Sottsass

Author : Phillipe Thome
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1838665730

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Ettore Sottsass by Phillipe Thome Pdf

Phaidon's much-loved monograph on the legendary Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass The re-release of this highly acclaimed title demonstrates the continual fascination, from both fans and collectors, with the life and work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The designer's work is popular and influential in equal measure, from his designs for Olivetti (such as the striking, bright red, manual typewriter, the Valentine, with its ingenious carry-case) to the post-modern brilliance of the work of the Memphis Group, founded by Sottsass in Milan in 1980. Packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, the book explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his ceramics, sculpture, and graphics.

Author : Ettore Sottsass
Publisher : Corraini Editore
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 8875702764

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Books by Ettore Sottsass by Ettore Sottsass Pdf

Questo volume raccoglie le riviste e i libri che Ettore Sottsass ha scritto, illustrato o curato nell'arco di sessant'anni, tra il 1947 e il 2006. Opere su carta stampata in cui Sottsass ha realizzato appositamente testi, illustrazioni e/o invenzioni grafiche. La multiforme produzione editoriale di Ettore Sottsass è raggruppata in otto sezioni - la rivista "Room East 128. Chronicle", i libri editi per le edizioni "East 128", "Pianeta Fresco", gli inserti nelle riviste d'architettura e design, i libri illustrati e i testi teorici, i cataloghi del gruppo "Memphis", la rivista "Terrazzo" e le pubblicazioni augurali dello Studio Sottsass Associati - ed è accompagnata da contributi di Barbara Radice, Andrea Branzi, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Elio Fiorucci, Christoph Radl, Franco Raggi e Lea Vergine.

Author : Barbara Radice,Ettore Sottsass
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015029854190

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Ettore Sottsass by Barbara Radice,Ettore Sottsass Pdf

Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is celebrated internationally for his contribution to architecture, industrial and furniture design, ceramics, jewelry, crafts, graphic design, and photography. He founded the Memphis group, and through its startling, eclectic and irreverent aesthetic he dominated furniture and interior style for over a decade. Almost every area of modern design displays his influence. Featuring over 100 full-page illustrations - photographs, architectural drawings, sketches, collages - this monograph explores Sottsass's work in all his many fields of activity, including his world-famous office products for Olivetti, and his colorful Memphis furniture. Barbara Radice, a long-time companion of Sottsass, gives a sensitive account of his life and work, drawing on her keen understanding of his talents, personality, preoccupations, likes and dislikes. She outlines his working methods, describes the inspiration he draws from popular culture, follows him on his constant travels, and explains the interactions necessary for his long-term responsibilities at Olivetti's design division. This is a splendidly complete summary of the career and achievement of Ettore Sottsass, one of the most stimulating, innovative, inspired and entertaining in modern times. Barbara Radice is the editor of Terrazzo and regular contributor to several Italian art and design magazines. She was co-author of Sottsass Associates (1989).

Author : Deyan Sudjic
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0714869538

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Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things by Deyan Sudjic Pdf

The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso. Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things chronicles the life and times of one of the most important, prolific, and, above all, interesting designers and architects of the 20th century. Sottsass (1917-2007), originally trained as an architect and worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he developed the iconic Valentine typewriter, before going on to found the Memphis Group in the 1980s, ushering in an era of influential designs in furniture, ceramics and lighting that continue to inspire design minds today with their flamboyance and use of color. Author Deyan Sudjic (Director of London's Design Museum) does not limit his narrative to an examination of Sottsass' iconic designs. Though a native son of Italy, Sottsass cast a shadow of influence on the entire world, traveling extensively over the course of his life and interacting with some of the 20th century's most iconic figures, including Picasso, Hemingway and Allen Ginsberg. Sudjic's writing, complemented by unpublished personal photographs from Sottsass' archive, offers a unique view of Sottsass from the perspective of the world that surrounded him, recounting anecdotes of encounters between the designer and his famous contemporaries. The result is a unique and comprehensive portrait not only Sottsass but of the last 100 years of design in Italy and around the world. Features anecdotes of his encounters with the biggest creatives of the time, and details of his influences and inspirations, documenting the contemporary design scene both in Italy and abroad.

