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Ettore Sottsass, designer

Portable Typewriter and Case, 1969

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Description

Maker

  • Ettore Sottsass, 1917-2007, Italian, designer
  • Perry A. King, b. 1938, British, designer
  • Olivetti Manufacturing Company, 1908-, Italian, manufacturer

Title

Portable Typewriter and Case

Year

1969

Medium

plastic; rubber; metal

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • plastic,
  • rubber,
  • metal

Place

Barcelona; Spain

Type

  • Product Design

Credit

Gift of Glenn Gissler

Object Number

2005.97.2C

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