Memphis Hyatt black coffee table Ettore Sottsass 1984

In 1984, Ettore Sottsass designed two versions of Hyatt: one covered in wood veneer, destined for the Memphis catalogue; and one with a painted finish in refined glossy black for the base and top. Originally, this project had a very particular destination: his house in Milan. Today, Memphis rescues and reinterprets this version, adding it to its catalogue. Hyatt is eclectic, bold, but also functional. “Memphis does not reject the functional utopia, but looks at function from a new, very open perspective, more like an anthropologist than like a marketing man. Functionality, then, not only in compliance with ergonomic forms and potential sales statistics, but also in relation to a vision of public necessity, a historical thrust,” Barbara Radice wrote in 1981.

With Hyatt, design becomes spectacle.

• Designer: Ettore Sottsass
• Year: 1984

Dimensions:

• Height: 420 mm 
• Width: 430 mm 
• Depth: 430 mm