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

His aim was to free design from the burden of the Modern movement mantra, to demonstrate that form doesn’t have to follow function, and then to move on. He left Memphis in 1986.

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 ...

Jumping to Paris, the celebrations continued with French architect Charles Zana's staging of 'Vasi e Fiore', a curated collection of vases realised by the Memphis group and shown at Paris' Musée ...

The best pieces to buy of the Memphis design movement in 2017, now that the 1980’s trend is back in a big way. The ’80s design movement is back. Intelligencer ...

Far from the US state of Tennessee, the Memphis movement emerged in Milan in the 1980s and revolutionized design. Its gaudy colors, exaggerated patterns and conflicting prints were intended to ...

That’s the allure of the Memphis Design movement, which started in the 1980s by a group of Italian architects and designers known collectively as the Memphis Milano group. The iconic aesthetic—born ...

In Memphis design, ... “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” Memphis Design is a movement that began in the 1980s in Italy, ...

The Italian art and architecture movement founded by Ettore Sottssas fuses geometric Art Deco style with a fizzy Pop-Art sensibility. Memphis design is experiencing something of a renaissance ...