Final week, after an surprising discovery, uncommon items of know-how designed by Italian architect Ettore Sottsass had been exhibited at Design. Area LA.
Earlier in 2025, 500 unopened ENORME Telephones had been found inside a time-capsule in Stanford, California, prompting Sottsass’s ENORME co-founders David Kelley and Jean Pigozzi to greenlight their launch. Presently accessible by way of Fundamental Area, the five hundred telephones produced in 1985 are the one unique, non-reproduction work by Sottsass on the market right now.
The Italian architect is greatest referred to as the founding father of the Memphis Group, which pioneered the daring postmodern aesthetic that grew to become synonymous with the historic design agency. The exuberant hues and stark geometric shapes of the fashion developed Sottsass and his friends are broadly considered hallmarks of the Eighties postmodern design motion.
Aspiring to create on a regular basis know-how that’s each utilitarian and exquisite, Sottsass collaborated with IDEO founder David Kelley and investor Jean Pigozzi to carry ENORME to life. Provided in a polychrome palette with crimson on the speaker and yellow on the base, the design is characterised by a smooth rectangular silhouette and a retro twine. Evoking the retrofuturistic design discovered on the units of Apple TV+’s Severance, the ENORME Phone appears to have returned simply in time as classic tech finds new life within the zeitgeist.
The landline phone retails for $495 USD and comes with the unique packaging and instruction booklet designed by Sottsass and Kelley. Store the ENORME Phone now at Fundamental Area whereas provides final.
