The Tech Issue
ARCHIVIO opens its third editorial cycle: four thematic issues, each curated by a Guest Editor with deep expertise, offering access to worlds where past, present, and future converge.
The third issue, ARCHIVIO N°11, focuses on technology and is curated by Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino, together with Cecilia Botta, technology historian and Head of Memories at Promemoria Group, the magazine’s publisher. Daniela Hamaui oversees editorial direction, while Alessandro Gori shapes the art direction.
The cover, designed by artist Ailadi, pays tribute to the early aesthetics of the digital age. Created using PETSCII, the character set of Commodore 8-bit computers, it evokes the visual language of technology in its formative years.
ARCHIVIO N°11 maps the international landscape of technology archives, tracing the roots of the digital revolution and exploring the places where our technological past is preserved, along with the collectors and institutions that recognized its cultural value.
The issue is structured in three sections — Stories, Institutions, Collectors & Collectives — and includes a special poster: an (in)complete mapping of Italy’s technology archives, researched by Promemoria Group and visually interpreted by Accurat.
Massimo Banzi,“Often the most important innovations are the ones people talk about the least. The 6502 powered machines that defined a generation: these computers processed dreams, turning teenagers into programmers and hobbyists into entrepreneurs.”
Guest Editor
Glimpse of the Month
Archivio Stanzione:
Preserving Time Through Design and Technology
By Luca Stanzione
Archivio Stanzione is an extraordinary journey through the history of design and technology, born from the passion of Aniello Stanzione and grown into a collective heritage. It’s a place that teaches us that every object has a soul, and that even the most everyday technology can transform into art, memory, and inspiration.
In the heart of Rome, there is a place where time seems suspended, where every object tells a unique and irreplaceable story. This place is Archivio Stanzione, a name that carries decades of passion and dedication, passed down from generation to generation. Founded in the 1970s by my grandfather, Aniello Stanzione, a man who turned his love for technology into an invaluable collection of historical memory, the Archive has become a reference point for 20th-century design and technology history.
