Vintage earthenware model 592 vase by Ettore Sottsass for Habitat, 2000

or sale a rare and iconic Post-Modern “FISCHIETTO” ("Whistle" in Italian) vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, produced by Habitat in 2000 and made of earthenware, glazed in light and dark blue. Produced in Italy, these vases were an extension of Sottsass's 'Ceramiche a colaggio' series, manufactured by Società Ceramica Toscanaca, ca.1962. Sottsass was commissioned to re-edit this, model 592 and the squatter model 594 vases for Habitat by Tom Dixon. They came in this single colourway, two different sizes (this being the taller of the two) and had a very limited run. The vase is in good vintage condition, with two small chips to the top rim (see photos) and some minor manufacturing imperfections. Architect and designer Ettore Sottsass produced an expansive body of work that included furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting, and office design. He’s perhaps best known as a co-founder of the Memphis Group design collective, which came together in the 1980s. Twentieth-century movements such as Art Deco and Pop art informed Sottsass’s Memphis aesthetic, which embraced vibrant colors, geometric patterns, and a progressive spirit. Sottsass hoped to infuse vitality and an unpretentious sense of fun into people’s relationships with objects and built environments. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin before working as a design consultant at Olivetti (an Italian manufacturer then famous for its typewriters), where he began to hone his design philosophy. His work belongs in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. (Artsy) Reference : 306807