Italian Radical Education in the Age of Dissent, Warsaw

Wednesday October 21st 2015 by Peter Thomas Lang

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ITALIAN RADICAL EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF DISSENT

LECTURE BY PETER LANG

TUE, OCTOBER 27, 2015, 6:00 PM

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UL. KOSZYKOWA 55, WARSAW

What can explain the incredible burst of creative energy that fuelled a generation of Italian designers, producing such iconic post-war groups like Superstudio, Archizoom, 9999, U.F.O and Strum?

That which is most difficult to pin down with the Italian Radical Design movement is precisely its complex origins, there is no single school, master text, or figurehead that can be said to have dominated this generation. Rather, the Radical Design movement emerges in a moment of social and political upheaval, and comes to embody within its tenets a broad array of artistic, philosophic and humanitarian principles that drive this generation towards a revolutionary vision of the future.