STUDIODADA was an Italian architectural and design office which started in 1977 during Italy's
radical period. It completed interior design and architecture projects in Italy and abroad. It ceased to operate in 1988.
History
The firm was founded by six architects: Ada Alberti, Dario Ferrari, Patrizio Corno, Maurizio Maggi,
Marco Piva Marco Piva, Italian architect, interior designer and product designer, born on February 15, 1952, in Milan.
Biography
He graduated in architecture at Politecnico di Milano and founded STUDIODADA in 1977, that was one of the main design offices of ...
, and Paolo Francesco Piva. In 1980 it took part in the competition 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 entitled " L’interno dopo la forma dell’utile" (Interior space after the form of usefulness). That was the beginning of its activicty in design field.
In the field of product design, STUDIODADA members have designed for companies such a
Luciano Marcato,
Brunati,
Interior ceramiche,
Stilnovo,
Tecnodada,
Villeroy & Boch
Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland.
History
The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set up a potte ...
,
Felice Rossi and
Egoluce.
STUDIODADA also promoted some exhibitions to explain its point of view on design such as "Architetture mobili" (movable architectures) (1982), "Design della notte" (design of the night), and others.
Computer design
The 1980s saw the introduction of "computer assisted drafting" and STUDIODADA saw the immediate opportunity to use CAD assistance in project development, both for design and architecture realizing the potential to managing design projects with software assistance.
At Farbe Design in
Stuttgart
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in 1983, they presented, in collaboration with
Olivetti
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, one of the first examples of a computerised system for ceramic tiles linked with an automatic order-management system.
From that experience, they founded TECNODADA
Domus 1987 - Tecnodada is a company working in services fields for architecture design and furnishing. For this reason has organized an electronic archive to be consulted by professionals...
/ref> a service office where professional could have had the possibility to find solutions for their jobs, as for materials o procedures to use them. TECNODADA also produced some furnitures a book case and a table called "Carpi" and a sofa table called "On The Road."
In 1988, some of the members left STUDIODADA, and the office were closed the next year.
Gallery
File:STUDIODADA_Skyline_for_Stefano_Cevoli.jpg, "Skyline," design by Paolo Francesco Piva, STUDIODADA for Stefano Cevoli 1982.
File:STUDIODADA_Sakè_wall_lamp_for_Stilnovo.JPG, "Sakè," wall lamp design by Marco & Paolo Francesco Piva, STUDIODADA for Stilnovo 1989.
File:STUDIODADA_ARCHITETTURE_MOBILI_82.jpg, "Architetture mobili." STUDIODADA exhibition, Cesena in 1982.
File:STUDIODADA REFS ON THE WEB.pdf, STUDIODADA references on the web
References
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Architecture firms of Italy
Design companies of Italy
Design companies established in 1977
1977 establishments in Italy