Author : Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
Publisher : Skira
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Architect-designed glassware
ISBN : 8857235351

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Ettore Sottsass by Ettore Sottsass, Jr. Pdf

The brilliant architect and designer Ettore Sottsass "made glass" from 1947 until the end of his career. This volume documents the entire period of his glass oeuvre, from the series he designed in the 1970s for Vistosi to the Memphis collections of the 1980s, the symbolic forms of the 1990s, the stunning constructions for the Millennium House in Qatar, and the famous Kachinas. The wealth of images, the analysis of design and painting together with the coeval cultural and artistic context, and the summary of works including many unpublished pieces make this volume edited by Luca Massimo Barbero the first scientific study on Ettore Sottsass's works in glass and crystal

Author : Tim Woods
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 0719052114

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Beginning Postmodernism by Tim Woods Pdf

"Postmodernism" has become the buzzword of contemporary society. Yet it remains baffling in its variety of definitions, contexts and associations. Beginning Postmodernism aims to offer clear, accessible and step-by-step introductions to postmodernism across a wide range of subjects. It encourages readers to explore how the debates about postmodernism have emerged from basic philosophical and cultural ideas. With its emphasis firmly on "postmodernism in practice," the book contains exercises and questions designed to help readers understand and reflect upon a variety of positions in the following areas of contemporary culture: philosophy and cultural theory; architecture and concepts of space; visual art; sculpture and the design arts; popular culture and music; film, video and television culture; and the social sciences.

Author : Ettore Sottsass (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015062575413

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Sottsass by Ettore Sottsass (Jr.) Pdf

"In order to allow us to listen to our thoughts, someone came up with the idea of inventing words. Someone thought that the sound of the words could in some way represent the wanderings of our thoughts, of some of our thoughts. Someone else got the idea of representing thoughts by making marks, by making them with light, with something you could see. I make marks. What I mean is that I always, and only, draw in order to represent certain thought that pursue me. These thoughts trace out the forms, dimensions, weight, materials, colors and temperatures to use in building the stage onto which I, or we, will drag existence, including - in the theater set - all the furniture, curtains, lamps, and objects in general - you know, vases for flowers, plates for eating, baskets for bread (if there is any) or fruit (if there is any) and so on ... (Ettore Sottsass, 1997)"--Back cover.

Author : Michele De Lucchi,Jennifer Hudson
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781856692366

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The International Design Yearbook 2001 by Michele De Lucchi,Jennifer Hudson Pdf

"The editor has grouped together objects in catagories which illuminate current developments in design, such as home-office furniture; the work of leading architects, ranging from Norman Foster and David Chipperfield to Zaha Hadid and Kazuyo Sejima; new treatments of traditional forms like wickerware; minimalist designs; and innovations from leading companies like Apple, Philips, Sharp and Siemens".--BOOKJACKET.

Author : Ettore Sottsass
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015014091642

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Design Metaphors by Ettore Sottsass Pdf

Author : Jan Burney
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Design
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012413832

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Sottsass by Jan Burney Pdf

The work of architect and designer Ettore Sottsass encapsulates the italian achievement in design since the Second World War, This book examines the paradoxes and contradictions of his career. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Victor Margolin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1989-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226505145

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Design Discourse by Victor Margolin Pdf

The editor has gathered together a body of writing in the emerging field of design studies. The contributors argue in different ways for a rethinking of design in the light of its cultural significance and its powerful position in today's society. The collection begins with a discussion of the various expressions of opposition to the modernists' purist approach toward design. Drawing on postmodernist theory and other critical strategies, the writers examine the relations among design, technology, and social organization to show how design has become a complex and multidisciplinary activity. The second section provides examples of new methods of interpreting and analysing design, ranging from rhetoric and semiotics to phenomenology, demonstrating how meaning is created visually. A final section related to design history shifts its emphasis to ideological frameworks such as capitalism and patriarchy that establish boundaries for the production and use of design.

Author : Thomas Hauffe
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 1856691349

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Design by Thomas Hauffe Pdf

Aiming to place design developments in their broader context, this text describes the history of design from its emergence as a separate discipline around 1750 to the present. Arranged chronologically, and with colour-coded pages for ease of reference, the book includes time-lines and designers' biographies, as well as feature spreads on notable designers and companies. There is also a detailed list of major design museums and collections.

Author : Patrizia Ranzo
Publisher : 24 Ore Cultura
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8866480274

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Ettore Sottsass by Patrizia Ranzo Pdf

Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. His work included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting and office machine design. His work was unique, much of it influenced by a desire to avoid corporate work, believing that to confine himself to

Author : Ettore Sottsass
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Design
ISBN : UOM:39015014053006

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Sottsass Associati by Ettore Sottsass Pdf

Author : Ettore Sottsass,Achille Bonito Oliva,Museo e gallerie nazionali di Capodimonte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39015058784987

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Sottsass by Ettore Sottsass,Achille Bonito Oliva,Museo e gallerie nazionali di Capodimonte Pdf

Ettore Sottsass once took 1,780 photographs on a 12-day trip to South America, and for years he photographed every hotel room in which he had slept with a woman. Wherever he goes, this world-renowned artist, architect, industrial designer, publisher, theoretician and ceramicist carries a camera to photograph anything that catches his relentless and acute eye: doors, temples, kitchens, billboards, people, trees, graffiti, fruit--nothing escapes him. This substantial volume contains over 400 of Sottsass' color and black and white images, beautifully reproduced. Several of these works are from his 1972-1978 "Metaphor" series, in which architecture is featured as a backdrop and support to human existence.