Ettore Sottsass
Pair of Dado side tables , 1963
White lacquered veneer plywood
32 x 29 x 29 cm
12 1/5 x 11 21/50 x 11 21/50
12 1/5 x 11 21/50 x 11 21/50
Manufactured by Poltronova
Architect, artist, product designer and theoretician Ettore Sottsass constantly sought to blur the distinctions between art and industrial design and demonstrate that “design should be sensual and exiting”. These side...
Architect, artist, product designer and theoretician Ettore Sottsass constantly sought to blur the distinctions between art and industrial design and demonstrate that “design should be sensual and exiting”.
These side tables were designed in the early 1960’s as the Pop movement was developing in Italy, breaking from the Modernist tradition. Playful and unconventional, these cubic side tables can also be used as small stools that can be placed side by side or on top of each other.
These side tables were designed in the early 1960’s as the Pop movement was developing in Italy, breaking from the Modernist tradition. Playful and unconventional, these cubic side tables can also be used as small stools that can be placed side by side or on top of each other.
Literature
F. Zanella, Ettore Sottsass: Catalogo ragionato dell’archivio 1922-1978, CSAC, Parma, 2017, p. 238
Domus 406, 09/1963, p. 19
La mia casa 53, 03/1973, pp. 52-53