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The first significant survey of the influential 80s design movement Memphis takes place at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes this December-April. The exhibition, Memphis: Plastic Field explores the provocative and irreverent spirit of the Memphis Group, bringing together over 150 of the collective’s most significant works whose bold and playful aesthetic pushed boundaries and sparked a new era in international design.
Colourful, kitsch and geometric, drawing on Pop Art, Bauhaus and Art Deco
Founded by Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass, Memphis brought together an international collective of young designers united in their desire to inject humour into the design world and shatter the codes of the 20th century. When the group debuted its first collection at Milan’s Salone del Mobile in 1981, it caused a sensation, breaking the rules of streamlined modernism and challenging notions of functionality and good taste.