memphis clips
8 Jan 2010design

Memphis-style clips from Keefer Street market. Memphis was a Milan-based group of furniture and product designers. Reacting to the post-Bauhaus/International Style design of the 1970s the Memphis Group designed bright, colorful, playful pieces. Ettore Sottsass, called Memphis design the “New International Style”. Memphis greats include Michele de Lucchi, Marco Zanini, Aldo Cibic, Nathalie du Pasquier and of course Ettore Sottsass who had worked for Olivetti through the 1960s.