Ettore Sottsass
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Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and product designer. He was known for his designs of furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, homeware and office supplies, and also worked on numerous building
Sottsass in 1969
Ettore Sottsass and Fernanda Pivano at their home in Milan in 1969
Olivetti Valentine typewriter (1969)
Olivetti Summa 19 calculator (1969)
Olivetti Valentine
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The Olivetti Valentine is a portable, manual typewriter manufactured and marketed by the Italian company, Olivetti, that combined the company's Lettera 32 internal typewriter mechanicals with signatur
Ettore Sottsass
…His first typewriters, the Tekne 3 and the Praxis 48, were characterised by their sobriety and angularity. With Perry A. King, Sottsass created the Valentine typewriter in 1969, considered a milestone in 20th-century design and featured in the Museum of Modern Art, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum…
Olivetti Valentine (front view)
Olivetti Valentine (with case)
Olivetti Valentine (another view with case)