“Dear Valentine, this is to tell you that you are my friend as well as my Valentine, and that I intend to write you lots of letters,” says the user guide of the familiar red typewriter. This purposefully heartwarming greeting sets the tone for Ettore Sottsass' typewriter. The blood-red Valentine was a fun, light-hearted and smooth-operating symbol of the 1960s Pop era, and its use of bright, playful casing for a piece of traditional office equipment was arguably a precursor to Apple’s 1998 Bondi Blue iMac. "When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism,” said Sottsass. “It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting."

/// What is giclée? Giclée printing is a digital printing process using an inkjet printer to produce a high-quality art print. All our giclée prints are created on a 12 ink professional ink-jet printer, with the highest print settings, using archival paper to produce a vivid, high fidelity product.
/// Matt photo rag soft cotton archival 308gsm 100% cotton heavyweight archival fine art paper. High white shade assures saturated colours pop when printed. The archival paper ensures the longevity of the colours.
/// Prints are rolled in protective tissue paper sleeve which is then placed in a rigid postal tube.

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