Malabar Cabinet
Ettore Sottsass
Production Memphis Milano
Living room cabinet designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 1982.
Malabar is one of the projects in which Ettore Sottsass pushes furniture design into an openly architectural dimension. Shelves, closed compartments and supports are arranged in a large, asymmetrical composition, where solid and open sections, horizontal and vertical lines, create a strong spatial rhythm. Plastic laminate, natural wood and metal are brought together in bold contrast, while the supporting elements, each different in colour and shape, give the piece the presence of a small architectural structure rather than a conventional item of furniture. Designed as a strong central presence within the interior, Malabar brings together function, spectacle and domestic scale in a way that is unmistakably Memphis.
Design: 1982
Dimensions: W 254 × D 50 × H 230 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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