City Table
Ettore Sottsass
Production Memphis
Product Details
Table designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis, 1983.
Made of wood clad in decorative laminate, with chromed metal legs and enamelled aluminium feet, City rethinks the table leg as the true protagonist of the piece. Its rounded yet rational forms express Sottsass’s conviction that structure and decoration are one and the same, while the animalier-patterned top gives the composition an unmistakably bold and sophisticated character. A distinctive example of postmodern design, the table brings both graphic energy and sculptural presence to an interior.
Design: 1983
Dimensions: W 160 × D 85 × H 72 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.
