Ettore Sottsass - Sottsass Associati. Language: German. Publisher: Rizzoli. Publication Date: 1988 first edition. Binding: Hardcover. 265 pages. Book Condition: Very Good. Minor wear due aging and usage. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, contains minor traces of wear. Printed in Japan, Published by Rizzoli, 1988. Folio. Pictorial boards with black endpapers. Book is in great condition considering the age. Minor traces of wear and usage. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf wear. A fine copy of this retrospective on interdisciplinary design firm Sottsass Associates. Born in 1917, Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is today best known as the founder in the early 1980s or Memphis, the Milan-based design collaborative. As a harbinger or Postmodern design, Memphis - and soon Sottsass himself - became the subject of widespread public attention. This book demonstrates the multi disciplinary fields Sottsass and his team (associati) of designers and architects such as Marco Zanini, Matteo Thun, Gerard Taylor, Aldo Cibic and Marco Marabelli have been a mayor pioneer of worldwide significance in all major fields of design. From architecture, design, art, industrial design, landscaping to film and photography. Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007): A titan of 20th-century design who founded the Memphis Group in 1981, known for challenging functionalism with bold colors and kitsch-inspired aesthetics. Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917 – 31 December 2007) was a 20th century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings and interiors — often defined by bold colors. He has worked for names such as Knoll, Alessi, Stilnovo, Olivetti and Memphis Group. Ettore Sotsass was one of the most influential architect alongside names as Le Corbusier, Mies Van Der Rohe, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prove Pierre Jeanneret, Wiel Arets, Eames, Eero Saarinen and Alvar Aalto. His unconventional ideas were controversial but have now become widely recognized and appreciated. The work continues to be influential throughout the world and can be seen in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Design Museum in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and many others. For collectors of Italian design and architecture from Names such as Gabbianelli, Seletti, Alessi, Stilnovo, Memphis Milano, De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi, Marcantoni, Maurizio Cattelan, Joe Colombo, Ettore Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Matteo Thun, Enzo Mari, Achille Castiglioni and Angelo Mangiorotti