Casablanca Cabinet
Ettore Sottsass
Production Memphis Milano
Product Details
Storage unit and bookcase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 1981.
With Casablanca, Ettore Sottsass turns a storage solution into a tall, totemic composition. Projecting shelves, open compartments and closed storage volumes alternate across a wooden body covered in decorative laminate, while graphic patterns and bold colour contrasts give the piece its unmistakable Memphis character. Presented during Memphis’s inaugural season, Casablanca reflects Sottsass’s aim to move furniture beyond simple function, making it not only useful but symbolic and deliberately theatrical.
Design: 1981
Dimensions: W 151 × D 39 × H 221 cm
Ettore Sottsass
A central figure in radical and postmodern design, Ettore Sottsass was able to bridge architecture and product design while challenging the assumptions of modernist rationalism. Born in Innsbruck in 1917, throughout his career he introduced a symbolic and emotional dimension to his projects, rejecting the notion of object neutrality and opening the language of design to color, narrative, and meaning. With the founding of the Memphis Group in 1981, Sottsass contributed to a profound redefinition of the international design scene, leaving a lasting influence on the evolution of contemporary design.
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