Casablanca Cabinet

Casablanca Cabinet

DESIGNED BY Ettore Sottsass Jr.
FOR Memphis Milano

Ettore Sottsass’s Casablanca sideboard has a totem-like profile similar to his Carlton room divider and Ashoka lamp. Its anthropomorphic silhouette, featuring red shelves radiating from a column of cupboards and drawers, is covered in plastic laminate with the spugnato (sponged) pattern designed by Sottsass in 1979. The Casablanca, much like the Carlton, serves as a room divider as well as a storage unit – the angled shelves are intended for wine bottles. Its vivid colours and patterns go against the principles of functionalism, but Neo-Classical influences can be detected in its structure, consisting of a base, a central section and a capital. In the words of Michele De Lucchi, “One bookcase by Ettore Sottsass is enough to furnish a room”.

INFO

Ettore Sottsass’s Casablanca sideboard has a totem-like profile similar to his Carlton room divider and Ashoka lamp.

MADE IN ITALY

DIMENSIONS

1510 W x 390 D x 2210 H (mm)

CONSTRUCTION

Cabinet in wood and plastic laminate in colors.

LEAD TIME

16 - 20 Weeks