Ettore Sottsass, Carlton, room divider for Memphis (1981)
Ettore Sottsass was a grandee of late 20th century Italian designer. Best known as the founder of early 1980s Memphis collective. In 1981, he started the Memphis group, known for its design featured plastic laminate surface, brilliant color and bold patterns. Their works also focus on the popular culture. His classic work is Calton bookshelf, It looks like the blocks which kids’ toy. This design are worthly of reflection “what is function”, because although it is a shelf, but it just can take a few things.
Tom Dixon, Pylon Chair (1992)
Tom Dixon is a British designer who designs furniture without formal training in his early 20s. His work taking on a strongly sculptural feel in its adoption of ready-made industrial objects or scrap that were welded together in the fabrication of furniture and fittings. His Pylon Chair is a very unique new classic construction made of iron wire.
Bibliography:
Pina, Leslie A., 1947, Fifties Furniture: Book for Designers and Collectors, 2nd Ed., and expanded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dixon_(industrial_designer)
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