Poster for the exhibition of the iconic sphere and the house of the future, held at the Galleria L’Archivolto from 13 March to 14 April 1984. Through symbols and drawings, Ugo La Pietra proposes a beguiling idea of a future that is not without its misgivings: will all the acts and functions we perform today be taken over by computers? On the first evening, Umberto Eco presented a new book of the same title curated by Gianfranco Bettetini and Aldo Grasso.