Vitra Design Museum celebrates Ettore Sottsass centenary with 'Rebel and Poet' exhibition
The Vitra Design Museum presents 'Ettore Sottsass, rebel and poet' at the Vitra Schaudepot near Basel, marking the centenary of the Austrian-Italian designer (1917–2007). The show features about thirty key works spanning his career, from the Olivetti Valentine typewriter (1969) to Memphis Group icons like the Carlton bookcase (1981), Ashoka and Tahiti lamps (1981), and the Tartar desk (1985). Excerpts from his poetic and literary texts, along with furniture drawings for Memphis, contextualize his output. The Schaudepot, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened a year ago to house part of the museum's collection and temporary exhibitions. The exhibition runs from July 14 to September 24, 2017.
Key facts
- Ettore Sottsass was born in 1917 in Innsbruck and died in 2007 in Milan.
- The exhibition is titled 'Ettore Sottsass, rebel and poet'.
- It is organized by the Vitra Design Museum.
- The venue is the Vitra Schaudepot, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
- The Schaudepot opened one year before the exhibition.
- Sottsass designed the Olivetti Valentine typewriter in 1969.
- He founded the Memphis Group in the 1980s.
- The exhibition includes about thirty key works.
- It runs from July 14 to September 24, 2017.
Entities
Artists
- Ettore Sottsass
Institutions
- Vitra Design Museum
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Olivetti
- Memphis Group
Locations
- Innsbruck
- Austria
- Milan
- Italy
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Vitra Schaudepot