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Designer
Superstudio
Superstudio was established in Florence in 1966. Zanotta places the collective among the contributors to radical architecture through both theoretical work and design.
Biography
Background
Superstudio was established in Florence in 1966. Zanotta places the collective among the contributors to radical architecture through both theoretical work and design.
Exhibitions and teaching
The group created an environment for MoMA's 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, participated in Global Tools from 1973 to 1975 and exhibited in several Triennale events. Its members also taught at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence from 1973.
Museums and retrospective
Zanotta records Superstudio works in European, Israeli and American museum collections. The Israel Museum presented a complete retrospective in 1982.
Quaderna for Zanotta
The manufacturer's designer page lists a broad Quaderna group, including tables, desks, a carpet, mirror, cupboard and Sideboard 756. The collection brought Superstudio's gridded surface research into manufactured furniture.
Collections
Products
Quaderna Cupboard 757
Quaderna Sideboard 756
Superstudio's four-door Quaderna sideboard for media storage
Quaderna Writing Desk 2750
Superstudio's writing desk with a drawer hidden in the thickness of a gridded white top
Quaderna Table 2600
Superstudio's gridded Quaderna table, offered in square and rectangular tops
Quaderna Desk 2830
Superstudio's table and writing desk, a squared top with legs on a honeycomb core
Quaderna Coffee Table 656
Superstudio's square Quaderna coffee table, 90 x 90 x 30 cm, with a printed 3 cm grid
Quaderna Small Table 710
Superstudio's long, low Quaderna small table in squared white Print laminate, 150 x 42 x 39 cm
Quaderna Consolle 710
Superstudio's console table in a honeycomb core with a black 3 cm square grid on white laminate
