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MEMPHIS MILANO Collection, 1983 A typical piece by Ettore Sottsass, unexpected and unusual. Along with Tigris and Nilo, it's part of the trilogy of the unique porcelain designed by Ettore Sottsass for the Memphis Milano colelction. Beneath each piece is written “E.Sottsass per Memphis”.

Ettore Sottsass (1917 – 2007) was born in Innsbruck, Austria and studied at the Polytechnic University of Turin, graduating in 1939. He engaged in the creation of furniture, design objects and ceramics, and took part in the periodic Triennals of Milan between 1947 and 1960. In 1958 Sottsass became design consultant for Olivetti and he received his fair share of recognition. In 1976 the Internationales Design Zentrum of Berlin organised a retrospective dedicated to the artist, subsequently exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He began collaborating with VENINI in 1988.

Memphis is one of the most significant movements in Italian Design, established by designers and architects including Ettore Sottsass, Andrea Branzi and Nathalie Du Pasquier. The brand Post Design presents the new collections of the Memphis Group.