Drawing inspiration from such movements as art deco and pop art. This is a splendidly complete summary of the career and achievement of ettore sottsass, one of the most stimulating, innovative, inspired and entertaining in modern times. Sottsasss affair with india is littleknown, but vital. It really did look like fritz langs 1926 film metropolis. Aged five, while in bed with scarlet fever, he started copying drawings from a comic book. The collector was sottsass himself, along with his wife, the italian writer and translator fernanda pivano, from whom he was divorced in 1970. The founder of a half dozen design collectivesincluding giuseppe pagano, memphis group and sottsass associatisottsass became known for his asymmetric forms and, perhaps most of all, his flamboyant use of color, often in bold, clashing combinations. In 2001 pivano is also protagonist of fernanda pivano. See more ideas about beat generation, writer and allen ginsberg. These are the formative years for the designer who used ceramics as a laboratory for developing a new language of design. Books by ettore sottsass author of scritto di notte. Ettore sottsass san marco brooch by ettore sottass ca. Ettore sottsass, fernanda pivano, allen ginsberg pianeta fresco n 23 1968.
Ettore sottsass s most popular book is scritto di notte. Ettore sottsass 1955 1969 exhibitions friedman benda. Aug 18, 2009 fernanda pivano 18 july 1917 18 august 2009 was an italian writer, journalist, translator and critic born in genoa, as a teenager she moved with her family to turin where she attended the massimo dazeglio lyceum. In 1949 sottsass married fernanda pivano, a writer, journalist, translator and critic. A proof accepted willingly and an existence dusted to the bone. It is curious that the need for a vital erotic charge, combined with dissolute melancholy aldo rossis definition produced in both architects work that was so far from erotic. How ettore sottsass brought the poetics of painting into. In addition to the photographic documentation, the collection includes sundry materials concerning the editing of the pianeta fresco magazine and some books published by east 128, the publishing house founded in 1963 by ettore sottsass and fernanda pivano.
The written parts are printed on thicker, colorcoded sheets that act as section dividers, so the fat book seems to naturally fall open to interesting momentslike the biographical text that begins, in the autumn of 1961, sottsass and fernanda pivano, his wife traveled to india for the first time. Wherever he went, ettore sottsass carried a camera to photograph anything that caught his eye. Most pictures were taken by ettore sottsass, but there are photographs by others as well. Ettore sottsass was a pivotal figure of the late 20th century italian design scene. The most enduring examples of the work of influential italian architect and designer ettore sottsass rowan moore on the godfather of italian cool. Ettore sottsass per blumhelman gallery, piedistallo coming back from darkblue maupiti oh. Ettore sottsass has 37 books on goodreads with 511 ratings. In 1956, sottsass and his first wife, fernanda pivano, travelled to new york. One of the most significant counterforces to modernism in design history, ettore sottsass made monumental artistic contributions to every decade of his working life since starting his practice in the late 1940s. Fernanda pivano 18 july 1917 18 august 2009 was an italian writer, journalist, translator and critic born in genoa, as a teenager she moved with her family to turin where she attended the massimo dazeglio lyceum. In 2006 pivano decided to revisit the spoon river anthology in the book spoon river, ciao dreams creek, 2006, a selection of her unpublished texts. Ettore sottsass, fernanda pivano, allen ginsberg pianeta catawiki. I was writing my thesis on the relationship between design and literature, and i wanted to know about his time in america, his contacts with the. Ettore sottsass and his multicoloured world design.
You can find hector gradually struggling for example with the painter luigi spazzapan, creating masterful typewriter valentine for olivetti, with fernanda pivano and poets of the beat generation, with aldo cibic, marco zanini and matteo thun, until his foundation of the sottsass associati and then the memphis group. It has been created from fernanda pivanos book and documentary heritage, donated by the writer to the foundation in 1997. As his first wife, the writer fernanda pivano, recalled. Barbara radice is the editor of terrazzo and regular contributor to several italian art and design magazines. Ansa reported yesterday that fernanda pivano passed away tuesday night at a clinic in milan. The movie presents unpublished photos from the sottsass archive and photos from the pivano family album that mary pivano fernandas mother gifted to rosati. Dec 07, 2014 ettore sottsass 19172007, the italian architect, designer and provocateur, was one of the first to grapple with the character of these new objects in the office landscape. The influential designs of ettore sottsass in pictures. I met ettore sottsass in milan one morning early in the summer of 1999. Jun 10, 2014 ettore sottsass and fernanda pivano this higher level, as rossi himself said, was the vital erotic charge behind all of sottsasss art, including his writing. Fernanda pivano 18 july 1917 18 august 2009 was an italian writer, journalist, translator.
