Ettore Sottsass
dal 9/6/2011 al 9/9/2011
Segnalato da
9/6/2011
Ettore Sottsass
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
Enamels. An exhibition dedicated to the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass
Under the title "Ettore Sottsass - Enamels 1958", curated by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari, the show presents an aspect of his work that is still largely unknown: works in enamel created primarily in the 1950s, along with related drawings. This exhibition is also an attractive complement to the major exhibition that is currently on display in the Museum: "Zoom. Italian Design and the Photography of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo", in which Sottsass is represented with numerous furnishings and other objects. Ettore Sottsass is regarded as the most influential Italian designer of the postwar era. he began his career as an architect in the 1950s and designed classics such as the "Valentine" typewriter for Olivetti in the 1960s and 1970s, while also creating important interiors, photographs and texts. In 1981 - precisely 30 years ago - Sottsass joined Michele de Lucchi, Matteo Thun and the others to found the legendary group Memphis, which had seminal influence on design during the 1980s. Ettore Sottsass died in 2007 at the age of 90.