This is Not a Love Song

A really well balanced article from Frieze Magazine on designer Ettore Sottsass from a friend I haven't seen in eons - Jennifer Kabat. It's a nice follow up to my post earlier this month (scroll down) and widens the story/ fills the gabs I left out and also includes a comprehensive video of Memphis designs.

In Memoriam: Designer Ettore Sottsass

Designer Ettore Sottsass, whose tall blue vase for Habitat UK above sits next to my fireplace, has past away.

Here's Alice Rawsthorn's obit in IHT and Deyan Sudjic's obit in the Guardian.

More good reading - two interviews from Design Boom and Icon Eye.

Finally a picture of one of my favorite Sottsass designs (a real classic) which was issued on valentines day 1979