Ettore Sottsass
dal 28/3/2007 al 9/6/2007
Segnalato da
28/3/2007
Ettore Sottsass
Design Museum, London
Best known as the founder of the groundbreaking 1980s design group Memphis, this doyen of Italian design has also designed glass and ceramics for Alessi and landmark electronic products for Olivetti. Sottsass has designed an exhibition which explores a remarkable career that spans sixty years and moves from ceramics to mainframe computers and from poetry to pragmatism.
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Ettore Sottsass, the most celebrated designer of his generation celebrates his 90th birthday in September. Best known as the founder of the groundbreaking 1980s design group Memphis, this doyen of Italian design has also designed glass and ceramics for Alessi and landmark electronic products for Olivetti.
Sottsass has designed an exhibition with the Design Museum which explores a remarkable career that spans sixty years and moves from ceramics to mainframe computers and from poetry to pragmatism.
This exhibition coincides with Bonhams Vision 21 auction, April 25, offering furniture and works from the Memphis design collective.
Design Museum
Shad Thames - London
Opening Hours Daily 10am - 5.45pm
Standard admission £7 adults £4 students + concessions