Padma Cabinet
Ettore Sottsass
Production Memphis Milano
Product Details
Display cabinet designed by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 2000.
Part of the Mobili Lunghi collection, presented at the Post Design Gallery in 2000, Padma transforms the display cabinet into a small architectural structure. Its vertical glass body is supported by a base in yellow aniline-stained maple and completed by a matching capital, bringing together transparency and colour in a composition that suggests the form of a miniature tower. Brass shelf supports and an internal halogen light emphasise its display function, giving it a luminous, sculptural presence. Produced under the Post Design label, launched by Memphis in 1997 for its later editions, it retains Sottsass’s distinctive narrative language.
Design: 2000
Collection: Mobili Lunghi | Post Design
Dimensions: W 50 × D 50 × H 258 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.
