The influential designs of Ettore Sottsass – in pictures

Ettore Sottsass, c1944
Photograph: © Ettore Sottsass and Barbara Radice, courtesy Archivio Ettore Sottsass

Valentine, 1969
Photograph: © Alberto Fioravanti

Carlton, 1981
Photograph: Collezione Memphis Milano – Ph. Aldo Ballo

Elea, 1959 Photograph: © Aldo Ballo

Cover from Room East 128 issues, 1963-69
Photograph: Ettore Sottsass and Barbara Radice, courtesy Archivio Ettore Sottsass

Elledue bed for Poltronova (Mobil grigi), 1970
Photograph: Ettore Sottsass and Barbara Radice, courtesy Archivio Ettore Sottsass

Study for the Lora Totino villa, Turin, 1951
Photograph: © Erik and Petra Hesmerg, © courtesy CSAC Parma / © courtesy Studio Ettore Sottsass

Glass pieces, 1982 Photograph: Sottsass

Opening of 'Menhir, Ziggurat, Stupas, Hydrants and Gas pumps' exhibition, Milan, 1967
Photograph: © courtesy Galerie Bruno Bischofberger

Kachina for Ernest Mourmans, 2004
Photograph: © Erik & Petra Hesmerg

Sottsass apartment, Via Cappuccino, Milan, 1958
Photograph: © Ettore Sottsass and Barbara Radice, courtesy Archivio Ettore Sottsass

Study for ceramic piece for Sèvres, 1994
Photograph: © Erik and Petra Hesmerg, © courtesy CSAC Parma / © courtesy Studio Ettore Sottsass

Adjustable typist chair, Sistema 45, 1973
Photograph: © Ettore Sottsass and Barbara Radice, courtesy Archivio Ettore Sottsass

Wolf House, Colorado, USA, late 1980s
Photograph: © Ettore Sottsass and Barbara Radice, courtesy Archivio Ettore Sottsass

Sottsass, published by Phaidon Photograph: PR