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The interiors of the 1980s may not align with contemporary tastes, but there's one popular design trend of the era that's ...
For a Memphis design-themed pop-up at the Seattle, ... Here, his famous Bel Air chair and the Peninsula table join a batch of 18 Memphis pieces on display alongside more affordable, ...
Although you know it when you see it, it’s hard to accurately describe Memphis design without resorting to specific 1980s pop cultural references. It’s Pee-Wee’s Playhouse meets Miami Vice ...
Part of the reason is that Memphis Design came from a consciously ephemeral place. When I ask about the debut collection’s 1981 catalogue that read, “We are all sure that Memphis furniture ...
Unleashed on the world at the 1981 Milan Furniture Fair, Memphis—an allusion to Bob Dylan’s “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” the ancient capital of Egypt, and the ...