Phaidon Will Release an Updated Monograph on Ettore Sottsass

As the founder of the Memphis Milan movement, Ettore Sottsass believed that a designer should give equal importance to evoking the senses, as they do to functionality. Despite only operating from 1980 to 1987, Memphis has gained cult status amongst artists, designers and non-creatives alike -- from the boxing ring bed once owned by the late-Karl Lagerfeld, to David Bowie's £45,000 GBP Olivetti Valentine Typewriter.To satiate demand, Phaidon is releasing an updated version to the sold-out monogr...