Ettore Sottsass show at the Met Breuer in New York (8 images)

Furniture and other items from Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass are on display during the Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical exhibit at The Met Breuer in New York City. The show opens on July 21.

Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, Italy, where he studied architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. He graduated in 1939. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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After graduation, Ettore Sottsass served in the Italian military during WWII, and was a prisoner of war in Yugoslavia. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Sottsass is often considered to be a seminal figure in 20th-century design. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Machines, like this portable Valentine typewriter, are part of Sottsass' body of work. In the late 1950s, Sottsass was hired by Italian company Olivetti to help develop the first Italian mainframe computer. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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