Undisciplined!

This chapter explores Alberto Seassaro’s early professional years, characterized by experimental engagement across art, architecture, and design. His work is framed as a transdisciplinary practice grounded in the idea of a “synesthesia of the arts,” where different languages and methods interact through processes of contamination and transformation. The chapter highlights how theoretical research on form, semiotics, and cybernetics informed his design approach, leading to projects that connect conceptual exploration with practical application. Alberto Seassaro’s trajectory is also embedded in the cultural and political climate of the 1960s and 1970s, revealing a conception of design as both a cultural and civic practice, anticipating his later institutional commitment.