Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass was a man full of inspiration, passion, and interests. As a young man Ettore was born into a family full of architecture as his dad, who was also named Ettore Sottsass, was an architect who was part of the modernist architecture group, Movimento Italiano per l’Architectura Razionale (MIAR). After Sottass Jr. (our main man) finished his degree in architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin, he went on to serve in the Italian military where he would spend a part of his time during World War 2 in prison and then in a labor camp in Yugoslavia.
After Ettor’s time at war he opened up his own architecture and design firm in Milan Italy where he would start to design Furniture, experimenting with colour, patterns and, shapes, which would later be known to be the beginning of his well-established career in furniture design.
Over time he would marry Fernanda Pivano and travel all over the world while working for big design big names such as George Nelson, Irving Richards, and later would join Poltronova, a semi-industrial producer of contemporary furniture, as an artistic consultant.
Ettore’s style of furniture would inspire many even to this day. As TikTok becomes a more prominent app in not only Gen Z but Millennials too, it becomes a platform for all to share their passions and interests. The TikTok trend of spraying insulation foam around the frame of a mirror is nothing unlike Ettore’s Ultrafragola Mirror. Many of Ettore’s designs have been loved and cherished even after his passing. Ettore Sottass is known as one of the greatest post-modern designers and architects.
