Ettore Sottsass, the most celebrated designer of his generation celebrates his 90th birthday in September. Best known as the founder of the groundbreaking 1980s design group Memphis, this doyen of Italian design has also designed glass and ceramics for Alessi and landmark electronic products for Olivetti.

Sottsass has designed an exhibition with the Design Museum which explores a remarkable career that spans sixty years and moves from ceramics to mainframe computers and from poetry to pragmatism.

Ettore Sottsass - Work in Progress is sponsored by