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.

photography

Sottsass was always taking pictures. During one 12-day trip in the United States, for example, he took 1,780 photos. One part of his photo collection is devoted to hotel rooms in which he had sex.

A young naked girl standing near a black flag in the desert. Photo by Ettore Sottsass
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