1986 Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Enorme telephone was the result of a collaboration between Sottsass and David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO.
Metal
1986 Gray and Black Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Enorme telephone was the result of a collaboration between Sottsass and David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO.
Plastic
Ettore Sottsass Enorme Telephone
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Lake Success, NY
Ettore Sottsass Enorme telephone, 1980s.
Plastic
Ettore Sottsass "Enorme" Telephone
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Geneva, CH
Designed by Ettore Sottsass, this original "Enorme" telephone has become more a sculpture than user object, he designed it in 1986 as an element of joy to what was only an utilitaria...
Plastic
1986 Enorme Telephone Handset by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Enorme telephone was the result of a collaboration between Sottsass and David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO.
Plastic
1986 Enorme Telephone Handset by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Enorme telephone was the result of a collaboration between Sottsass and David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO.
Plastic
Sold
H 2.5 in W 4 in D 8 in
Enorme Telephone Handset designed by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, Italy 1986
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, IT
Enorme Telephone Handset designed by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, Italy 1986 This telephone handset, a quintessential example of postmodern design, stands as a testament to the creati...
Plastic
Ettore Sottsass "Enorme" Telephone
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Original Enorme phone in black, red and yellow designed by Ettore Sottsass for Sottsass Associati and Brondi Telephonia S.p.A. Phone has been tested and works.
Plastic, Rubber
Enorme Telephone Ettore Sottsass Postmodern
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Enorme telephone. Mint condition with box and manual.
Plastic
Ettore Sottsass "Enorme" Telephone
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Original Enorme phone in black and grey designed by Ettore Sottsass for Sottsass Associati and Brondi Telephonia S.p.A. Phone has been tested and works.
Plastic, Rubber
Ettore Sottsass "Enorme" Telephone
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Original enorme phone in black, red and yellow designed by Ettore Sottsass for Sottsass Associati and Brondi Telephonia S.p.A. Phone has been tested and works.
Plastic, Rubber
Enorme Telephone Design by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in FERROL, ES
Enorme telephone design by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986.
Metal
Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Red, yellow and grey hard plastic telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme. Italian 1986.
Plastic
Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Red, yellow and grey hard plastic telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme. Italian 1986.
Plastic
Enorme Telephone by Ettore Sottsass
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Red, yellow and grey hard plastic telephone by Ettore Sottsass for Enorme. Italian 1986.
Plastic
Telephone Enorme designed by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in FERROL, ES
Telephone Enorme designed by Ettore Sottsass for Brondi, 1986.
Plastic
Ettore Sottsass Enorme Postmodern Telephone 1986 Memphis
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in San Diego, CA
Ettore Sottsass Enorme telephone from 1986. Includes the original instructions and box.
Plastic
Phone Enorme- Ettore Sottsass-Brondi
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milan, IT
Telephone Enorme, des. Ettore Sottsass - Brondi 1987, in original box
Plastic, Wood
Cherry Model Teapot by Ettore Sottsass for Alessio Sarri Editions
By Alessio Sarri, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Asti, Piemonte
Cherry is one of the teapots from the The Indian Memory collection designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1987 and now re-edited by Alessio Sarri. All the pieces in the collection are signe...
Ceramic
Ettore Sottsass Tahiti Table Lamp, Metal & Laminate, Post-Modern
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Toronto, ON
Tahiti, a masterpiece by Ettore Sottsass, is an ironic lamp with a zoomorphic shape that recalls childhood games: a lamp is hidden in the head, ideal for lighting a table. The base w...
Metal
$2,420 / item
H 27.56 in W 14.97 in D 3.94 in
Tahiti Table Lamp (US VERSION 110v), by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired 'Tahiti' Table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mounted...
Metal
$2,420 / item
H 27.56 in W 14.97 in D 3.94 in
Tahiti Table Lamp 'EU VERSION 220v', by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis, Milano
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired 220v 'Tahiti' table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mo...
Metal
$125
H 6.75 in W 4.75 in D 5.125 in
Bang & Olufsen 1990's BeoCom 1401 Green Telephone with Gray Base and Black Cord
By Bang & Olufsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bang & Olufsen 90's BeoCom 1401 green telephone with gray base and black cord. In original condition with visible wear consistent with its age and use. European plug, can be used wi...
Plastic
Venini Darpanah Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Darpanah table lamp by Ettore Sottsass. Numbered Edition for year Year of Manufacture: 1994-2017 Metal White Painted Color: Milk-White/Sapphire/Pink Measurements: Ø 12....
Blown Glass
1980s Postmodern Lego Telephone by Tyco
By Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible vintage Lego telephone by Tycho. Original piece from the 1980s with striking yet endearing presence. The nostalgic elements come thru in this piece catapulting it to a s...
