from personal archives, and newly commissioned photography of rarely seen works, SuperDesign explores this fervent period of design that played out against the era's social and political turmoil. Featured designers include Archizoom Associati, Lapo Binazzi (UFO), Pietro Derossi (Gruppo Strum), Piero Gilardi, Ugo La Pietra, Gaetano Pesce, Gianni Pettena, Studio65, and Superstudio. The culmination of a decade of collecting and researching original examples of some of the most important and iconic works of the period, SuperDesign offers a unique new introduction to the legacy of the Italian Radicals. • Available in the bookshop today and via our website. • #worldfoodbooks #ArchizoomAssociati #Lapobinazzi #PietroDerossi #GruppoStrum #PieroGilardi #UgoLaPietra #GaetanoPesce #GianniPettena #Studio65 #Superstudio (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

[jenniedavis]

Lapo Binazzi

[ophelieleparquer]

_ PROGETTO PER L’UNIVERSITA DI FIRENZE _

UFO (Lapo Binazzi) 1969-1974

“Chaque projet illustre cette « architecture narrative » défendue par le groupe, fondée sur des codes rhétoriques de la culture de masse, où les références conventionnelles sont subverties, où les distances sont abolies et où l’image du monde proposée n’est plus statique. La présence de quelques icônes de l’imaginaire politico-idéologique de l’époque (Mao Tsé Toung) et de personnages (Tarzan) ou situations de bandes dessinées (la kryptonite) contribue à créer cette architecture « communicationnelle ».”

[utopian-aesthetic]

Lapo Binazzi

[fashionbooksmilano]

100E + Ceramiche X il Paradiso

Artisti insieme per costruire una scuola

a cura di Sergio Calatroni

Sergio Calatroni Artroom , Milano 2008, 339 pagine, brossura

euro 35,00

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Catalogo della mostra tenuta a Milano, Fondazione Stelline, Sala del Collezionista, 14-19 febbraio 2008 exhibition & no profit auction

Artisti, designer e architetti hanno ideato piastrelle in duplice esemplare per la realizzazione di un mosaico di due metri per due sul tema “Il Giardino dell’Eden”, e recentemente andate all’asta per finanziare - su iniziativa della Gabbianelli, Decorazione d'Interni - lo sviluppo della nuova Scuola del Centro di Studi e Ricerche Internazionali MAAAM (Morocco All Anonymous Art Marrakech). Ideatore della mostra e presidente del MAAAM e è l’architetto Sergio Calatroni. Quelle esposte al MIC sono le seconde copie delle piastrelle appositamente realizzate per questa mostra e per quella che seguirà alla Fondazione Orestiadi di Gibellina. Il motivo ispiratore delle ceramiche vuole essere la rilettura del tema del Giardino dell'Eden (Genesi, II) e la sua restituzione simbolica mediante l'uso della geometria, secondo l'antica tradizione islamica. “Eden” è una parola sumera che significa parco, giardino in pianura. Secondo la tradizione, questo luogo si trovava ad oriente della Palestina. Nel rigoglioso giardino crescevano due alberi: l'albero della conoscenza del bene e del male e l'albero della vita. Il giardino è dunque il simbolo del Paradiso Terrestre. Le ceramiche sono esposte accanto al bozzetto originale datato e firmato dall'autore.

Gli artisti Sergio Asti, Enrico Baleri, Antonio Ballista, Luigi Baroli, Lapo Binazzi, Julia Binfield, Jean Blanchaert, Virginia Cabassi Poma, Sergio Calatroni, Tassili Calatroni, Santi Caleca, Maurizio Cannavacciuolo, Lidia Carbone, Cy Carre', Lella Castaldo, Alice Cattaneo, Silvio Cattani, Luisa Cevese, Giovanni Chiaramente, Roberto Ciaccio, Aldo Cibic, Geppino Cilento, Antonella Cimatti, Antonio Colombo, Riccardo Dalisi, Tiziano Dal Pozzo, Aldo Damioli, Guido Daniele, Celeste Dell'Anna, Aurora Di Girolamo, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Era Ora Intelligence, Marta Fernández, Marco Ferreri, Pietro Finelli, Letizia Fornasieri, Enrico Francolini, Amalia Garufo, Dario Ghibaudo, Horatio Goni, Ezio Grisanti, Alessandro Guerriero, Guido Guidi, Pino Guidolotti, Takuo Kawashima, Ugo La Pietra, Colomba Leddi, Corrado Levi, Nicola Licitra, Salvatore Licitra, Marco Lodola, Paolo Lomazzi, Daniele Lombardi, Tommaso Maggio, Federico Maggioni, Luigi Mainolfi, Ugo Marano, Enzo Mari, Massimo Mariani, Barbara Martucci, Tullio Mazzotti, Alessandro Mendini, Fulvia Mendini, Ministero del Gusto, Luca Missoni, Mari Miyachi, Muga Miyahara, Axel Müller-Schöll, Yoshiaki Nishino, Alek O., Ohya Family, Original Designers 6R5, Annibale Oste, David Palterer, Antonio Paradiso, Massimo Piani, Steve Piccolo, Giuseppe Pino, Pier Paolo Pitocco, Gio Ponti, Lisa Ponti, Kuno Prey, Daniela Puppa, Franco Raggi, Bruno Rainaldi, Amato Rak, Prospero Rasulo, Roberto Remi, Guglielmo Renzi, Rohka, Alessandro Rossetti, Enzo Roveri, Giovanni Sabatini, Denis Santachiara, Fausto Santini, Luca Scacchetti, Patrizia Scarzella, Fabrizio Sclavi, Roberto Serino, Daniel Silver, Marina Sinibaldi Benatti, Maddalena Sisto, Franca Soncini, George Sowden, Giorgio Spiller, Luca Stoppini, Nello Teodori, Fabius Tita, Clino Trini Castelli, Maurizio Turchet, Guido Venturini, Matteo Vercelloni, Chung Yi Yang, Giorgio Vigna, Nanda Vigo, Valerio Vinaccia, Marco Zanuso Jr., Gianfranco Zavalloni.

08/01/21

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[80sdeco]

“Scarica Elettrica” table lamp in enameled steel and brass with a neon tube. Designed by Lapo Binazzi, 1973 and 1985

[lucianodonatini]

Lapo Binazzi "MGM" - UTOPIE RADICALI Oltre l’architettura: Firenze 1966-1976 a cura di #PinoBrugellis #GianniPettena #AlbertoSalvadori #GalleriaLaStrozzina #PalazzoStrozzi #utopieradicali #designblogger #designlovers #radicaldesign #lapobinazzi