Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical | Met Exhibitions

A preview of the exhibition Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical, on view at The Met Breuer from July 21 through October 8, 2017. Featuring Christian Larsen, Associate Curator, Modern Decorative Arts and Design, The Met A seminal figure in 20th-century design, the Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) created a vast body of work, the result of an exceptionally productive career that spanned more than six decades. This exhibition will reevaluate Sottsass’s career in a presentation of key works in a range of media—including architectural drawings, interiors, furniture, machines, ceramics, glass, jewelry, textiles and pattern, painting, and photography, in dialogue with ancient and contemporaneous objects that inspired him, as well as his influence on designers working today. #Sottsass #MetBreuer Production Credits Director: Kate Farrell Producer: Melissa Bell Editor: Dia Felix Camera: Sarah Cowan, Stephanie Wuertz Lighting: Dia Felix Production Coordinator: Kaelan Burkett Original Music: Austin Fisher Artwork: © Ettore Sottsass Images and photographs courtesy of: Santi Caleca Christie’s Images Limited 2017 Galleria Giustini Stagetti © Bruno Gecchelin 1974 Getty Images / Handout Erik and Petra Hesmerg photography for the Mourmans Gallery Abet Laminati Memphis Milano Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti Barbara Radice © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY Photography by Christopher Burke Studio Nathalie du Pasquier Studio Azzuro Studio Ettore Sottsass Srl Dennis Zanone