Ettore Sottsass Dies at 90
Italian designer Ettore Sottsass, architect, designer and founder of the postmodernist Memphis Group, died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 90, reports the New York Times.
Mr. Sottsass was known for his playfulness and wit as well as his whimsical ornamentation. His Adesso Pero stained-wood bookshelf from 1992 looks like three red lightning bolts shooting into a red platform. His Tahiti lamp, from 1981, resembles a tropical bird with a long yellow neck and boxy red beak.
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