Postmodern design: Carlton bookcase by Ettore Sottsass

By Dan Howarth


Pomo summer: Ettore Sottsass‘ Carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s Memphis Group. In the latest instalment of our Postmodernism series, we explore how its bright coloured laminates and playful form typified Memphis’ challenge to Modernism’s impersonal aesthetic. (more…)

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