From his studio in Milan, Ettore Sottsass has been a dominant force in the world of design since the 1940s. His work has influenced every contemporary applied art formfrom architecture to ceramics, and now photography. The images gathered herewhether recorded in Italy, India, China, Egypt, or New Yorkreveal the artist's inquisitive sensibility to the detail and debris of both the exotic and the familiar. 207 illus. 57 in color.