Ettore Sottsass Chair
Sottsass was born in innsbruck austria and grew up in turin where his father also named ettore sottsass was an.
Ettore sottsass chair. And we agreed why not re design it remembers gregg. This modular chair collection by thai design studio kaoi takes cues from the 1980s memphis group featuring four. I had seen sottsass projects in domus magazine over the years the esprit stores the amazon express yacht in which he had used our chair. Kaoi studio designs modular ebba chairs based on ettore sottsass memphis movement.
Gregg buchbinder first met ettore sottsass at the museum of contemporary art in chicago. I had seen sottsass projects in domus magazine over the years the esprit stores the amazon express. Emeco s owner gregg buchbinder first met ettore sottsass at the museum of contemporary art in chicago. Ettore sottsass who worked with knoll on three collections between 1983 and 1988 wanted to be everything that modernism wasn t.
Shop authentic ettore sottsass furniture and other ettore sottsass furniture from the world s best dealers. He has produced an enormous breadth of work across many disciplines including glass and ceramics for alessi and electronic products for olivetti but is best known as founder of the groundbreaking 1980 s design group memphis. In einem langjährigen prozess des geistigen austausches und der formfindung gestal tete er in enger zusammenarbeit mit ausgewählten. This modular chair collection by thai design studio kaoi.
Natashah hitti 10 may 2020 leave a comment. The minute we met ettore told me he was an admirer of the navy chair and in fact wished he had designed it. Ettore sottsass 14 september 1917 31 december 2007 was an italian architect and designer during the 20th century. Chairs ceramics more 442 for sale at 1stdibs.
Kaoi studio designs modular ebba chairs based on ettore sottsass memphis movement. The minute we met ettore told me he was an admirer of the navy chair and in fact wished he had designed it. His body of work included furniture jewellery glass lighting home objects and office machine design as well as many buildings and interiors. The founder of a half dozen design collectives including giuseppe pagano memphis group and sottsass associati sottsass became known for his asymmetric forms and perhaps most of all his flamboyant use of color often in bold clashing combinations.
And we agreed why not re design it remembers gregg. Ettore sottsass has been a towering presence in italian design for more than half a century.