Memphis: Colour, Chaos and Freedom
Bright colours, unexpected forms and modest yet unapologetically displayed materials: Memphis, founded in Milan in 1981 under the leadership of Ettore Sottsass, radically transformed international design.
Short-lived but highly influential, the movement opened the way to a new idea of furniture: expressive, ironic and free.
A look back at this revolution, which defined the 1980s and whose influence can still be felt today.