Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things
Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things
$29.95
SOTTSASS.Sudjic, Deyan
Phaidon 2015
SKU: 98824
The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso.
Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things chronicles the life and times of one of the most important, prolific, and, above all, interesting designers and architects of the 20th century. Sottsass (1917-2007), originally trained as an architect and worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he developed the iconic Valentine typewriter, before going on to found the Memphis Group in the 1980s, ushering in an era of influential designs in furniture.
272 pp. 100 color, 60 B&W illus. Cl.
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