Ettore sottsass 19172007, the italian architect, designer and provocateur, was one of the first to grapple with the character of these new objects in the office landscape. I libri di ettore sottsass maffei, tonini corraini edizioni. Design radical, installation view photo by the author for hyperallergic. Italian architect and designer ettore sottsass is celebrated internationally for his contribution to architecture, industrial and furniture design, ceramics, jewelry, crafts, graphic design, and photography. The brilliant architect and designer ettore sottsass 19172007 designed glass wares from 1947 until the end of his career. In the words of design critic barbara radice also sottsass widow, while still quite young, sottsass learned that the beauty, formal. Phillipe thomes new book, sottsass, surveys the career of one of italys. Ettore sottsass devoted his life and work to dismantling the past in his various roles as artist, architect, industrial designer, glass maker, publisher, theoretician and ceramicist.
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The influential designs of ettore sottsass in pictures. Ettore sottsass architect designer 19172007 ettore sottsas was born in innsbruck on 14 september 1917. Ettore sottsasss candycolored utopian design sarah archer. When italian architect ettore sottsass launched the controversial collection of furnishings known as memphis at the milan furniture fair in 1981, the design world was shocked. This book features the magazines and books which ettore sottsass wrote. Beginning with a brief overview on the long and varied career of maestro ettore sottsass, this book offers welcome documentation of the graphic, product, and architectural designs of sottsass associati. How ettore sottsass brought the poetics of painting into design and architecture. An exhibit on italian designer ettore sottsass highlights. Ettore sottsass, carlton bookcase books fall over anyway. An architect, industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, ettore sottsass led a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of modern design in the late 20th century. I have been obsessed with the italian architect and designer sottsass and the memphis. Collection of designs by ettore sottsass sold by the modern archive.
Our printing service continues to operate as usual, with framed and unframed prints available for delivery in normal timescales. I had written for the magazine where i was then working, of a book of his photographs. To be an architect, he said, you have to become very gentle, very calm and. We would like to reassure our customers that we are observing government advice on covid19 and adhering to all guidance and best practice. More recently, sottsass has inspired exhibitions at new york galleries friedman benda in 2015 and the met breuer last year. Contradictions of designerarchitect ettore sottsass. The 20thcentury italian architect and designers unconventional geometric. Ettore sottsass 14 september 1917 31 december 2007 was an italian architect and designer during the 20th century. From the book ettore sottsass architect and designer by ronald t. His body of work included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home objects and office machine design, as well as many buildings and interiors. One hundred years after his birth, and a decade after his death, austroitalian designer ettore sottsass is finally getting his due. Carlton bookcase roomdivider by ettore sottsass for memphis, 1981. Ettore sottsass born september 14, 1917, innsbruck, austriadied december 31, 2007, milan, italy was a seminal figure in 20 th century design, a prominent and unconventional postmodernist italian designer and architect, and founder of the design collaborative named the memphis group.
He has dedicated himself to various disciplines, such as painting, ceramics, architecture and design internationally known as one of the initiators of renovation in design and architecture, thanks to which the rigid functionalism of the years before and after the second world war has. The designs in this book make me feel proud to be italian. The titles of these give a sense of the breadth of sottsass incredible output. I have been obsessed with the italian architect and designer sottsass and the memphis group he found all my life. The most enduring examples of the work of influential italian architect and designer ettore sottsass rowan moore on the godfather of italian cool.
Ettore sottsass new edition, by philippe thome, published by phaidon. Conceived and designed in its entirety by ettore sottsass, the book is at once a homage to the milanese architect and designers conceptual and artistic experiences between the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies and an interesting reinterpretation of them. So much of this sentiment in design is owed to the vanguarding italian architect and designer ettore sottsass. Ettore sottsass and the poetry of things design phaidon store. Ettore sottsass designs to be auctioned in paris architect. Founder of the influential memphis collective, the architect and designer ettore sottsass was also a friend of dylan, picasso, hemingway and many women, as a lavish monograph reveals.
