The group was set up in Florence in 1966, contributing with theories and designs to the radical architecture movement. In 1972 it set an environment for the show "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape" at the M.o.M.A. in New York. Between 1973 and 1975 Superstudio joined the “Global Tools”, participating in several Triennale shows and in 1978 it set a personal exhibition at the National Institute of Architecture in Rome. Since 1973 its members have been teaching at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence. In 1982 the Israel Museum in Jerusalem set a complete retrospective show of Superstudio’s works.

Founded in 1954, Zanotta is recognized as a major player in the history of Italian design. Guided by the intuition and extraordinary entrepreneurial ability of its founder Aurelio Zanotta, the company initially focused on the production of sofas and armchairs, going beyond the artisan tradition of the upholsterer's workshops - to which the production of upholstered furniture normally referred - and moving towards "cultured" design, establishing itself among the companies that wrote the first significant pages in the history of Italian design.Since the 1960s it has thus conquered the international scene thanks to products that are emblematic for their formal innovation and technological research supported by the continuous evolution of the quality of materials and production processes.