Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s Toilet Paper pays an eye-popping homage to Italian Radical Design. Published as a board book, and named after a year that was pivotal for architecture and design, '1968' is a collection of dreams and nightmares, an inspiring compendium of colourful objects and bodies. Charmingly retro and alarmingly surreal, '1968' includes drawings by one of the Radical Design movement’s foremost architects, Alessandro Mendini.Led by avant-garde design firms such as Archizoom, Superstudio, Global Tools and 9999, Radical Design was firmly opposed to the ethics, and indeed the very notion of, "good design" or taste. Toilet Paper’s bold, mischievous interpretation of Joannou’s collection results in delightful, high-contrast photographs that merge the seductive lines of Radical Design furniture and objects with the curves of the modern-day nymphs cavorting among them. ISBN 9786185039042. Deste Foundation/Toilet Paper. hb. 120 pages. full colour. 21 x 29 cm.available
