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Montreal-based mpgmb give nod to the 80s design movement with their latest design, the playful, asymmetrical Going Back to Memphis Shelf.

Bel Air "Easy Chair", Memphis Milan, 1982

If you're fascinated by the history and influence of Memphis Design, here are some of the major figures that helped shape it.

Whether you think of this as good news or terrible news, in the world of design, the ’80s are back in a big way. So we thought this would be a good time to do a brief dip into the history of the Memphis Design Group, an Italian design and architecture collective whose wild, colorful, postmodern style defined the look of the 80s.

'The Hatch', Faye Toogood Bizarre combinations of shapes, vibrant colors and crazy patterns, these are the features of Memphis design. Memphis was created in the 80’s on the initiative of Ettore Sottsass and a group of Milanese designers and architects. The movement took its name from Bob Dylan’s song “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, played during the meeting of the the group. A sensory, imaginative and quirky style, where the visual aspect dominates over the function…

You don’t have to commit to full-on maximalism to make a statement

Fluo, Architecture and design studio designed Fika cafe in Thessaloniki getting inspiration from Scandinavian graphic design thus organising the space as a white canvas where clean straightforward colourful lines give the sense that the walls are part of a poster. -text by the authors Fika is not just a word in the cultural vocabulary of Swedes; it is actually part of their mentality. It literally means to find some time during your day to enjoy a cup of coffee with friends, but it’s so much…

Memphis Design furniture is iconic. Learn how to decor with Memphis Design furniture and make a statement in your next interior design project.