ettore sottsass

Valentine portable typewriter, 1968. Photo by Alberto Fioravanti. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
series of editorials on prominent designers
the name ettore sottsass is commonly associated with the valentine typewriter and certain pieces of office furniture in whose design he had a hand.
his real genius goes far beyond design, however. sottsass was in a literal sense the great italian’s own creation, a made object that feels and tells us how it wishes us to relate to it.
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born in Innsbruck, Austria
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