Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano
The iconic Memphis Milano company, founded by designer Ettore Sottsass, has been bought by Italian Radical Design, which also owns furniture company Gufram. More
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Triennale di Milano reconstructs room from Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana
This video, shared exclusively with Dezeen, shows the living area of a Milanese apartment by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass being dismantled and rebuilt inside the city's Triennale di Milano museum. More
Frida Escobedo designs Ettore Sottsass exhibition at ICA Miami
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has designed pink plinths and screens to showcase the work of Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass in this retrospective exhibition at Miami's Institute of Contemporary Art. More
Stedelijk Museum cancels major Ettore Sottsass retrospective
Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum has cancelled a major retrospective of work by Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass, blaming the architects' representatives for attempting to "dictate" its curation. More
Italian architects convert Ettore Sottsass sketch into pavilion for French architecture festival
Italian architecture office 2A+P/A has brought an Ettore Sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in Orléans, France. More
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Met Breuer exhibition contextualises Ettore Sottsass' colourful designs
Boldly shaped and coloured designs by Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass are on display alongside some of the historic artefacts they reference, and contemporary objects they in turn influenced, at The Met Breuer museum in New York. More
Five of the most iconic pieces in David Bowie's private Memphis collection
Following the news that David Bowie's secret collection of Memphis furniture is going up for sale next month, Adam Trunoske from auction house Sotheby's shares five of the most iconic pieces from the musician's personal stash. More
David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture goes up for auction
David Bowie's extensive collection of pieces by the Memphis group is set to be auctioned in London. More
New York exhibition examines the pre-Memphis work of Ettore Sottsass
A new exhibition at the Friedman Benda gallery in New York displays the early work of designer Ettore Sottsass, best-known for the colourful and radical Memphis design movement of the 1980s (+ slideshow). More
MPGMB creates pedestals inspired by work of Postmodern master Ettore Sottsass
Pomo summer: Montreal designers Marie-Pier Guilmain and Maud Beauchamp of MPGMB have created a trio of stacked pedestals influenced by the work of Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass (+ slideshow). More
Postmodern design: Carlton bookcase by Ettore Sottsass
Pomo summer: Ettore Sottsass' Carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s Memphis Group. In the latest instalment of our Postmodernism series, we explore how its bright coloured laminates and playful form typified Memphis' challenge to Modernism's impersonal aesthetic. More
Kartell presents new Ettore Sottsass collection in Memphis-themed exhibition
Milan 2015: nine furniture and homeware items by Italian designer and protagonist of the Memphis movement Ettore Sottsass have been put into production for the first time by Kartell (+ slideshow). More
Ettore Sottsass' penis-shaped Shiva Vase now comes in gold
News: Spanish design brand BD Barcelona has released a limited-edition gold version of the suggestively shaped Shiva Vase by late Italian Postmodernist designer Ettore Sottsass. More
Competition: Ettore Sottsass monograph and Design Museum talk tickets to be won
Competition: Dezeen is giving one reader the chance to win a copy of an Ettore Sottsass monograph and a pair of tickets to a talk at London's Design Museum about the designer's life and work. More
Kora Vases by Studiopepe for Spotti Edizioni
Six limited-edition vases were created by Milan designers Studiopepe for a window installation in central London based on the work of postmodern designer Ettore Sottass (+ slideshow). More
Ettore Sottsass: A Survey, 1992 – 2007 at Friedman Benda
An exhibition of work by Italian design maestro Ettore Sottsass is on show at Friedman Benda gallery in New York. More
Nine-0 by Ettore Sottsass for Emeco
Milan 08: American manufacturers Emeco will launch Nine-0, the last range of chairs and stools by late Italian designer Ettore Sottsass, at the Milan furniture fair next month. More
Ettore Sottsass 1917-2007
Italian designer Ettore Sottsass has died aged 90, the New York Times reports (via dezain.net, via archinect).
Ettore Sottsass at Friedman Benda Gallery
An exhibition of new work by designer Ettore Sottsass will inaugurate the new Friedman Benda Gallery in New York next month. More