
What You Need to Know about Memphis Design Pioneer Ettore Sottsass



EVERYTHING IS ARCHITECTURE Alles ist Architektur is the title of a manifesto published in magazine Bau by Hans Hollein in 1968. According to Hollein, the traditional definition of architecture is no longer relevant. ‘Our efforts are focused on the en -vironment as a whole and all media that deter mine it. Television as well as the artificial climat... See more
RADICAL AUSTRIA EVERYTHING IS ARCHITECTURE ENGLISH
For a long time, beauty was deemed indispensable to good design, just like functionality. William Morris affirmed this in his 1880 lecture, and over half a century later, ‘excellent appearance’ and ‘progressive performance’ were chosen as the key criteria for inclusion in the first of the Museum of Modern Art’s ‘Good Design’ exhibitions.17 But Goog... See more
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Ettore Sottsass
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the goal of encouraging the same kind of emotional engagement with architecture and design that people expect to have with art.