Renowned designer of things colourful and plastic, Ettore Sotsass, died on Monday aged 90. As well as being an architect, he worked for Poltronova, Olivetti, Alessi and Artemide as a product designer. With Mario Bellini, he made the Olivetti typewriter in to something much sexier than the Microsoft keyboards we have to put up with today.

Sottsass Associati (under construction)
Daily Telegraph UK 02.01.08

Charlie Rose interviews Ettore Sottsass, 2004

CANADIAN PRESS 02.01.08

Posted by Peter on 02.01.08 in architects and profiles