Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass

Author: Phillipe Thome

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781838665739

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Phaidon's much-loved monograph on the legendary Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass The re-release of this highly acclaimed title demonstrates the continual fascination, from both fans and collectors, with the life and work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The designer's work is popular and influential in equal measure, from his designs for Olivetti (such as the striking, bright red, manual typewriter, the Valentine, with its ingenious carry-case) to the post-modern brilliance of the work of the Memphis Group, founded by Sottsass in Milan in 1980. Packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, the book explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his ceramics, sculpture, and graphics.


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Download or read book Ettore Sottsass written by Phillipe Thome and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phaidon's much-loved monograph on the legendary Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass The re-release of this highly acclaimed title demonstrates the continual fascination, from both fans and collectors, with the life and work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The designer's work is popular and influential in equal measure, from his designs for Olivetti (such as the striking, bright red, manual typewriter, the Valentine, with its ingenious carry-case) to the post-modern brilliance of the work of the Memphis Group, founded by Sottsass in Milan in 1980. Packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, the book explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his ceramics, sculpture, and graphics.

Books by Ettore Sottsass

Books by Ettore Sottsass

Author: Ettore Sottsass

Publisher: Corraini Editore

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788875702762

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Questo volume raccoglie le riviste e i libri che Ettore Sottsass ha scritto, illustrato o curato nell'arco di sessant'anni, tra il 1947 e il 2006. Opere su carta stampata in cui Sottsass ha realizzato appositamente testi, illustrazioni e/o invenzioni grafiche. La multiforme produzione editoriale di Ettore Sottsass è raggruppata in otto sezioni - la rivista "Room East 128. Chronicle", i libri editi per le edizioni "East 128", "Pianeta Fresco", gli inserti nelle riviste d'architettura e design, i libri illustrati e i testi teorici, i cataloghi del gruppo "Memphis", la rivista "Terrazzo" e le pubblicazioni augurali dello Studio Sottsass Associati - ed è accompagnata da contributi di Barbara Radice, Andrea Branzi, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Elio Fiorucci, Christoph Radl, Franco Raggi e Lea Vergine.


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Download or read book Books by Ettore Sottsass written by Ettore Sottsass and published by Corraini Editore. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questo volume raccoglie le riviste e i libri che Ettore Sottsass ha scritto, illustrato o curato nell'arco di sessant'anni, tra il 1947 e il 2006. Opere su carta stampata in cui Sottsass ha realizzato appositamente testi, illustrazioni e/o invenzioni grafiche. La multiforme produzione editoriale di Ettore Sottsass è raggruppata in otto sezioni - la rivista "Room East 128. Chronicle", i libri editi per le edizioni "East 128", "Pianeta Fresco", gli inserti nelle riviste d'architettura e design, i libri illustrati e i testi teorici, i cataloghi del gruppo "Memphis", la rivista "Terrazzo" e le pubblicazioni augurali dello Studio Sottsass Associati - ed è accompagnata da contributi di Barbara Radice, Andrea Branzi, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Elio Fiorucci, Christoph Radl, Franco Raggi e Lea Vergine.

Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass

Author: Barbara Radice

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is celebrated internationally for his contribution to architecture, industrial and furniture design, ceramics, jewelry, crafts, graphic design, and photography. He founded the Memphis group, and through its startling, eclectic and irreverent aesthetic he dominated furniture and interior style for over a decade. Almost every area of modern design displays his influence. Featuring over 100 full-page illustrations - photographs, architectural drawings, sketches, collages - this monograph explores Sottsass's work in all his many fields of activity, including his world-famous office products for Olivetti, and his colorful Memphis furniture. Barbara Radice, a long-time companion of Sottsass, gives a sensitive account of his life and work, drawing on her keen understanding of his talents, personality, preoccupations, likes and dislikes. She outlines his working methods, describes the inspiration he draws from popular culture, follows him on his constant travels, and explains the interactions necessary for his long-term responsibilities at Olivetti's design division. This is a splendidly complete summary of the career and achievement of Ettore Sottsass, one of the most stimulating, innovative, inspired and entertaining in modern times. Barbara Radice is the editor of Terrazzo and regular contributor to several Italian art and design magazines. She was co-author of Sottsass Associates (1989).


