Ettore Sottsass
Memphis srl
Cupboard 'Carlton'
1981
applied arts & design
In the 1960s Ettore Sottsass was occupied with 'Architettura Radicale' or anti-design. As a reaction to modernism, he believed in the cultural value and the aesthetic function of the object. Design values like transience, irony, kitsch and intense colours were restored and manifested in, among other things, his Carlton bookcase. Sottsass preached a creative licence that meant a bookcase no longer needed to be a bookcase, but had to function as a medium that conveys a message.
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Audio & Video
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The Carlton by Ettore Sottsass Duration: 02:39
