A Large Mirror Object 'Ultrafragola'
Ettore Sottsass (Innsbruck 1917 - Mailand 2007)
Lot-No. 370
Designed 1970, made by Poltronova, Pistoia. White plastic, mirror glass. Electrfied. H. 195 cm, w. 100 cm. - Literature: B. Radice: Ettore Sottsass, London 1993, S. 135. - Architect, furniture and industrial designer, studied architecture until 1939 at the Turin Polytechnic, worked after the 2nd WK in the architecture group around G. Pagano, 1947 opening of its own office, a design consultant for Olivetti from 1958, including the familiar typewriter 'Olivetti Valentine' in 1968. He subsequently became the leading exponent of the 'anti-design'. In 1981 he founded together with other designers, the design group 'Memphis', which was the epitome of the postmodern designs.
Ettore Sottsass: A Large Mirror Object 'Ultrafragola'
Ettore Sottsass (Innsbruck 1917 - Mailand 2007)
A Large Mirror Object 'Ultrafragola'
Lot-No. 370
Designed 1970, made by Poltronova, Pistoia. White plastic, mirror glass. Electrfied. H. 195 cm, w. 100 cm. - Literature: B. Radice: Ettore Sottsass, London 1993, S. 135. - Architect, furniture and industrial designer, studied architecture until 1939 at the Turin Polytechnic, worked after the 2nd WK in the architecture group around G. Pagano, 1947 opening of its own office, a design consultant for Olivetti from 1958, including the familiar typewriter 'Olivetti Valentine' in 1968. He subsequently became the leading exponent of the 'anti-design'. In 1981 he founded together with other designers, the design group 'Memphis', which was the epitome of the postmodern designs.