Author: BRIGITTE FITOUSSI
Title: Memphis
Description: Thames & Hudson, 1998. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 80. Furniture resembling sculpture, shelving like totem poles, misshapen chair legs, an explosion of vivid colours, strange combinations of materials - in the seven years that the group existed, the work of Memphis, founded in Milan in 1981, upset every rule of functionalism and of modern - good taste`. United around Ettore Sottsass, the - intellectual of counter-culture`, the members of Memphis - young, international creative artists, architects, designers and graphic designers - put forward a new vision of furniture and objects for everybody, composed of elements that were more emotional than functional, more artistic than commercial. In words and lavish colour illustrations, this is a tribute to the originality, humour and dazzling invention of the Memphis design grou. ISBN: 9780500019009. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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