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Memphis was born on the evening of December 11, 1980, when Sottsass invited a group of young designers and architects to discuss the future of design. [3] Together, they wanted to change the concept of what design had been focused on, which had been Modernism and aimed to do so by creating and forming a new design collective.
Corporate Memphis is an art style named after the Memphis Group that features flat areas of color and geometric elements. Widely associated with Big Tech illustrations in the late 2010s [ 1 ] and early 2020s, [ 2 ] it has been met with a polarized response, with criticism focusing on its use in sanitizing corporate communication, [ 1 ] as well ...
City Beautiful movement 1890–20th century US; Classical architecture 600 BC – 323 AD; Colonial Revival architecture; Constructivist architecture; Danish Functionalism 1960s AD Denmark; Deconstructivism 1982–present; Decorated Period c. 1290 – c. 1350; Dragestil 1880s–1910s, Norway; Dutch Colonial 1615–1674 (Treaty of Westminster ...
In her critical writing, Radice defined the themes and theories of this new aesthetic movement, and would become the group's de facto historian and chronicler. In 1984 she published Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design , a manifesto for the group's design philosophy.
As the Memphis movement in the 1980s attracted attention worldwide for its energy and flamboyance, Ettore Sottsass began assembling a major design consultancy, which he named Sottsass Associati. Sottsass Associati was established in 1980 and gave the possibility to build architecture on a substantial scale as well as to design for large ...
Nathalie Du Pasquier (born 1957) is a Milan-based artist and designer mostly known for her work as a founding member of the Memphis Group.Her early body of work includes furniture, textiles, clothing designs and jewelry in addition to iconic work in decoration and patterns.
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"Welcome to Memphis" sign on U.S. Route 51 (2008). Memphis, Tennessee has a long history of distinctive contributions to the culture of the American South and beyond. Although it is an important part of the culture of Tennessee, the history, arts, and cuisine of Memphis are more closely associated with the culture of the Deep South (particularly the Mississippi Delta) than the rest of the state.