Design in Dialogue #72: Andrea Branzi - part 1

This week, Design in Dialogue offers something different: a three-part interview with the great luminary of Italian design and architecture, Andrea Branzi.

In this important series of conversations, Dr. Catharine Rossi – a UK-based design historian, and Professor of Architecture at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Canterbury – speaks with Branzi about his long and influential career.

Part 1 Origins: Andrea Branzi on Radical Design
An introduction to Andrea Branzi's background, early career, and involvement with radical design collectives such as Archizoom, Global Tools, and Alchimia.

Part 2 Andrea Branzi's Design Approach: No Stop City and Beyond
Taking one of his most well-known projects, No Stop City (1969), as its departure, Branzi presents his ideas about urbanism and the history of utopias, framing these issues in relation to the contemporary politics of neoliberalism.

Part 3 La Cultura del Progetto: Andrea Branzi on Designing Culture
The series concludes with a conversation about broader cultural understandings of design, taking in the full scope of Branzi's expansive work – including his roles as curator, writer, editor, and educator.

Interviews are conducted in Italian with English subtitles.