Studio 65

Studio 65
Founded1965
Headquarters
Turin
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Studio 65 (Studiosessanta5) is an Italian architecture studio. It was founded in 1965 in Turin as an avant-garde experimental collective of architects, designers, poets and artists. Its founders were Franco Audrito, Roberta Garosci, Enzo Bertone, Paolo Morello, and Paolo Rondelli.[1]

Studio 65 played an essential role in the Radical movement in Italian design in the 1960-70s. Some of the most famous products they designed are the Bocca sofa[2] and Capitello chair[3]. Other notable projects include the Leonardo sofa, which became one of the icons of the Radical Design movement, the interior design of the Casa Canella apartment, the Palladian Villa, as well as the Barbarella nightclub.[1]

Other members of the Radical design movement from Turin were Piero Gatti-Cesare Paolini-Franco Teodoro, LIBIDARCH, Ceretti-Derossi-Rosso, Guido Drocco, Franco Mello, and Piero Gilardi.[4]

Towards the end of the seventies, the collective broke up, and Audrito and Sampanitou - keeping the name Studio 65 - started an Architectural and design activity base in Arab countries, in parallel with a work of re-edition, rediscovery and contamination of some of the most iconic pieces of their production and creation of unique pieces, often produced in collaboration with iconic Made in Italy companies such as Gufram and Savio Firmino.[5] Currently, the firm has offices in Turin, Jeddah, Riyad and Bali.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Didero, Maria Cristina (2017). SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965–75. New York: The Monacelli Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-1580934954.
  2. ^ "Studio 65. Progetto. Bocca". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Studio 65. Progetto. Capitello". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ Didero, Maria Cristina (2017). SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965–75. New York: The Monacelli Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1580934954.
  5. ^ "米兰展预览丨极具创造力的Savio Firmino媒体社交舞台". 2018-04-16. Retrieved 19 January 2021.