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Ettore Sottsass
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and product designer. He was known for his designs of furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, homeware and office supplies, and also worked on numerous buildings and interiors, often defined by bold colours.
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business · Italian architect and designer (1917–2007) · architect · designer · painter · businessperson · jewelry designer · photographer · industrial designer · also Ettore Sottsass, Ettore, Jr. Sottsass, Ettore, II Sottsass, Eṭoreh Soṭsas, אטורה סוטסאס, Ettore, jr Sottsass
Born 14 September 1917 · Died 31 December 2007 · Q78885
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2023· 1 entry
His work was included in the exhibition Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth at Chatsworth House
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2017· 5 entries
Hyperallergic: Ettore Sottsass's Candy-Colored Utopian Design
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CNN: 7 creatives on Ettore Sottsass, the genius who designed the ’80s
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Architectural Digest: Ettore Sottsass at the Met Breuer Features a Special Store Activation | Architectural Digest
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Artnet: The Fantastical Glass Works of Ettore Sottsass Get Their Due in Venice
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On the occasion of Sottsass's centenary, the Met Breuer museum in New York City presented the retrospective Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical
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2016· 1 entry
David Bowie's Valentine sold at a Sotheby's auction in London for £45,000, against a presale estimate of £300–£500
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2009· 1 entry
The Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht presented a reconstruction of Sottsass's 1969 exhibition Miljö för en ny planet (Landscape for a New Planet), which had taken place in the Nationalmuseum in Stockh
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2007· 1 entry
Died 2007-12-31.
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2006· 1 entry
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art held the first major museum survey exhibition of his work in the United States
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1999· 1 entry
Was awarded the Sir Misha Black Medal and was added to the College of Medallists
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1987· 1 entry
For Alessi, winner of the 16th Compasso d'Oro in 1991
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1985· 1 entry
Sottsass left the Memphis Group to focus on the Associati
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1980· 1 entry
The firm provided the opportunity to build architecture on a substantial scale and to design for large international industries
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1976· 1 entry
Sottsass married Barbara Radice, an art critic and journalist
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1969· 1 entry
Considered a milestone in 20th-century design and featured in the Museum of Modern Art, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, London's Design Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum
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1968· 1 entry
The Royal College of Art in London granted Sottsass an honorary doctorate
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1957· 1 entry
Sottsass joined Poltronova, a semi-industrial producer of contemporary furniture, as an artistic consultant
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1956· 2 entries
Sottsass was hired by Adriano Olivetti as a design consultant for Olivetti, to design electronic devices and develop the first Italian mainframe computer, the Elea 9003, for which he was awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 195
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Sottsass travelled to New York City and began working in the office of George Nelson
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1949· 1 entry
Sottsass married Fernanda Pivano, a writer, journalist, translator and critic
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1947· 1 entry
Living in Milan, he set up his own architectural and industrial design studio, where he began to create work in a variety of media, including ceramic, painting, sculpture, furniture, photography, jewellery, architecture
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1917· 1 entry
Born 1917-09-14.
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