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"Bacterio" Etched Roller Ball Pen, des. Ettore Sottsass for ACME
£125.00
By:
Acme
The exquisite "Bacterio" Roller Ball Etched Pen, a design by Ettore Sottsass, comes from ACME Studio's New Collection of Etched Pens. The design is etched into the pen and painted with a blue lacquer. The pen comes with one black roller ball refill. The artist's signature is engraved on the cap band and "ACME" is on the clip. It is presented in an black ACME metal box with a black sleeve and ACME literature.
About Ettore Sottsass:
ETTORE SOTTSASS (1917 - 2007), born in Innsbruck, Austria. He received a degree in architecture from the Turin Politechnico in 1939. In 1947 he set up a firm in Milan where he dealt with architectural and design projects. In 1980, he founded the firm Sottass Associates, where he continued his work as architect and designer. The following year he set up with colleagues, friends, and internationally renowned architects, the Memphis group, which soon became the flagship of “new design” and a landmark for the contemporary avant-garde movement. In 1985 his relationship with ACME began with 4 collections of jewellery. ACME was the first American company he designed for. He was awarded both an honorary doctoral degree at the Royal College of Art in London, and a design prize by the Brooklyn Museum in New York. In 1997 Sottsass completed “Casa Maui”, ACME Studios, one of his most ambitious undertakings in Maui, Hawaii.
