Ettore Sottsass Quote

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never totally metaphysical; it is never a 'destiny' but always a fact with some kind of historical reference. To put an object on a base means to monumentalize it, to make everyone aware it exists.


Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography (ed. Rizzoli International Publications, 1993)


It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never ...

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never ...

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never ...

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never ...