Totally Rad

摘要

Best known for his role in the creation of the Memphis Group-a furniture and product design collective in Milan whose daring shapes and colors arguably defined the '8os aesthetic-Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass is the subject of a new Met Breuer exhibition, "Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical," on view through Oct. 8. The exhibition displays a variety of Sottsass' pieces including architectural drawings, machines, jewelry, textiles, photography, and furniture, such as his 1972 Synthesis 45 office furniture system side chair (above). The show also incorporates ancient and coeval objects that inspired his pieces.