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Title: More is More: Memphis, Maximalism & New Wave Design
Author: BINGHAM CLAIRE
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/10/2019
Imprint: TE NEUES
Price: $90.00
Publishing status: Active
Pump up the postmodernism! Instantly recognisable and never, ever boring, Memphis is one of
the most important design movements of the 20th century. Founded by Italian architect and
designer Ettore Sottsass, the Memphis Group put forward a visionary new approach to design,
defining the ’80s with its radical combinations of shapes, materials and patterns. Serving up
kooky design that’s eclectic yet tightly curated, the Memphis look is exuberant, outrageous, and
entertaining. Who doesn’t want a bit of that?
Spanning the worlds of interiors, furniture, fashion, and graphics, this new design book explores
how the rule-breaking Memphis aesthetic continues to shape the modern creative scene. It
started with Millennial Pink. Now the sweet shop colours, terrazzo floors and curved cartoon
shapes have been given a black outline and made graphic and cool.
In More is More, editor Claire Bingham curates iconic Memphis designs and interiors alongside
contemporary projects steeped in the effervescent Memphis mood. Step inside stunning,
postmodernism-loving homes, studios and hotels, capturing the Memphis spirit with their
hello-there hues, vive la difference mindset and flamboyant creativity – all hopefully, in the teeth
of good taste.
140 colour photographs
ISBN: 9783961712038
Dimension: 287mm X 223mm