Found in 1997, Aiou Office Supplier Co., Ltd. is a specialized China valentine typewriter manufacturer and wholesaler of office equipment and office products. All of our OEM valentine typewriters have the characteristics of easy operation, long lifespan, and beauty figures. To ensure product quality and stability, our sources materials from overseas countries, conducts scientific manufacturing, and implements strict QC inspections & tests at every stage of manufacturing. In addition, we are the only company within the Chinese mimeograph industry that has passed the State Mechanism Industry Bureau test and is quality credit insured by PICC.

Sottsass designed the Valentine typewriter (with Perry A. King) for Olivetti in 1969 to be an "anti-machine machine," for use "anyplace but an office. Undoubtedly one of the great design classics, the Valentine expresses the mood of its time: goodbye to the bulky cast-iron housings of old typewriters, hello to the new mobility of a light, modern, plastic casing made from ABS. The Valentine typewriter is a very collectible portable in spite of the fact that it is relatively of recent vintage. One of his true classics the Olivetti Valentine typewriter , released on February 14th of 1969, is one of the most highly prized modern design collectibles of the century. Ettore also designed buildings, ceramics, glass, furniture, jewelry, office and lighting products. His role in establishing the memphis design movement during the 1980’s was a milestone in post-modern design.
Plastic, enameled metal
13.5"w x 4.5"d x 15.6"h
Sold with original fitted carrying case. Molded manufacturer's marks with Valentine name on front.
Literature:
Ettore Sottsass, Burney, pg. 116
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Ambasz, pg. 75

Ettore Sottsass, (1917-) designer and ardent design philosopher, worked throughout his career to shake the static ways in which people thought about design and to try to create a body of work outside of what he thought were "hierarchic bureaucratic structures of industry." Although Sottsass was born in Austria, he studied at the Turin Polytechnic and is identified as one of the major forces behind the immense wave of design that began flowing out of Italy after the war. His main interest was in creating objects that challenged the icons of Italian design that he felt functioned in terms of status and money. His work teeters on the very edge of the anti-design movement, constantly questioning and rethinking ideas and processes. He never ceased to imply the importance of design in society, however, stating that, "to me design...is a way of discussing life. It is a way of discussing society, politics, eroticism, food and even design."

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