Drawing in part on the FRAC Centre collection, this book gathers together unique works and projects - drawings, furniture, objects, ceramics, photographs, written works and architecture - wherein over a period of time Sottsass frees himself from the principles of functionalism and rationalism and moves toward the development of a new sensorial language. Overflowing with full page images and containing minimal French text, this publication allows for a fascinating insight into one of the most important designers of the 20th century.