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

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.

 

 

 

in a certain sense, you redesign yourself when you’re traveling. —ettore sottsass

A concrete building in India between Madras and Mahabalipuram. Photo by Ettore Sottsass

Photo by Ettore Sottsass. Between Madras and Mahabalipuram, India, 1987. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

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