The Merchant of Clouds. Studio65. 50 Years of Future

This publication celebrates the studio65 group and their ironic adaptation of classical elements that predates the historicist designs of such 1980s postmodernists as Robert Venturi and Michael Graves in America and Hans Hollein, Ricardo Bofill, and Aldo Rossi in Europe, while taking note of coeval pop art developments.
Founded by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, Franco Teodoro as well as architecture and art students in Turin, studio65 played an important role in radical design, as testified by the important exhibition on pop art design at the Vitra Museum.
- Covers fifty years of the famous design studio known for its ironic and irreverent design.
- The studio was responsible for truly iconic furniture designs, such as the Capitello Chair and Bocca Lip Sofa.
- studio65's designs are on display in major museum collections, including MoMA and the Triennale.
An independent curator, Maria Cristina Didero is the director of Fondazione Bisazza. Franco Audrito, architect and designer, founded studio65 together with Roberta Garosci, Enzo Bertone, Paolo Morello and Paolo Rondelli.