color and architecture
As an architect, Sottsass worked with vivid colors, and many of his buildings look almost as if built of Lego pieces. For materials, he used bricks, wood and stone. “I was recently in a building where everything was made of glass, even the floor. I walked like a turtle—it felt as if it was going to shatter under me. That’s not right, at least as far as I’m concerned,” he said.

Casa Wolf, 1987–89. © Sottsass Associati, 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Interior of the Esprit showroom, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1986. © Sottsass Associati, 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

ERG Petroli service station, 1988–90. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Bar Zibibbo, Hotel Il Palazzo, Fukuoka, Japan, 1989. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

The Ettore Sottsass Pavilion at the Museo dell’Arredo Contemporaneo, Ravenna, Italy, 1988. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.