Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007)
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Ettore was an Italian designer and architect who pushed new-age design and post-modern design.
His portfolio was huge and included furniture, jewelry, glass and lighting and office machines. So he was well versed in many different designs. He founded a group called the Memphis and they dominated the early 1980s and Sottsass found his place in history as a founder of post-modern, but he left the group in 1985 to focus on his own Milan practice called Sottsass Associates.
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![Ettore Sottsass, Cabinet no. 3, 2003.](https://media.timeout.com/images/105586854/630/472/image.jpg)
I’m such a fan of his work because of how experimental feeling it is. I also love colour, but if I was going to decorate my house I don’t think that you would find many pieces that he designed in my home. Well, maybe the practical things but not the crazy shelving units. I like the retro colourful feel and how it brings a sort of new-age funk compared to the over practical modern look.
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Reference:
https://www.vntg.com/120390/carlton-room-divider-by-ettore-sottsass-for-memphis-milano-1981/