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Ettore Sottsass

1917 to 2007 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Ettore Sottsass across 3 places, from 1980 to 2007. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Ettore Sottsass (14 September 1917 – 31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and product designer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ettore Sottsass was documented, and when

11 December 1980exact date
Milanattested “Sottsass founded the Memphis Group in Milan on 11 December 1980, after the Bob Dylan song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" played during the group's inaugural meeting.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
2007year
Design Museumattested “A retrospective exhibition, Ettore Sottsass: Work in Progress, was held at the Design Museum in London in 2007.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
2007year
Londonattested “A retrospective exhibition, Ettore Sottsass: Work in Progress, was held at the Design Museum in London in 2007.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass

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Places Ettore Sottsass is documented in

London1 presence · 2007Milan1 presence · 1980
Design Museum1 presence · 2007

Other places tied to Ettore Sottsass in the record

In each of these, a source puts Ettore Sottsass and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Ettore Sottsass was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1939year
Turinmentioned “Sottsass attended the Politecnico di Torino in Turin and graduated in 1939 with a degree in architecture.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
1956year
New York Citymentioned “In 1956, Sottsass travelled to New York City and began working in the office of George Nelson.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
1956year
New Yorkmentioned “In 1956, Sottsass travelled to New York City and began working in the office of George Nelson.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
1957year
Italymentioned “Back in Italy in 1957, Sottsass joined , a semi-industrial producer of contemporary furniture, as an artistic consultant.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
1968year
Londonmentioned “In 1968, the Royal College of Art in London granted Sottsass an honorary doctorate.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass
2006year
United Statesmentioned “In 2006, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art held the first major museum survey exhibition of his work in the United States.” source: Wikipedia: Ettore Sottsass

Documented at the same place, the same year

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Sources

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