Olivetti Valentine typing machine – by Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass design classic Olivette Valentine – produced from 1969 to 1975. Sottsass was assisted by Perry King and Albert Leclerc. The typewriter is presented in the permanent collections at many design museums including MoMa in New York. 

The typewriter needs service before working completely. 

The package include a swedish instructions book. 

Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) was a visionary Italian architect and designer whose prolific career spanned six decades and multiple disciplines—including furniture, product design, ceramics, and architecture. After graduating in architecture from Turin in 1939 and launching his studio in Milan in 1947, he made his mark with groundbreaking industrial designs for Olivetti, including the iconic Valentine typewriter and the technologically advanced Elea 9003 computer.

In 1980, Sottsass founded the Memphis Group, a design collective celebrated for its bold, colorful, and asymmetrical aesthetics—radical departures from functionalist norms. The Memphis movement’s vibrant totemic furniture, expressive patterns, and playful use of plastic and laminate challenged conventional good taste and transformed the design landscape of the 1980s.

Beyond Memphis, Sottsass continued to shape design through pioneering artifacts, architectural projects, and industrial pieces that infused emotion, symbolism, and cultural references into everyday objects. Today, his creations—ranging from electronics to furniture—are revered for their originality, bold spirit, and lasting influence across contemporary art and design circles.