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  • Peter Shire's Bel Air armchair

    Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano

    The iconic Memphis Milano company, founded by designer Ettore Sottsass, has been bought by Italian Radical Design, which also owns furniture company Gufram. More about Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano

    Alice Finney | 9 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Dining area with wooden chairs surrounded by built-in wooden shelving and magenta carpet in living room of the Casa Lana installation at Triennale di Milano, Italy

    Triennale di Milano reconstructs room from Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana

    This video, shared exclusively with Dezeen, shows the living area of a Milanese apartment by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass being dismantled and rebuilt inside the city's Triennale di Milano museum. More about Triennale di Milano reconstructs room from Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana

    Natasha Levy | 4 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Frida Escobedo designs Ettore Sottsass exhibition at ICA Miami

    Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has designed pink plinths and screens to showcase the work of Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass in this retrospective exhibition at Miami's Institute of Contemporary Art. More about Frida Escobedo designs Ettore Sottsass exhibition at ICA Miami

    Eleanor Gibson | 22 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical at The Met Breuer

    Stedelijk Museum cancels major Ettore Sottsass retrospective

    Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum has cancelled a major retrospective of work by Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass, blaming the architects' representatives for attempting to "dictate" its curation. More about Stedelijk Museum cancels major Ettore Sottsass retrospective

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 23 January 2018 | 6 comments
  • Cabinet of Curiosities by 2A+P/A

    Italian architects convert Ettore Sottsass sketch into pavilion for French architecture festival

    Italian architecture office 2A+P/A has brought an Ettore Sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in Orléans, France. More about Italian architects convert Ettore Sottsass sketch into pavilion for French architecture festival

    India Block | 18 January 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical at The Met Breuer

    Met Breuer exhibition contextualises Ettore Sottsass' colourful designs

    Boldly shaped and coloured designs by Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass are on display alongside some of the historic artefacts they reference, and contemporary objects they in turn influenced, at The Met Breuer museum in New York. More about Met Breuer exhibition contextualises Ettore Sottsass' colourful designs

    Dan Howarth | 25 July 2017 | 2 comments
  • Five most iconic pieces from David Bowie's Memphis collection

    Five of the most iconic pieces in David Bowie's private Memphis collection

    Following the news that David Bowie's secret collection of Memphis furniture is going up for sale next month, Adam Trunoske from auction house Sotheby's shares five of the most iconic pieces from the musician's personal stash. More about Five of the most iconic pieces in David Bowie's private Memphis collection

    Alice Morby | 17 October 2016 | 1 comment
  • David Bowie Memphis auction

    David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture goes up for auction

    David Bowie's extensive collection of pieces by the Memphis group is set to be auctioned in London. More about David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture goes up for auction

    Alice Morby | 12 October 2016 | 10 comments
  • New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass

    A new exhibition at the Friedman Benda gallery in New York displays the early work of designer Ettore Sottsass, best-known for the colourful and radical Memphis design movement of the 1980s (+ slideshow). More about New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass

    Alan G Brake | 11 September 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Sass Pedestals by MPGMB for Souda

    MPGMB creates pedestals inspired by work of Postmodern master Ettore Sottsass

    Pomo summer: Montreal designers Marie-Pier Guilmain and Maud Beauchamp of MPGMB have created a trio of stacked pedestals influenced by the work of Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass (+ slideshow). More about MPGMB creates pedestals inspired by work of Postmodern master Ettore Sottsass

    Alan G Brake | 24 August 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Carlton by Ettore Sottsass

    Postmodern design: Carlton bookcase by Ettore Sottsass

    Pomo summer: Ettore Sottsass' Carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s Memphis Group. In the latest instalment of our Postmodernism series, we explore how its bright coloured laminates and playful form typified Memphis' challenge to Modernism's impersonal aesthetic. More about Postmodern design: Carlton bookcase by Ettore Sottsass

    Dan Howarth | 3 August 2015 | 5 comments
  • Ettore Sottsass for Kartell

    Kartell presents new Ettore Sottsass collection in Memphis-themed exhibition

    Milan 2015: nine furniture and homeware items by Italian designer and protagonist of the Memphis movement Ettore Sottsass have been put into production for the first time by Kartell (+ slideshow). More about Kartell presents new Ettore Sottsass collection in Memphis-themed exhibition

    Jessica Mairs | 19 April 2015 | 4 comments
  • Shiva Vase by Ettore Sottsass

    Ettore Sottsass' penis-shaped Shiva Vase now comes in gold

    News: Spanish design brand BD Barcelona has released a limited-edition gold version of the suggestively shaped Shiva Vase by late Italian Postmodernist designer Ettore Sottsass. More about Ettore Sottsass' penis-shaped Shiva Vase now comes in gold

    Dan Howarth | 18 November 2014 | 1 comment
  • Competition: Ettore Sottsass monograph and Design Museum talk tickets to be won

    Competition: Dezeen is giving one reader the chance to win a copy of an Ettore Sottsass monograph and a pair of tickets to a talk at London's Design Museum about the designer's life and work. More about Competition: Ettore Sottsass monograph and Design Museum talk tickets to be won

    Ray Murphy | 28 May 2014 | Leave a comment
  • Kora Vases by Spotti Edizioni

    Kora Vases by Studiopepe for Spotti Edizioni

    Six limited-edition vases were created by Milan designers Studiopepe for a window installation in central London based on the work of postmodern designer Ettore Sottass (+ slideshow). More about Kora Vases by Studiopepe for Spotti Edizioni

    Grace Quah | 19 October 2013 | Leave a comment
  • Ettore Sottsass A Survey, 1992 – 2007 at Friedman Benda

    Ettore Sottsass: A Survey, 1992 – 2007 at Friedman Benda

    An exhibition of work by Italian design maestro Ettore Sottsass is on show at Friedman Benda gallery in New York. More about Ettore Sottsass: A Survey, 1992 – 2007 at Friedman Benda

    Rose Etherington | 23 June 2012 | 3 comments
  • Nine-0 by Ettore Sottsass for Emeco

    Milan 08: American manufacturers Emeco will launch Nine-0, the last range of chairs and stools by late Italian designer Ettore Sottsass, at the Milan furniture fair next month. More about Nine-0 by Ettore Sottsass for Emeco

    Rose Etherington | 25 March 2008 | 3 comments
  • Ettore Sottsass 1917-2007

    Italian designer Ettore Sottsass has died aged 90, the New York Times reports (via dezain.net, via archinect).

    More about Ettore Sottsass 1917-2007
    Marcus Fairs | 2 January 2008 | 5 comments
  • Ettore Sottsass at Friedman Benda Gallery

    An exhibition of new work by designer Ettore Sottsass will inaugurate the new Friedman Benda Gallery in New York next month. More about Ettore Sottsass at Friedman Benda Gallery

    Marcus Fairs | 19 August 2007 | 4 comments

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