Radical Design

This movement was born in Italy in the 1960's when design was changing. Like Anti-Design, it was against the 'Good Design'. The movement expressed its ideas through reviews, articles, participating in exhibitions and also national and international competitions, films and research. It emphasized on striking colours, scale distortion, used irony and kitsch.  The function of the product was to challenge the user the way he thought about the object. 

Designed by Bernhard and Burkard, the Curt Chair is fitted with enough anti-slip coating on the edge of its feet so that it is perfectly safe for any surface that provided in the right angle.

Selene chair designed by Vico Magistretti in 1966, Made out of reinforced polyester. This stack-able chair was a solution to a problem designers faced to stack or easy storage. Stackable chairs have become so popular nowadays that not a lot of people remember their origin.

The Boalum flexible lamp designed by by Gianfranco Frattini and Livio Castiglion in 1969.  It was made up of a luminous tube that was made from a long plastic tube with light bulbs wired up inside. It can be manipulated manually to allow the user to determine its form. A genial design for that time.

Reversible Vase designed by Enzo Mari in 1969. Made from ABS plastic. It can also be displayed upside down. A typical maneuverable and flexible product that could be applicable to modern lifestyles from the radical movement.   

 

I Sassi (the rocks) designed by Piero Gilardi in 1967. Actual chairs made out of polythene that their form disguises their function because they look like rocks, therefore are imitating a natural object. They're supposed to be soft and comfortable. 

A bicycle from these times that was inspired from the radical-Design movement:

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