2.15.2011

Sottseuss

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Speaking of Ettore Sottsass, and kid's stuff, there's no kid thing more Memphissed-out than these wooden Zolo toys from 1985. We found them all ( there are about 50 pieces) in their original wooden case at a church sale. Chipped, splintered, and enticingly dangerous, they're probably not so safe to give to our son, so we'll happily use them as surreal Sottsossian objets until ...
actually these may be just a grown-up toy after all.





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3 comments:

Pilgrim said...

wow! 'memphissed-out' indeed! they also look like early pixar model outcasts. that peanut shaped guy is a little sad.

denise said...

oh, the memories! I had these, not the whole shabang but a designed box of them. Given away long ago...darn!

Luis Royal said...

beautiful!