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Ettore Sottsass(Italy, 1917-2007)
& David Kelley, an "Enorme" telephone, Enorme Corporation, Italy, post 1986.
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3 000SEK
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3 000 - 4 000 SEK

& David Kelley, an "Enorme" telephone, Enorme Corporation, Italy, post 1986.

Black, red, and yellow ABS plastic, marked ENORME Designed in Italy by Ettore Sottsass Serial No 02929. Height ca 6 cm, 20 x 10 cm.
Original instruction manual included.

Minor wear. Not function tested.

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Designed in 1986, the telephone "Enorme" was the result of a collaboration between the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and his friend David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO. Sottsass created the conceptual design, while Kelley and his team were responsible for the engineering. To produce the phone, the two formed Enorme Corporation with a third friend, Jean Pigozzi.

More about Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group - a postmodern, collaborative, architecture and design group based in Milan, Italy. The group focused heavily on unconventional furniture design. Sottsass has been described as influential in the postmodern design language that opposes the ideals of strict functionalism.

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