Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is today best ,known as the founder in the early 1980s of Memphis, the Milan-based design collaborative that became a key part of Postmodernism. As this book demonstrates, however, Sottsass has pursued a remarkable career--spanning more than sixty-five years--as a pioneer of worldwide significance in all the major fields of design, including furniture, ceramics and glass, jewelry,architecture and industrial design, and what he terms "radical design." Sottsass's pluralistic approach has also led to collaborations with many of the world's most notable manufacturers, Alessi, Olivetti, and Sevres among them...

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Foreword

Preface

Ettore Sottsass, a Modern Italian Designer

HumanistfortheModernAge

Catalysts of Perception: Material Considerations

Imagining Utopia:The Figurative Universe of Ettore Sottsass

Instruments for Life: Conversations with Ettore Sottsass

Maker Biographies and Company Profiles

Chronology

Suggested Reading

Picture Credits

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index