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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.
In December 1980, Bedin was a co-founder of the Memphis-Milano Group [6] when the Italian postmodern design collective was formed during a gathering at Barbara Radice's home in Milan. [7] Bedin contributed to their debut collection in 1981 which included work by Matteo Thun , Andrea Branzi , Michele De Lucchi, Georges Sowden , Nathalie Du ...
Ettore Sottsass founded the Memphis Group in Milan on 11 December 1980, [21] after the Bob Dylan song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" played during the group's inaugural meeting. The group was active from 1981 to 1988. The Memphis group was created in a reaction against the status quo.
In 1984 she published Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design, a manifesto for the group's design philosophy. In it she focused on the broad output of the group's designers, from laminates and glass designs by Ettore Sottsass to patterned fabrics by Nathalie du Pasquier and ceramics by Matteo Thun .
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.
Each year, Bridges leverages its partnerships with more than 90 Memphis area schools to bring together a large, diverse cohort of students for the Bridge Builders program.
The third graders at Memphis-based Scenic Hills Elementary were ready for the solar eclipse. In the classroom of science teacher Kael Moore, around 11:30 a.m., his students were coloring moons ...
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee.The design is a continuous cantilevered cable-stayed steel through arch, with bedstead endposts.