DESIGN PROFESSIONALS seemed to agree that the Memphis Group aesthetic wouldn’t last. They said the work from the Milan-based collective, with its 1980s kitsch and zany colors, had too many noisy ...

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Although you know it when you see it, it’s hard to accurately describe Memphis design without resorting to specific 1980s pop cultural references. It’s Pee-Wee’s Playhouse meets Miami Vice. It’s Saved ...

Best known as the founder of the experimental Memphis group (1981-1987), Ettore Sottsass was a prolific designer who produced six decades worth of work that spanned every medium from furniture to ...