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Ettore Sottsass: Italian architect or designer is best known in North America as the founder of Memphis, the free-floating design collective.
Ettore Sottsass: Italian architect or designer is best known in North America as the founder of Memphis, the free-floating design collective.

Ettore Sottsass: Italian architect or designer is best known in North America as the founder of Memphis, the free-floating design collective.

Date11/27/1990
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134190F
Interior designs: Michele De Lucchi, with one of his tables now on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario, is a member of the Milan-based avant-garde design collective called Memphis.
Interior designs: Michele De Lucchi, with one of his tables now on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario, is a member of the Milan-based avant-garde design collective called Memphis.
3/5/1985
Architechture and design, George Baird, architect and urban planner, A native of Toronto Baired is founder-partner of Baird or Sampson Architects, a professor of architecture at the U of T and Harvard and author of Meaning In Architecture and The Space Of Appearance, focusing on architechtural theory.
Architechture and design, George Baird, architect and urban planner, A native of Toronto Baired is founder-partner of Baird or Sampson Architects, a professor of architecture at the U of T and Harvard and author of Meaning In Architecture and The Space Of Appearance, focusing on architechtural theory.
9/10/1992
Norman Hay has never had formal training as an architect or designer, but as design chief of Expo 67 he established himself as a great design co-ordinator
Norman Hay has never had formal training as an architect or designer, but as design chief of Expo 67 he established himself as a great design co-ordinator
2/14/1969
Time of relax: British MP John Butcher says Canadians could gain an edge by becoming known for design, as the Italians and Scandinavians have done in Europe.
Time of relax: British MP John Butcher says Canadians could gain an edge by becoming known for design, as the Italians and Scandinavians have done in Europe.
6/5/1990
Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi
Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi
6/6/1978
Not a businessman but a practical idea man - that's self-assessment of designer Robert Coo, shown at work in office on Queen's Quay near York St. Coo admits North America isn't yet ready for his bicycle design.
Not a businessman but a practical idea man - that's self-assessment of designer Robert Coo, shown at work in office on Queen's Quay near York St. Coo admits North America isn't yet ready for his bicycle design.
9/19/1974
Allan Robb Fleming's best-known logo was the one-curving-line he created for Canadian National. the designer, who died Saturday, at the age of 48, also created distinctive logos for Ontario Hydro, Torstar, Gray Coach and the Toronto Symphony.
Allan Robb Fleming's best-known logo was the one-curving-line he created for Canadian National. the designer, who died Saturday, at the age of 48, also created distinctive logos for Ontario Hydro, Torstar, Gray Coach and the Toronto Symphony.
6/2/1977
Book cover; brown cover decorated with embossed and debossed designs.
Three days in Memphis; or, Sketches of the public and private life of the old Egyptians
1858
Strong case of the blues: Martin Jones' lifelong passion for R and B prompted him to write West Memphis Mojo
Strong case of the blues: Martin Jones' lifelong passion for R and B prompted him to write West Memphis Mojo
2/28/1989
When he hasn't exactly signed any movie contracts as yet George Blagden, the brawny barrister from Memphis, Ten
When he hasn't exactly signed any movie contracts as yet George Blagden, the brawny barrister from Memphis, Ten
9/2/1932
Ray Floyd: U.S. golf tour's finest front-runner pulled away from Memphis field
Ray Floyd: U.S. golf tour's finest front-runner pulled away from Memphis field
6/23/1981
Package deal: A Federal Express freighter, named after an employee's child, awaits takeoff to Memphis
Package deal: A Federal Express freighter, named after an employee's child, awaits takeoff to Memphis
7/13/1990