Studio Alchimia was a post- radical avant-garde group founded in Milan in 1976 by

Alessandro Guerriero Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

and his sister Adriana with the stated mission of "materializing a non-existent thing into being."

History

Studio Alchimia was an interdisciplinary and multiform group whose activities included seminars, production of experimental video, clothing design, theatrical set design, product design, decorative arts, performance art, and architecture. Alchimia presented their first group of furniture in the exhibition "Bau.Haus uno" in 1978. "Bau.Haus uno" included work by

Ettore Sottsass Jr. Ettore Sottsass (Innsbruck, Austria 14 September 1917 – Milan, Italy 31 December 2007) was a 20th century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings an ...

Alessandro Mendini Alessandro Mendini (16 August 1931 – 18 February 2019) was an Italian designer and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian, Postmodern, and Radical design. He also worked, aside from his artistic career, for ''C ...

, Andrea Branzi, Trix & Robert Haussmann, U.F.O., Michele De Lucchi and

Paola Navone Paola Navone is an Italian architect and designer. She was born 1950 in Turin, Italy. Early life and education She grew up in Turin and went on to study at the Polytechnic University in the city and graduated in 1973. While she was there she ...

. Alchimia's 1980 exhibition "Bau.Haus due" included textile work by Daniela Puppa. Studio Alchimia's core membership included the Designers Alessandro Guerriero,

Bruno Gregori Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...

Giorgio Gregori (†), Arturo Reboldi,

Pier Carlo Bontempi Pier Carlo Bontempi (born 1954) is an Italian architect. He is a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture, with a particular emphasis on urban context and the continuity of architectural traditions. Bontempi was awarded t ...

and Carla Ceccariglia. The Studio was organized by Adriana Guerriero-Reali, Tina Corti and Donatella Biffi. On the website ''Alchimia Milano'' you can find a list of all people who worked at or with Alchimia.

Exhibitions

Studio Alchimia exhibited their work at the Milan Triennial, The Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, and the 1980

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

. In 2011 their work was featured in the "Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990" exhibition at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and ...

in London.

Awards

Studio Alchimia was awarded the Compasso d'Oro in the Design Studio category in 1981 for design research''XII edizione Premio Compasso d'Oro''
ADI – Associazione per il Disegno Industriale. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

References

External links

''Alchimia Milano''
– Official Website for Alchimia
''Alchimia del verbo''
- Official Website for poesia and alchimia
Official Website for Alessandro Guerriero

''Santa Alchimia''
Production: Metamorphosi. YouTube, 56:17 min.
''Al Diavolo Alchimia''
Exhibition in Lecce, Italy, 23 June till 31 October 2017. Production: Metamorphosi. YouTube, 25:11 min. {{Authority control Italian designers Product design