Memphis Movement

I was very inspired by the Memphis movement because you still see a lot of this style being implemented in different art forms from the time that it was created to present day. The style that I like to describe as "loud" is very colorful, fun and most definitely odd. The Memphis style was created by The Memphis Group, several Italian architects from Milan. The founder Ettore Sottsass founded the group on 1981 and chose the name Memphis from the Bob Dylan song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" which had been playing on repeat at the meeting the group had been established at. The group was inspired by Art Deco, Pop Art and Kitsch styles and designed furniture, fabrics and other art pieces from the year they started up until 1987. Their style was very colorful and used a lot of asymmetrical shapes and designs. 

"Perhaps most misunderstood and openly loathed, however, was Memphis, a school of design that was a riot of color and materials that often overwhelmed a piece's original intent, a shotgun wedding between Bauhaus and Fisher-Price."

Designers today are still using these this once hated design style. The abstract shapes, dizzying graphics and contrasting colors are making a headway in the fashion industry.

American Apparel  

Chair by Hay with textile cover designed by Memphis Group member Nathalie Du Pasquier

Nathalie Du Pasquier's prints on bags displayed at the Wrong for Hay Mini Market in Milan

Extra Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TYLjUb2VHY

American Apparel has collaborated with artist Nathalie Du Pasquier to create a collection of clothing using new prints inspired by Du Pasquier's

Respones: 

Somag- I liked how you focused your entry on Charles and Ray Eames. Their work is some of my favorite.

Demi- The image of the Eames lounge chair inspired shoe was very interesting. Good find!