Retro

Memphis Design

Postmodern design chaos from Milan, 1981 — Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group's joyful revolt against good taste. Terrazzo confetti, squiggly lines, clashing pastels over black, geometric shapes that serve no purpose except delight, and the radical idea that furniture (and interfaces) should make you laugh. Laminate surfaces, Bacterio patterns, and the aesthetic confidence to put a pink triangle next to a yellow zigzag on a turquoise background and call it genius. Because it is.

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