Fernanda pivano with husband ettore sottsass at their home in milan, 1969. Ettore sottsass and fernanda pivano this higher level, as rossi himself said, was the vital erotic charge behind all of sottsasss art, including his writing. Il suo grande amore fu larchitetto e designer ettore sottsass cui chiese due volte di sposarla. The riccardo and fernanda pivano library, inaugurated on december 16th 1998 in corso di porta vittoria 16. Sottsass giovane fernanda pivano, detta nanda genova, 18 luglio 1917 milano, 18 agosto 2009, e stata una traduttrice, scrittrice, giornalista e critica musicale italiana. Il matrimonio tormentato con sottsass e il grande amore della vita. With his first wife, fernanda pivano, and with his later lovers, he created multiple.
Best known as the founder of the early 1980s memphis collective, he also designed iconic products for olivetti, as well as beautiful glass and ceramics. Ettore sottsass influence touched the farthest reaches of the design world, inspiring generations of young designers from across many disciplines. An italian architect and designer known for his large oeuvre including furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting, and office design, ettore sottsass was also the founder in the early 1980s of the memphis group. Dec 11, 2015 ettore sottsass was a pivotal figure of the late 20th century italian design scene. I had written for the magazine where i was then working, of a book of his photographs. Some fragments of a text by fernanda pivano sottsasss first wife help to shed light on his neverending exercise of investigating the profound and delicate power that things can exert on their surroundings, twenty years ago, when i was complaining because he wouldnt let me put something around the apartment, like a mexican mask or a. Ettore sottsass 19172007, the italian architect, designer and provocateur, was one of the first to grapple with the character of these new objects in the office landscape. Fernanda pivano in 2006 fernanda pivano with husband ettore sottsass at their home in milan, 1969 fernanda pivano 18 july 1917 18 august 2009 was an italian writer, journalist, translator and critic. Ettore sottsass married, in 1949, fernanda pivano, a translator, but. On september 8, 1981, ettore sottsass and barbara radice roll up in a taxi a. He would tell me that every object requires its own space where it. In the latest instalment of our postmodernism series. Apr 10, 2018 a long life, a constant challenge to overcome the limits of creativity, a prize that fate has reserved for the genius of ettore sottsass.
Visualizza altre idee su allen ginsberg, libri e william faulkner. Ettore sottsass, who died on new years eve aged 90, was the. Architect, designer and much more, sottsass was incarcerated in a prison camp in montenegro, he married fernanda pivano first and. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Ettore sottsass 19551969 will serve as a gateway to understanding an extremely diverse and fertile 15year period in italian design and art, which precedes the years of radical design. Forty years later james irvine, his partner, talked about how sottsass hated using din standard norms for colours and how hed asked james to go and see if his first wife fernanda pivano still had a certain dress she had worn at a party 10 years earlier. The first to give news of the film is the weekly panorama announcing the pfm album serendipity with which nanda makes her debut at the age of eighty as a singer. Ettore sottsass, fernanda pivano auguri per sempre artsy. Best known as the founder of the early 1980s memphis collective, he also designed iconic electronic products for olivetti, as well as beautiful glass and ceramics. From cambi, ettore sottsass, fernanda pivano, auguri per sempre, milano. Ettore sottsass latitude nord mobilier moderne montreal. Ettore sottsass 19172007 was a grandee of late 20th century italian design. The movie presents unpublished photos from the sottsass archive and photos from the pivano family album that mary pivano fernanda s mother gifted to rosati.
From cambi, ettore sottsass, fernanda pivano, auguri per sempre, milano, east 128 n. The life and times of ettore sottsass emeco youtube. Fluent across all categories of expression, from architecture to craft, sottsass was a unique. Ettore sottsass yes, this is starting to look like some kind of obit page, but these things really do need mention. Ettore sottsass and fernanda pivano at their home in milan in 1969 in 1949 sottsass married fernanda pivano, a writer, journalist, translator and critic. May 17, 2014 the most enduring examples of the work of influential italian architect and designer ettore sottsass rowan moore on the godfather of italian cool sat 17 may 2014 19. A gorgeous object in itself, the unique design of the book allows it to either be read covertocover as a narrative.
In 1998 the businessman and patron luciano benetton opened an important structure destined to house fernanda pivanos book, letters, jewels and documents, that later will. A farewell to beat 2001 by luca facchini, a documentary about her journey to america to find friends and loved ones. Ettore sottsass, who worked with knoll on three collections between 1983 and 1988, wanted to be everything that modernism wasnt. A long life, a constant challenge to overcome the limits of creativity, a prize that fate has reserved for the genius of ettore sottsass. May 04, 2010 watch a documentary on the life and times of ettore sottsass.
In the latest instalment of our postmodernism series, we explore how its bright coloured. We shouldnt forget the cultural context into which the project was born, the events of 1968, and sottsasss friendship with beat generation authors translated into italian by his wife fernanda pivano, the messengers of an anticonventional and antibourgeois way of conceiving existence. Oct 21, 2015 you can find hector gradually struggling for example with the painter luigi spazzapan, creating masterful typewriter valentine for olivetti, with fernanda pivano and poets of the beat generation, with aldo cibic, marco zanini and matteo thun, until his foundation of the sottsass associati and then the memphis group. Ettore sottsass carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s memphis group.
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