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, the Radical period took place in the late 1960s, with a shift in style among the

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. Probably the most notable result of this avant-garde period is the installation called " Superarchitettura", made in

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in 1966. Another important exhibition dedicated to radical design in Italy was held at

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in 1972 ("Italy: The New Domestic Landscape"). The radical design movement included many artists, designers and architects from Florence, Turin, Naples, Milan, etc: * Archizoom, Superstudio,

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, 9999, Zziggurat (

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) * LIBIDARCH, Studio 65, Ceretti-Derossi-Rosso, Piero Gatti-Cesare Paolini-Franco Teodoro. In addition, artists like Piero Gilardi, Guido Drocco, Franco Mello (

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) * Riccardo Dalisi (

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) * Gruppo Cavart: Piero Brombin and Michele De Lucchi (

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) *

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* Ugo La Pietra (

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) Another important studio was located in Milan and called " STUDIODADA". Members of STUDIODADA included: Ada Alberti, Dario Ferrari, Maurizio Maggi, Patrizio Corno, Marco Piva and Paolo Francesco Piva. Other professionals of that period were: David Palterer, Tomo Ara, Battista Luraschi, Bepi Maggiori, Alberto Benelli, Pino Calzana, etc. Radical Design influenced Studio Alchimia and the

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. In addition, a movement called "Postmodernism" or "Neomodernism" was led by

Alessandro Mendini Alessandro Mendini (16 August 1931 – 18 February 2019) was an Italian designer and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern, and Radical design. He also worked, aside from his artistic career, for ''C ...

, director of reviews like "Casabella", "Modo" and "Domus" from 1980 to 1985. Mendini's postmodernism inspired exhibitions like "L'interno oltre la forma dell'utile" (Interior space after the form of usefulness) held at the

Triennale The Triennale di Milano is a design and art museum in the Parco Sempione in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is housed in the Palazzo dell'Arte, which was designed by Giovanni Muzio and built between 1931 and 1933; construction was fina ...

di Milano in 1980.

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