Chair, Italy - 1980's

As a typical characteristic of memphis, the backrest is highlighted by a fun and elegant pattern. 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 1987. The group designed postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects. The memphis group's work often incorporated plastic laminate and terrazzo materials and was characterized by ephemeral design featuring colorful and abstract decoration as well as asymmetrical shapes, sometimes arbitrarily alluding to exotic or earlier styles and designs.