Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer.
His work included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting, objects for home and office, as well as many buildings and interiors. He grew up in Turin and graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Torino in 1939. In 1947, in Milan, he founded his architecture and industrial design studio, where he began creating works in various media. In 1956, Sottsass went to New York and began working at George Nelson's design studio. Back in Italy, he established major collaborative projects with Poltronova (1957) and Olivetti (1958). From the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, he collaborated with Superstudio and Archizoom Associati within the...
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