Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York where he began working in the studio of the designer George Nelson. Back in Italy, he began important collaborations with Poltronova (1957) and Olivetti (1958). From the late 60s to the 70s he collaborated with Superstudio and Archizoom Associati, as part of the Radical Architecture movement, until the founding of the Memphis group in 1981. Ettore Sottsass has been the recipient of numerous international awards and was the winner of the ADI Compasso d'Oro Award in 1959. His works are now exhibited in the permanent collections of many museums around the world.
Her ewe have a wonderful Wall Cabinet of the "Mobili a Torre" series, model designed by Ettore Sottsass for the Casa Tosoni in Milan in 1970 circa.
In very good condition, fully original and ready to be shipped.
Bibliography:
Domus no 406, Sept. 1963,
model from the same series illustrated pp. 22-23