Plastic
Ettore Sottsas Tahiti Memphis Milano Postmodern
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Ettore Sottsass's Tahiti lamp. Materpiece of 1980s design.
Stainless Steel
Tesla T65S Rotary Telephone from Czechoslovakia 1966
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
A distinctive Tesla T65S rotary telephone, model 3FP 120 43, dating from November 1966 and produced in former Czechoslovakia. The telephone features an elegant ivory-colored plastic ...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Siemens Telephone, 1950's, Germany
By Siemens
Located in Praha, CZ
Telephone by Siemens, made in Germany, in the 1950's. Fully functional. Repolished, cleaned, in original condition. shows signs o wear. Made of bakelite.
Bakelite
$141
H 12.41 in W 1.97 in D 4.34 in
Cresta Modell 100 Pop-Art Telephone, Two-Tone Design, Dutch, 1980s
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Reach out and touch the 1980s with this Dutch Cresta Modell 100 Pop-Art Handtelefoon. This Dali-esque, surreal design brings new meaning to the term "handset" telefoon. A true gem fo...
Wire
$737 / set
H 5.91 in W 9.45 in D 8.27 in
Italian mid-century Siemens Sip telephone with handset holder music box, 1960s
By Siemens
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Siemens Sip telephone with handset holder music box, 1960s Set consisting of a landline telephone with rotary dial mod. Sip and handset music box. The phone is ma...
Metal
$2,042
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Italian Vintage Working Black Bakelite Table Phone with Handset Mid-20th Century
By Siemens
Located in Brescia, IT
The table phone was made in the Mid-Century by the Deutch manufacturer Siemens. It was a product widespread on the European market. The piece was made entirely of black bakelite and ...
Bakelite
$204Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.06 in W 7.09 in D 5.12 in
Vintage Black Dial Telephone Bakelite PTT Ericsson Type 1951
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage rotary or dial telephone, made entirely of Bakelite, designed in 1951 by Ericsson for the PTT, the design is based on its art deco style predecessor, the Ericsson model 1931....
Bakelite
Postmodern Vase Senape by Ettore Sottsass for Marutomi 1997
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Object: Vase Manufacturer: Marutomi Designer: Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) Model: Senape Date: 1997 Period: Postmodern Material: Plastic Origin: Japan Height: 14 cm Diameter: 16.5 cm ...
Plastic
Rare Light Object 'Asteroide' by Ettore Sottsass, 1968
By Design Centre, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare light object by Ettore Sottsass One side pink, translucent on the other Black-lacquered aluminium stand, chromed metal bow, acryl, neon Original sticker 'Design Centre, Made ...
Metal, Aluminum
$7,885
H 74.81 in W 90.56 in D 25.2 in
Art Deco Wardrobe In Rosewood By 't Woonhuys, Netherlands 1930s
By 't Woonhuys
Located in Hellouw, NL
Art Deco wardrobe in rosewood by 't Woonhuys.It's impossible not to notice this wardrobe when you walk into the room. The bizarre drama that the palissander veneer shows in combinat...
Rosewood
Walnut Minimalist Handmade Platform Queen Bed Frame, Judd Style
By George Nakashima, Figure Ground, Donald Judd
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An ode to our friend Donald Judd, the bedframe design employs the tatami style of Japanese Rooms and the Hygge of Danish comfort. The reveal is celebrated in its shadow. Rest happens...
Plywood
Ettore Sottsass Callimaco Floor Lamp for Artemide
By Artemide, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ettore Sottsass 'Callimaco' floor lamp for Artemide. Originally created in 1982, Ettore Sottsass’ “horn” of light creates the remarkable illusion of an oversized musical instrument...
Aluminum
$195,000
H 25 in W 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
Linocut
$6,240
H 75 in Dm 12 in
Rare Pop Art Tulip Floor Lamp in Green & Red Painted Metal by Peter Bliss 1980s
By Bliss
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and very cool British Pop Art floor lamp by Peter Bliss. For the collectors, design lovers and enthousiasts of pop art, we are offering this very rare and stylized tulip floo...
Metal
$14,500
H 77 in W 59 in D 18 in
Rare Streamline Art Deco Brass & Oak Double Tower Display Case by Parker Pens
By Kem Weber
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare large double tower Streamlined Art Deco display case comprised of a center waist-level glass display case with a tabletop and a set of towers, one on each side. Each display cas...
Brass
$88,500
H 56.5 in W 193 in D 45.625 in
Sculptural Wall-Mounted Teak Console in the Style of Ico Parisi, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary and rare Mid-Century wall-mounted teak console, exquisitely crafted and evocative of the visionary work of Italian designer Ico Parisi. Strikingly sculptural and hig...
