Ettore Sottsass
- Introduction
- Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917 – 31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and designer during the 20th century. His body of work included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home objects and office machine design, as well as many buildings and interiors.
- Wikidata
- Q78885
- Introduction
- Sottsass was educated in Turin, 1928-1934, and studied architecture at the Polytechnic there from 1935-1939. He was associated with the designer Luigi Spazzapan from 1937-1940. Since 1946, Sottsass has been in private practice as architect, and since 1958 as an industrial designer, in Milan. He has been the Designer Consultant to the Olivetti Company since 1958, and he established an additional office for Olivetti at Ivrea, near Turin, in 1960. He was also a founder-member of the Global Tools group of Milan in 1975. From 1979, Sottsass worked with Studio Alchymia designers. group in Milan. In 1981, he was the founder of the Memphis design group, Milan. He has designed chairs and a table for the Shaughnessy House (Montréal, Québec) and was the Principal of Sottsass Associati in Milan, from 1980 until his death in 2007. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presented a survey of his work in 2006, and in late 2007 a Sottsass retrospective was mounted in Trieste, Italy. Italian architect and designer.
- Nationalities
- Italian, Austrian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Designer, Furniture Designer, Painter
- Names
- Ettore Sottsass, II Ettore Sottsass, Jr. Ettore Sottsass, Etoreh Sotsas, jr Ettore Sottsass, Eṭoreh Soṭsas, אטורה םוטסאס, אטורה סוטסאס
- Ulan
- 500019835
Exhibitions
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417: Architecture Systems
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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The Value of Good Design
Feb 10–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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Shaping Modernity 1880–1980
Mar 28, 2012–Sep 8, 2013
MoMA
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Ettore Sottsass has
14 exhibitionsonline.
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Ettore Sottsass "Fosforescenze" textile design 1957
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Ettore Sottsass, Perry King Valentine Portable Typewriter 1968
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Ettore Sottsass Asteroid Lamp 1968
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Ettore Sottsass Summa 19 Calculator 1970
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Ettore Sottsass Table Lamp with Mobile Arm and Clamp (model 32 205) 1972
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Ettore Sottsass Study for Fruit Bowl (with Grapes), project (Aerial perspective) 1973
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Study for a Dispenser of Incense, LSD, Marijuana, Opium, Laughing Gas, project (Perspective) 1972–1973
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Study for Rafts for Listening to Chamber Music, project (Perspective) 1972–1973
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Study for Temple for Erotic Dances, project (Aerial perspective and plan) 1972–1973
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Ettore Sottsass Study for Fruit Bowl (with Apple), project (Aerial perspective) 1973
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Ettore Sottsass Study for Tea Pot (by Ocean with Shells), project (Perspective) 1973
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Ettore Sottsass Study for Tea Pot (in Forest Setting), project (Perspective) 1973
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Ettore Sottsass Study for Tea Pot (with Red Lid), project (Perspective) 1973
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Study for Design of a Stadium for Rock Concerts, project (Aerial perspective) 1972-73
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Study for Design of a Stadium to Watch the Stars, project (Aerial perspective) 1972-73
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Study for a Large Dispenser of Waltzes, Tangos, Rock, and Cha-Cha, project (Perspective) 1972-73
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Gigantic Work, Panoramic Road with View on the Irrawaddy River and the Jungle, project (Aerial perspective) 1972-73
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Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival: Design of a Roof to Discuss Under, project (Perspective) 1972-73
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Ettore Sottsass Study for Tea Pot, project (Perspective) 1973
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Ettore Sottsass Shiva vase 1973
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Ettore Sottsass Preliminary Project for Microenvironment c.1971
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Ettore Sottsass Preliminary Project for Microenvironment, Element for Landscape Home c.1971
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Ettore Sottsass Enorme Telephone 1986
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Ettore Sottsass ID-S standing lamp 1987
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Ettore Sottsass Optos lighting system 1994
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