Superstudio
Superstudio, founded in Florence in 1966 at the Faculty of Architecture, was initially formed by Adolfo Natalini and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, who were later joined by Roberto Magris [in 1967], Piero Frassinelli [in 1968], Alessandro Magris [in 1970] and Alessandro Poli [from 1970 to 1972]. Superstudio's experimental activity began when it participated in the Superarchitettura [1966] exhibition organised together with Archizoom. From that experience, thanks to the meeting with Poltronova, the Passiflora lamp and the Sofo sofa were born. Between 1968 and 1969 Design d'invenzione e design d'evasione ["Domus" 475, 1969], Istogrammi d'architettura [1969] and Monumento continuo were published.
As late as 1969, the group participated in the Graz Biennale with the theme Architecture and Freedom. Between 1971 and 1973, Superstudio produced theoretical works, films and utopian designs: Cinque storie del Superstudio and Supersurface presented in 1972 at the MoMA in New York during the exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape. In 1973, it was one of the founding members of Global Tools, chaired by Ettore Sottsass jr. In 1978, before the group disbanded, it participated in the exhibition Topologia e Morfogenesi at the Venice Biennale. Recent tributes to the group include: Superstudio 50, an exhibition curated by Gabriele Mastrigli, MAXXI in Rome; Superstudio Migrazioni, CIVA Brussels [2020].
