Ettore Sottsass - Rilegato

Burney, Jan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0800824687 ISBN 13: 9780800824686

Casa editrice: Taplinger Pub Co, 1991

Riassunto

In 1969 the Valentine typewriter liberated the secretary from the office: in 1980 the Memphis label put post modernism into furniture design in a dramatic fashion. Both were the inspiration of one man, Ettore Sottsass Jnr. His career highlights the connection between design and industry in Italy: his work for Olivetti is legendary, for example, and covers early electronic computers, typewriters and video terminals, office systems and office seating. This book examines the paradoxes and contradictions of his career, in particualar how his own upbringing and his political convictions have shaped his view of design as a social and human activity. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 192 pages; Impressively and abundantly photo and figure illustrated and complete with a comprehensive bibliography. Subjects: Sottsass, Ettore, 1892-1953 --Criticism and interpretation. Memphis (Group) . Design--Italy--History--20th century.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Taplinger Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0800824687
• ISBN 13: 9780800824686
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 192