ETTORE SOTTSASS. "Casablanca", cabinet, Memphis, Italy 1980s, laminated wood with patterns in red, yellow, white and black.

Clad in laminate with Ettore Sottsass' "Spugnato" pattern, featuring a cabinet and three drawers at the base, and an upper cabinet with double doors containing three adjustable shelves, label marked MEMPHIS MADE IN ITALY MILANO ETTORE SOTTSASS 1981 No. 13, height 221, 160 x 37 cm.

PROVENANCE
Duveke säteri.

HISTORY
The model was designed in 1981. The Italian Memphis Group was formed in 1980 as a design and architecture collective by Ettore Sottsass together with, among others, Michele de Lucchi, George Sowden, Nathalie du Pasquier and Aldo Cibic. The following year, the group presented their first furniture at the Milan Furniture Fair in 1981, where their innovative, postmodern design with bold, bright colors, decorated plastic laminates and unconventional shapes caused a great sensation in international design coverage.

LITERATURE
Radice, Barbara. Memphis. Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, Thames and Hudson, 1985, pp. 27, 37.
Sparke, Penny, Design. 1900-talets pionjärer, Bonnier, 1999, p. 219.
See also Gramigna, Giuliana. 1950/1980 repertorio. Immagini e contributi per una storia dell’arredo italiano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., 1985, p. 512.Show more

Condition

Chips to the back panel and to two shelves.

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Resale right

No

Artist/designer

Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007)

Sale

The Design Sale