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I first came across Ettore Sottsass’s work as a student of architecture in the late 1970s. I observed his drawings with interest and read some of his articles in magazines such as Domus. His articles and drawings moved me deeply. Then, in the late 1980s, with some friends I founded a small publishing house in Como and produced a successful collection of art books combining graphic design with poetry, but I had never altogether forgotten architecture. The idea gradually grew up of launching a series of books that would touch on the subject. Acting on impulse I decided to call Ettore Sottsass’s office for a consultation.
![Ettore Sottsass, Early man, from Trattato di Architettura Ettore Sottsass, Early man, from Trattato di Architettura](/content/dam/domusweb/it/design/2017/09/14/ettore_sottsass/domus-ettore-sottsass-16.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Ettore Sottsass, The monument, from Trattato di Architettura Ettore Sottsass, The monument, from Trattato di Architettura](/content/dam/domusweb/it/design/2017/09/14/ettore_sottsass/domus-ettore-sottsass-15.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Ettore Sottsass, It took thousands of years to invent a wall that stood upright, from the Trattato di Architettura Ettore Sottsass, It took thousands of years to invent a wall that stood upright, from the Trattato di Architettura](/content/dam/domusweb/it/design/2017/09/14/ettore_sottsass/domus-ettore-sottsass-04.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![The title page of the Trattato di Architettura, with Sottsass’s dedication to Taroni The title page of the Trattato di Architettura, with Sottsass’s dedication to Taroni](/content/dam/domusweb/it/design/2017/09/14/ettore_sottsass/domus-ettore-sottsass-10.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![The mock-up made by Sottsass for the volume Epifanie brevi, (95 x 70 mm) The mock-up made by Sottsass for the volume Epifanie brevi, (95 x 70 mm)](/content/dam/domusweb/it/design/2017/09/14/ettore_sottsass/domus-ettore-sottsass-02.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)