Born in Innsbruck in 1917, he received his degree in 1939 and started his career in Milan in 1947. Ever since then Sottsass has been involved in research and formal experimentation in a variety of fields: architecture and industrial design, ceramics and jewelry,
craftwork and graphics…
This comprehensive career overview of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass focused on products introduced both prior to and following his founding in 1981 of Memphis, the well-known Milan-based collective at the vanguard of postmodern design…