Italian Modern Colored Ceramic Totem by Alessandro Mendini and Alessandro Guerriero, 1990s

About This Piece

Vintage Design

Ceramic totem designed by Alessandro Mendini, Italy. Stamped A.MENDINI Superego edition made in Italy, signed inside the base.

Alessandro Mendini (born August 16, 1931, Milan-died February 18, 2019, Milan) was an Italian designer, critic, painter and architect. He played an important part in the development of Italian design. Aside from his artistic career, he worked for Casabella, Modo, and Domus magazines. In the 1970s, he was one of the main personalities of the Radical design movement. In 1979, he became a partner of Studio Alchimia, where he worked with Ettore Sottsass and Michele De Lucchi.
Back in 1989, together with his brother Francesco, he founded Atelier Mendini in Milan. The studio produced everything from objects and furnishings to installations, interiors, paintings, architecture and international collaborations.

The project Superego was born in 2003 within Movimento Moderno, a company working in design, decorative arts and antiques for several years. Through the co-operation with some of the most important Italian and international designers, Superego intends to create exclusive collections, in limited and numbered editions of pottery and objects made in Plexiglas or other materials.

Bilbiography
Domus: monthly magazine of architecture, interiors, design, art. English/Italian text n. 615, March 1981

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Creator	Studio Superego, Alessandro Mendini and Alessandro Guerriero
Manufacturer	Studio Superego
Design Period	1990 to 1999
Production Period	1990 to 1999
Country of Manufacture	Italy
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Abstraction, Italian
Detailed Condition	Good — This vintage/antique item may have some wear such as scratches and other signs of ageing.
Restoration and Damage Details	Light wear consistent with age and use
Product Code	YUI-1664505
Materials	Ceramic
Color	Black, gold, red
Height	73 cm 28.7 inch
Diameter	7.1 inch
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About the Designers

Studio Superego

Studio Superego is an Italian design studio that was founded in 2003 from its precursor Movimento Moderno — a design, decorative arts, and antiques brand. Key Studio Superego designer Edoardo Scagliola was instrumental in establishing the brand’s ethos of combining the emotionally evocative characteristics of childhood toys with contemporary design and high-end, luxury materials. The jewel-colours and perfectly polished metallic sheen in pieces like the DNA Coffee Table (2017) or the Bubbles Table Lamp (2013) are typical of the studio’s playful, Pop Art-inspired approach, while pieces like the Tourmeline Console Table (2017) and Badakhshan Console (2012) that the studio designed for Metea embody the ongoing obsession with plexiglass, semi-precious stones, and minerals.

Studio Superego collaborates with prominent Italian and international designers to create exclusive collections of eye-popping furniture, lighting, and design objects in strictly limited editions. At the cutting edge of design, pop, and street culture, and collaborating with artists and designers such as Jeremy Fish, Massimo Giacon, Alessandro Mendini, and BO130, Studio Superego is definitely not for the faint-hearted.