Memphis - Plastic Field (Memphis Group)

Memphis - Plastic Field / ISBN 9782376660279 / 192-page paperback with wrapper, 8.75 x 11.75 inches, illustrated throughout / Published by Editions Norma / Text in English and French / accompanies an exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (MADD-Bordeaux) *** •Furniture and objects by the Memphis collective have recently come back into vogue •Their original designs are being manufactured and sold around the world and their love of bright color, squiggly patterns, and laminate has influenced a new generation of designers •Includes hundreds of images of Memphis-designed pieces, nearly the entire output of the collective between 1981 and 1988 During the 1980s, the Memphis group, founded by Ettore Sottsass, revolutionized the European design scene, radically reinventing the language of form and color and challenging the status quo of functionalist design. Memphis was preceded in 1976 by the Milan-based avant-garde collective, Studio Alchimia. Sottsass, who desi