Steel
1930's Italian Console & Stool
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Incredible 1930's Italian console or entry piece with matching stool. Bentwood with original rope detail on the sides and carved edges in original mahogany patina. Two Pull-out dr...
Bentwood
$2,836
H 36.62 in W 63.78 in D 26.38 in
Restored Biedermeier Sofa, Walnut, Reupholstered, Austria, 1830s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This stunning Biedermeier sofa from the first half of the 19th century originates from Austria and represents the essence of classic elegance and craftsmanship of its era. The const...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
$2,021Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 34 in W 28.5 in D 30 in
Hickory Chair Colonial Revival Cherry and Upholstered Lounge Chair & Ottoman Set
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid Century Hickory Chair Colonial Revival Cherry and Upholstered Lounge Chair & Ottoman Set. Hickory Chair original upholstery. Approximate height 37", width 26", depth is 32" se...
Upholstery, Cherry
$6,728 / item
H 27.56 in Dm 23.63 in
Art Deco Chandelier by Sofar, Nickel Finish with Curved Glass, France
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco chandelier with nickel finish and curved glass rod.
Brass
$347,200
H 29 in W 60 in D 32 in
Alexandre Chevrie, Museum French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Royal Executive Desk
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Alexandre Chevrie, a museum quality French ormolu mounted mahogany Royal Executive "Empire" Desk, circa 1875. Double sided desk with six solid bronze lions paw feet, framed ormolu...
Ormolu
Mandarin Chairs by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll
By Ettore Sottsass, Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Iconic Postmodern Mandarin chairs designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll in amazing period Uphostery original and in good condition. Black enamel steel legs and sculptural undulating ...
Steel
$3,300 / item
H 31.11 in W 17.72 in D 20.87 in
ClassiCon Roquebrune Chair in Black with Chrome Legs by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
For the terrace of her second house in Castellar Eileen Gray designed a very comfortable chair with a deep seating area. It was covered with blue canvas. She created another version,...
Steel
Sculptural Single Chrome Bed, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural single bed with chrome steel frame and leather upholstery.
Chrome
$25,528
H 59.06 in W 70.08 in D 70.08 in
Sunball Chair by Günter Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf for Rosenthal, 1969
By Rosenthal, Herbert Selldorf, Günter Ferdinand Ris
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
One of only 50 ever produced sunball chairs by Günter Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf for Rosenthal, 1969. This particular one has water resisting upholstery and one side table. ...
Metal
An architect, industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, Ettore Sottsass led a revolution in the aesthetics and technology of modern design in the late 20th century. He was a wild man of the Radical Design movement that swept Italy in the late 1960s and ’70s, rejecting rationalism and modernism in favor of ever-more outrageous imaginings in lighting and furniture such as mirrors, lamps, chairs and tables.
Sottsass was the oldest member of the Memphis Group — a design collective, formed in Milan in 1980, whose irreverent, spirited members included Alessandro Mendini, Michele de Lucchi, Michael Graves and Shiro Kuramata. All had grown disillusioned by the staid, black-and-brown “corporatized” modernism that had become endemic in the 1970s. Memphis (the name stemmed from the title of a Bob Dylan song) countered with bold, brash, colorful, yet quirkily minimal designs for furniture, glassware, ceramics and metalwork.
The Memphis Group mocked high-status by building furniture with inexpensive materials such as plastic laminates, decorated to resemble exotic finishes such as animal skins. Their work was both functional and — as intended — shocking.
Even as it preceded the Memphis Group's formal launch, Sottsass's iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell and radical pops of pink neon — embodies many of the collective's postmodern ideals.
Sottsass created innovative furnishings for the likes of Artemide, Knoll, Zanotta and Poltronova, where he reigned as artistic director for nearly two decades beginning in 1958. His most-recognized designs appeared in the first Memphis collection, issued in 1981 — notably the multihued, angular Carlton room divider and Casablanca bookcase. As pieces on 1stDibs demonstrate, however, Sottsass is at his most inspired and expressive in smaller, secondary furnishings such as lamps and chandeliers, and in table pieces and glassware that have playful and sculptural qualities.
Sottsass left the Memphis Group in 1985 in order to concentrate on the growth of Sottsass Associati, a design and architecture consultancy he cofounded in 1980.
It was as an artist that Sottsass was celebrated in his life, in exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in 2006, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art a year later. Even then Sottsass’s work prompted critical debate. And for a man whose greatest pleasure was in astonishing, delighting and ruffling feathers, perhaps there was no greater accolade. That the work remains so revolutionary and bold — that it breaks with convention so sharply it will never be considered mainstream — is a testament to his genius.
Find Ettore Sottsass lighting, decorative objects and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.