In recent years, his work has been shared with wide audiences through a series of articles and explainers, like this recent short video from vox, or this 2014 piece about memphis by alissa walker that appeared on gizmodo. I love everything about sottsasss work its modern, optimistic, humorous, functional and intelligent. Design heroes ettore sottsass this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. How ettore sottsass brought the poetics of painting into. Round pedestal table by italian designer ettore sottsass.
Ettore sottsass biography, furntiure and designs casati. Sottsass was born in the mountain town of innsbruck, in his mothers native austria, in 1917. Buy ettore sottsass 01 by phillipe thome, francesca picchi, emily king isbn. Ettore sottsass italian industrial designer britannica.
Ettore sottsass, designer, is dead at 90 the new york times. Be the first to ask a question about ettore sottsass. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. When ettore sottsass met barbara radice architecture. Contradictions of designerarchitect ettore sottsass famed for a typewriter but also a maker of furniture, jewelry, textiles and ceramics. Yet in his second wife, the great designer and architect ettore sottsass found not only a kindred soul, but also a great interpreter of his talents. Born in 1917, italian architect and designer ettore sottsass founded memph. Carlton bookcase roomdivider by ettore sottsass for. A seminal figure in 20thcentury design, the italian architect and designer ettore sottsass 19172007 created a vast body of work, the result of an exceptionally productive career that spanned more than six decades. Early on the seeds of the craft were planted in the young sottsass, who would watch his father work with fascination. While italian architect and designer ettore sottsass is best known for his work with the memphis group throughout the 1980s, his prolific career actually spanned more than six decades. He established a working relationship with the glass makers on the venetian island of murano during the 1940s. A seminal figure in 20thcentury design, the italian architect and designer ettore sottsass 19172007 created a vast body of work, the result of an exceptionally. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.
I have been obsessed with the italian architect and designer sottsass and the memphis group he. Though ettore sottsass is best known for his founding of the memphis group radical design collective in italy in the 1980s, he began his career as an architect and designer 30 years prior in milan. The glass ettore sottsass, luca massimo barbero on. Most commonly remembered as the founding member of memphisthe fleeting postmodern design group that injected bright colors, exuberant patterns, and cartoonish forms into the cultural psyche of the 1980ssottsass many contributions to the field of. Buy ettore sottsass design by thome, phillipe, picchi, francesca, king, emily isbn. Ettore sottsass carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s memphis group, typified by bright coloured laminates and playful forms. An exhibit on italian designer ettore sottsass highlights his colorful work and rebellious ways. Just suppose youre sitting at home smoking your pipe looking at your perfectly stacked books in the wall unit and your wife is out having an affair. The late, legendary italian architect and designer ettore sottsass has been to paraphrase yogi berra rediscovered all over again. He was born in innsbruck, austria, but his family moved in 1929 to turin, italy, where he grew up. This piece is the letraset textile designed by ettore sottsass, produced by memphis in textiles were also an area that the memphis group delved into. The late, legendary italian architect and designer ettore sottsass has been to paraphrase yogi berra. Ettore sottsass is one of the latest great coffee table books. This is the complete monograph on italian designer and architect ettore sottsass 1917 2007.
The most enduring examples of the work of influential italian architect and designer ettore sottsass. Table, in marble and metal, by ettore sottsass for poltronova, italy, 1965. Buy ettore sottsass by phillipe thome, francesca picchi, emily king isbn. Best known for his pivotal role in the creation of the memphis groupa famously bold furniture and product design collective in milan whose daring shapes and colors arguably defined the 80s aestheticettore sottsass is the subject of the upcoming met breuer exhibit ettore sottsass. Ettore sotsass 1980 factotum bookcase uses laminate designs that sotsas created for abets print laminate in 1978. He founded the memphis group, and through its startling, eclectic and irreverent aesthetic he dominated furniture and interior style for over a decade. Architect and designer the first significant study of the work of sottsass for over a decade emphasizes the continuing diversity and innovation of his professional life while. But despite fame in italy and a huge impact on the design world ettore sottsass is far from a household name.
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