The ’80s design movement known as Memphis ... But now, nearly 40 years after Memphis’s inception, its Tahiti lamps are replacing exposed-filament bulbs in apartments throughout the city.

Why the 1980s design phenomenon ... Sottsass’s financial backer for Memphis, Ernesto Gismondi, owner of the lighting company Artemide, kept control of the Memphis name after Sottsass left ...

which referenced elemental Memphis geometry in the diagonals and circular bases of the Forward/Slash Lamp, released in 2014.

“Memphis embraced all those things ... highlighting Sottsass’s playful lamps – from the polychromatic, duck-shaped Tahiti desk design (£1,370) to the oversized Treetops floor style (£ ...

Inspired by the Memphis design school, young designers are rebelling ... started selling Memphis-style floor lamps from the ’80s through Instagram last year. At first, she wasn’t aware of ...

"When you look at a piece of Memphis design ... the musician's mortality by long-time graphic design collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook. Don' Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, designed in 1977.

It was a philosophy more than a design imperative. For the Memphis group, form did not need to follow function. The legend is that they’re called Memphis because the group listened to Bob Dylan ...

Sottsass may have left the group in 1985, with it disbandoning by 1988, but the Memphis legacy certainly lives on, culminating with an upcoming talk by his wife Barbara Radice at London's Design ...

A Memphis design movement aficionado, general design nerd, and talented curator, Raquel's collecting abilities are on display beyond her feed, in both her home and exhibitions. If you missed the ...