Memphis: The New International Style, First Edition
Barbara Radice
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Add to basketCover design by Marco Zanini. First Edition
English and Italian Language
Published at the founding moment of the Memphis Group in 1981, Memphis: The New International Style remains one of the most significant visual documents of The Memphis Group and postmodern design.
The Memphis Group founded in 1981 by Italian architect and industrial designer Ettore Sottsass , encouraged designers from around the world to submit drawings and concepts for a new kind of interior object- playful, expressive, and unbound by modernist restraint. This collection of drawings and text Edited by Barbara Radic- Memphis's key theorist and chronicler (& wife of Sottsass)- came together as this powerful volume presenting 56 color and black-and-white original concept drawings submitted by an international cohort of architects, designers, and artists invited to reimagine domestic objects at the dawn of the 1980s.
Contributors include Martine Bedin, Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Shiro Kuramata, Alessandro Mendini, Paola Navone, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass, George Sowden, Matteo Thun, Masanori Umeda, and Marco Zanini.
As both a historical artifact and a living reference point, Memphis: The New International Style continues to inspire contemporary conversations around form, ornamentation, and the politics of taste. A foundational volume for anyone interested in design history, radical aesthetics, or the lasting legacy of Memphis in today's visual culture.
More than four decades later, Memphis's rebellious aesthetics- characterized by bold colors, playful geometries, synthetic materials, and cultural eclecticism- have re-emerged as major influences across contemporary art, design, and fashion. The group's anti-functional ethos and visual maximalism resonate strongly in today's renewed interest in expressive, anti-minimalist design languages, particularly among Gen Z and younger creators in both digital and physical spaces.
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