Memphis Movement Artists

The memphis design movement was founded by the late ettore sottsass on the 11 th december 1980.

Memphis movement artists. The group was. It was founded by ettore sottsass an italian designer. The memphis design was created in 1981 by the italian design and architecture group called the memphis group. While the name might make you think that it was born in tennesse it got its start in milan italy.

It put the memphis movement on something of a design pedestal as previous supreme collaborations from the world of design included peter saville s album art for joy division roy lichtenstein s pop art comics and damien hirst s signature dotilism. The memphis group s work often incorporated plastic laminate and terrazzo materials and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring. They were a collection of artists trying to break away from modernist design and create more radical designs that would end up creating the aesthetic of the 1980s. The memphis group also known as memphis milano was an italian design and architecture group founded by ettore sottsass it was active from 1980 to 1988.

The memphis design movement took its inspiration from pop art art deco and 1950s kitsch. Memphis is a design movement that began in 1981. It was named memphis after the bob dylan song stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again. The group designed postmodern furniture lighting fabrics carpets ceramics glass and metal objects.

While she was born in mexico city yancy villa calvo has lived with her family in memphis for 20 years she is a multimedia artist who received her formal art education at christian brothers university and memphis college of art she has lived in and traveled to latin america europe and africa. The memphis design movement was a reaction to the slick black humorless design of the 1970 s with its. Ettore sottsass called memphis design the new international style. Memphis art movement was a style of colourful eccentric and vibrant designs of furniture which was made during the 1980 s.