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Download or read book Ettore Sottsass written by Barbara Radice and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is celebrated internationally for his contribution to architecture, industrial and furniture design, ceramics, jewelry, crafts, graphic design, and photography. He founded the Memphis group, and through its startling, eclectic and irreverent aesthetic he dominated furniture and interior style for over a decade. Almost every area of modern design displays his influence. Featuring over 100 full-page illustrations - photographs, architectural drawings, sketches, collages - this monograph explores Sottsass's work in all his many fields of activity, including his world-famous office products for Olivetti, and his colorful Memphis furniture. Barbara Radice, a long-time companion of Sottsass, gives a sensitive account of his life and work, drawing on her keen understanding of his talents, personality, preoccupations, likes and dislikes. She outlines his working methods, describes the inspiration he draws from popular culture, follows him on his constant travels, and explains the interactions necessary for his long-term responsibilities at Olivetti's design division. This is a splendidly complete summary of the career and achievement of Ettore Sottsass, one of the most stimulating, innovative, inspired and entertaining in modern times. Barbara Radice is the editor of Terrazzo and regular contributor to several Italian art and design magazines. She was co-author of Sottsass Associates (1989).

Sottsass

Sottsass

Author: Ettore Sottsass (Jr.)

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13:

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"In order to allow us to listen to our thoughts, someone came up with the idea of inventing words. Someone thought that the sound of the words could in some way represent the wanderings of our thoughts, of some of our thoughts. Someone else got the idea of representing thoughts by making marks, by making them with light, with something you could see. I make marks. What I mean is that I always, and only, draw in order to represent certain thought that pursue me. These thoughts trace out the forms, dimensions, weight, materials, colors and temperatures to use in building the stage onto which I, or we, will drag existence, including - in the theater set - all the furniture, curtains, lamps, and objects in general - you know, vases for flowers, plates for eating, baskets for bread (if there is any) or fruit (if there is any) and so on ... (Ettore Sottsass, 1997)"--Back cover.


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Download or read book Sottsass written by Ettore Sottsass (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In order to allow us to listen to our thoughts, someone came up with the idea of inventing words. Someone thought that the sound of the words could in some way represent the wanderings of our thoughts, of some of our thoughts. Someone else got the idea of representing thoughts by making marks, by making them with light, with something you could see. I make marks. What I mean is that I always, and only, draw in order to represent certain thought that pursue me. These thoughts trace out the forms, dimensions, weight, materials, colors and temperatures to use in building the stage onto which I, or we, will drag existence, including - in the theater set - all the furniture, curtains, lamps, and objects in general - you know, vases for flowers, plates for eating, baskets for bread (if there is any) or fruit (if there is any) and so on ... (Ettore Sottsass, 1997)"--Back cover.

Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things

Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things

Author: Deyan Sudjic

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2015-09-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714869537

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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, ceramics and lighting that continue to inspire design minds today with their flamboyance and use of color. Author Deyan Sudjic (Director of London's Design Museum) does not limit his narrative to an examination of Sottsass' iconic designs. Though a native son of Italy, Sottsass cast a shadow of influence on the entire world, traveling extensively over the course of his life and interacting with some of the 20th century's most iconic figures, including Picasso, Hemingway and Allen Ginsberg. Sudjic's writing, complemented by unpublished personal photographs from Sottsass' archive, offers a unique view of Sottsass from the perspective of the world that surrounded him, recounting anecdotes of encounters between the designer and his famous contemporaries. The result is a unique and comprehensive portrait not only Sottsass but of the last 100 years of design in Italy and around the world. Features anecdotes of his encounters with the biggest creatives of the time, and details of his influences and inspirations, documenting the contemporary design scene both in Italy and abroad.


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Download or read book Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things written by Deyan Sudjic and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, ceramics and lighting that continue to inspire design minds today with their flamboyance and use of color. Author Deyan Sudjic (Director of London's Design Museum) does not limit his narrative to an examination of Sottsass' iconic designs. Though a native son of Italy, Sottsass cast a shadow of influence on the entire world, traveling extensively over the course of his life and interacting with some of the 20th century's most iconic figures, including Picasso, Hemingway and Allen Ginsberg. Sudjic's writing, complemented by unpublished personal photographs from Sottsass' archive, offers a unique view of Sottsass from the perspective of the world that surrounded him, recounting anecdotes of encounters between the designer and his famous contemporaries. The result is a unique and comprehensive portrait not only Sottsass but of the last 100 years of design in Italy and around the world. Features anecdotes of his encounters with the biggest creatives of the time, and details of his influences and inspirations, documenting the contemporary design scene both in Italy and abroad.

