sottsass associati

About the same time as the founding of Memphis, Sottsass started a second studio, which concentrated on consulting in the areas of architecture and design. Its clients over the years have included Apple, Fiat, Philips, Siemens and Alessi.

 

 

 

 

Sottsass Associati, 1993. From left to right: Mike Ryan, Marco Zanini, Mario Milizia, James Irvine, Johanna Grawunder and Ettore Sottsass. © Sottsass Associati.

ettore thought that design should help people become more aware of their existence: the space they live in, how to arrange it and their own presence in it.
—barbara radice, his wife


Office of Cementeria di Merone. An interior with a cupboard and a table

Office of Cementeria di Merone, 1993. © Sottsass Associati.

bob dylan

Ettore Sottsass often said he was a Bob Dylan fan. The inspiration for naming his firm “Memphis” came from Dylan’s song, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” which was playing in the office during the group’s founding meeting.

 

 

 

Photo by Ettore Sottsass. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Peter and Julian Orlofsky, San Francisco, USA, 1965. © Ettore Sottsass.

Ettore Sottsass. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Peter and Julian Orlofsky
Enorme portable telephone
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