New Flotex Sottsass Designs added to website (16/02/11)

Remland Carpets are excited to introduce the Flotex Sottsass ranges including the Wool, Terrazzo, Bacteria and Kasuri designs.

The Flotex Sottsass collection is the result of a creative collaboration between Forbo Flooring and the Italian design studio, Sottsass Associati. The result is four exquisite designs with a depth of detail and vibrancy of colour never seen before in Flotex.

Born in 1917 in Austria, Ettore Sottsass was the son of Ettore Sottsass Sr, a major figure in Italian avant-guard architecture and former pupil of Otto Wagner. In 1956 he met Adriano Olivetti and became a consultant designer for the renowned Milan based company. During that time Sottsass was awarded the Composso d’Oro for his design of the first Italian computer and in 1959, he designed “Valentine”, a red typewriter that is considered today to be one of the defining design works of the 20th century.

Whether designer, architect, sculptor, artist or photographer, Ettore Sottsass has left his mark through his sculptures, jewellery, artwork, furniture and industrial objects. A radical thinker, for him circles, cylinders, squares and lines were the only totemic signs that he judged sufficient enough to express himself with. Taking pleasure from simplicity, his works stand testimony to this search for a perfect balance of elements..... Ettore Sottsass 1917-2007.

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