Sottsass

Sottsass

Author: Ettore Sottsass

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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Ettore Sottsass once took 1,780 photographs on a 12-day trip to South America, and for years he photographed every hotel room in which he had slept with a woman. Wherever he goes, this world-renowned artist, architect, industrial designer, publisher, theoretician and ceramicist carries a camera to photograph anything that catches his relentless and acute eye: doors, temples, kitchens, billboards, people, trees, graffiti, fruit--nothing escapes him. This substantial volume contains over 400 of Sottsass' color and black and white images, beautifully reproduced. Several of these works are from his 1972-1978 "Metaphor" series, in which architecture is featured as a backdrop and support to human existence.


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Download or read book Sottsass written by Ettore Sottsass and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ettore Sottsass once took 1,780 photographs on a 12-day trip to South America, and for years he photographed every hotel room in which he had slept with a woman. Wherever he goes, this world-renowned artist, architect, industrial designer, publisher, theoretician and ceramicist carries a camera to photograph anything that catches his relentless and acute eye: doors, temples, kitchens, billboards, people, trees, graffiti, fruit--nothing escapes him. This substantial volume contains over 400 of Sottsass' color and black and white images, beautifully reproduced. Several of these works are from his 1972-1978 "Metaphor" series, in which architecture is featured as a backdrop and support to human existence.

Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass

Author: Philippe Thome

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2014-05-19

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9780714865843

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" Take a glimpse inside the archive of the founder of the Memphis Group and designer of the Olivetti Valentine typewriter in Ettore Sottsass, a lavishly illustrated monograph chronicling the life and works of the unparalleled Italian designer and architect. A gorgeous object in itself, the unique design of the book allows it to either be read cover–to–cover as a narrative history, or by discipline, picking up the relative thread under each period, with multi–colored tabs to distinguish each sub–chapter. Packed with 800 beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives – many of which have never been published before – and including drawings and sketches from the designer’s countless sketchbooks, the book also includes four short essays from experts in their fields, including Deyan Sudjic, director of London’s Design Museum. "


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Download or read book Ettore Sottsass written by Philippe Thome and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Take a glimpse inside the archive of the founder of the Memphis Group and designer of the Olivetti Valentine typewriter in Ettore Sottsass, a lavishly illustrated monograph chronicling the life and works of the unparalleled Italian designer and architect. A gorgeous object in itself, the unique design of the book allows it to either be read cover–to–cover as a narrative history, or by discipline, picking up the relative thread under each period, with multi–colored tabs to distinguish each sub–chapter. Packed with 800 beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives – many of which have never been published before – and including drawings and sketches from the designer’s countless sketchbooks, the book also includes four short essays from experts in their fields, including Deyan Sudjic, director of London’s Design Museum. "

The Work of Ettore Sottsass and Associates

The Work of Ettore Sottsass and Associates

Author: Andrea Branzi

Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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"The earliest work of Ettore Sottsass established the reputation of Italian design as the best in the world. His designs for such leading firms as Olivetti and Alessi and as the founding member of the Memphis design group paved the way for the numerous designers working today and continues to lead the field in new directions." "Collected here in this retrospective volume are Sottsass's projects from 1980 to the present. This prolific designer's work in all fields - architecture and interior, industrial, and graphic design - is presented here, from lamps and electronics to showrooms, the Nanon House in Belgium and the interior of the new Milan International Airport."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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Download or read book The Work of Ettore Sottsass and Associates written by Andrea Branzi and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The earliest work of Ettore Sottsass established the reputation of Italian design as the best in the world. His designs for such leading firms as Olivetti and Alessi and as the founding member of the Memphis design group paved the way for the numerous designers working today and continues to lead the field in new directions." "Collected here in this retrospective volume are Sottsass's projects from 1980 to the present. This prolific designer's work in all fields - architecture and interior, industrial, and graphic design - is presented here, from lamps and electronics to showrooms, the Nanon House in Belgium and the interior of the new Milan International Airport."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass

Author: Patrizia Ranzo

Publisher: 24 Ore Cultura

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788866480273

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Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. His work included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting and office machine design. His work was unique, much of it influenced by a desire to avoid corporate work, believing that to confine himself to


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Download or read book Ettore Sottsass written by Patrizia Ranzo and published by 24 Ore Cultura. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. His work included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting and office machine design. His work was unique, much of it influenced by a desire to avoid corporate work, believing that to confine himself to

Design Metaphors

Design Metaphors

Author: Ettore Sottsass

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Design Metaphors written by Ettore Sottsass and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: