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Ettore Sottsass

Cabinet


Description/

Tamo and polished aluminum


Ettore Sottsass

designer

One of the most significant counter-forces to modernism in design history, Ettore Sottsass brought his powerful artistic vision to a comprehensive range of disciplines: architecture, ceramics, furniture, glass, painting, photography, and industrial design.

Born in Innsbruck, Austria in 1917 and raised in Turin, Sottsass graduated from Turin University in 1939 with a degree in Architecture. Immediately upon graduation, he was drafted into the Italian army during WWII. In the early part of his career spanning six decades, Sottsass moved skillfully between industrial design and independent experimentation. His bright red Valentine portable typewriter (1968) is only one well known example from a huge range of products he realized for his most important corporate client, the office goods manufacturer Olivetti for whom he also realized prescient designs for computing workstations. During this time he was creating ceramics and furniture of great spiritual intensity, synthesizing modernist abstraction with forms from ancient cultures.

  • Date/

    2006

  • Material/

    Aluminum, Wood

  • Dimension/

    74.9 x 216.0 x 160.0 cm (29.5 x 85.0 x 63.0 in)

  • Heritage/

    Italian

  • Ships from/

    USA


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