LAPO BINAZZI (http://www.italian.it/lapobinazzi/)

Lapo Binazzi, born in Florence in 1943, completed his architectural degree in 1971. In 1967, with Foresi, Maschietto, Bachi and Cammeo, he founded UFO, a group which found its place in the experimental climate of Radical architecture. Together, they participated in numerous international exhibitions, such as the XIV Milan Triennale (1968), the Paris Biennale (1971) Contemporanea in Rome (1974), the Venice Biennale (1978). In 1973, together with UFO, Binazzi was one of the founders of Global Tools, a workshop for experimental architecture. After the UFO experience, Binazzi continued his activity as an architect-artist-designer, taking part in many exhibitions, such as Alchimia in Florence (1981), Documenta 8 in Kassel (1987), and Il Dolce Stil Novo della Casa in Florence (1991). His research considers design as a pure communication phenomenon, and is based on the attempt to make art coincide with design experimentation.