Bold lines of the times Aug 15, 2008
The spiritual leader of the group was Ettore Sottsass, a veteran who had designed the Elea 9003 computer in 1958 ... The foreword is written by Ettore Sottsass in the form of an open letter to all future designers ... His first purchase was the Diva mirror by Ettore Sottsass. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Moscow is saying 'da' to decorator show houses Jun 29, 2008
The EcoHouse also showcases Jeroen Verhoeven's Cinderella Table, Mattia Bonetti's Drops Table, Marcel Wanders' Crochet Chair, Ettore Sottsass' 1985 Bibliotheque Bookshelf and George Nelson's 1947 Bubble Lamp. The Russian Design Show, which opened June 1, closes on Tuesday, with the exception of the Nina Campbell House and the Russian Dacha, which will stay open through Sept. 15. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ettore Sottsass Jan 7, 2008
Alice Rawsthorn: Farewell to Sottsass and his 2 golden ages of Italian design - International Herald Tribune. (J. Emilio Flores for The NYT). (International Herald Tribune)
Ettore Sottsass, 90, Italian designer with a lively touch Jan 3, 2008
Designer and architect Ettore Sottsass, a figurehead of 20th-century Italian design, founded the Memphis Group ... ROME - Ettore Sottsass, an Italian designer with an irreverent touch best known for creating Olivetti's iconic red, plastic typewriter, has died, officials said. (Boston Globe)
Obituary: Ettore Sottsass, postmodern designer and Memphis figure Jan 3, 2008
Ettore Sottsass, postmodern designer and Memphis figure - International Herald Tribune ... Ettore Sottsass, postmodern designer and Memphis figure. (International Herald Tribune)
Spinning new ideas from old Jun 3, 2007
" Amid beautifully engineered kitchens by Italian manufacturer Boffi, in a space designed by Piero Lissoni, it was a hard statement to refute. New San Francisco furniture designers, for the most part, tend to produce handmade or knockdown-style furniture without the tooled, precisely manufactured qualities that make many new European designs akin to jewelry within a space. Industrial designer Johanna Grawunder, a former associate of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass, agreed with her, saying San... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jean Prouv's Maisons Tropicales at auction May 21, 2007
This season's catalogues are filled with currently fashionable 1980s postmodernist pieces by the Italian grandees Alessandro Mendini and Ettore Sottsass. Garner hopes for a revival of the 1970s furniture designed by their less flamboyant peers - Mario Bellini, Vico Magistretti and Achille Castiglioni - and made to order in tiny Milan workshops, while James Zemaitis, director of 20th-century design at Sotheby's, favors the 1960s and '70s craft furniture of Californian design-makers like Jack... (International Herald Tribune)
South of the border, pomo rules May 9, 2007
Arkley, we point out, does little that pop artists such as Patrick Caulfield, Richard Hamilton and Memphis's Ettore Sottsass didn't do 20 years earlier. John McDonald calls Arkley "irredeemably minor", his paintings "failed abstractions playing roulette with a colour wheel". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
