The ’80s design movement known as Memphis has reemerged, inspiring Greenpoint ceramicists, Supreme collaborations, and an exhibit at the Met Breuer. See those wormlike patterns on the ceramic ...

the original show of the Memphis design movement was as genuinely shocking as the first Sex Pistols performance. But unlike his revolutionary punk predecessors, Ettore Sottsass, this design moment ...

Known for its Fisher-Price hues, bulbous curves, asymmetrical shapes and graphic structural forms, the movement has been making ... becoming a brash badge for 'New Design'. The fashion industry is ...

anti-design movement of the 1980s. It’s more embodying a similar spirit – a lively spirit – in terms of the focus on boldness, colour and pattern.” The Memphis Group was definitely subversive.

However, despite the negative reception, the Memphis movement's new approach to design, characterized by creativity and humor, crossed over into the 1980s. Save this picture! Lamp by Ettore Sottsass.

The movement began in 1981 in Milan with a ... By 2014, American Apparel had asked Nathalie du Pasquier, an original Memphis artist, to design a collection. That same year, Sofia Coppola wrote ...

“Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” Memphis Design is a movement that began in the 1980s in Italy, and is best known for its inclusion of vibrant colors and geometric element ...

and geometric motifs reminiscent of the Memphis design movement; and myriad references to space, like Saturn’s rings and stars. [Image: Rafael Serra] Some of the companies that Serra included in ...