#memphis design

Memphis jewelry at wright20.com auction on Oct. 3rd.

These nine shirts will be auctioned at the Wright20.com “Memphis Design” sale on Oct. 3rd. Lots will be online soon at Wright20 and on LiveAuctioneers.com for bidding. https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2019/10/memphis-design-the-zanone-collection/info

Early Peter Shire “Bel Air” 1982  @wright20 auction on Oct. 3rd. https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2019/10/memphis-design-the-zanone-collection/info

Wright Auction of early 80s made Memphis Design Oct. 3rd. https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2019/10/memphis-design-the-zanone-collection/info

Neon artwork and video by Gianluca Gimini. 

Karl Lagerfeld on Memphis design from the ‘91 Sotheby’s Monaco auction of his Memphis.

“Art Radio” by Adrian Olabuenaga of ACME Studio will be offered at the Wright20.com “Memphis Design” auction on Sept. 26, 2019

“Chelsea” bed for Memphis-Milano by George Sowden with fabric design “Mali” by Nathalie du Pasquier. Early ‘81 first year piece. 

Blue phone is by Swatch, middle phone by Olivetti and phone at right is the Sottsass “Enorme” from’86.

Essays on Memphis design at MoMA bookstore

‘Juliette’ chair by iosa-Ghini for Memphis-Milano in 1987.

Memphis-Milano for sale in Germany, some early rare pieces offered: http://www.designaddict.com/dealer/Germany/DesignSale

David Bowie collected Memphis design and several of his pieces will be auctioned by Sotheby’s London on Nov. 11th http://buff.ly/2aidshZ

I’m often asked about the difference between buying vintage early made Memphis compared to buying new version production of the original designs. My opinion is above.

A woman of style……….. Jane Richards Interiors

Lagerfeld sitting on the Tawaraya ring in his Memphis designed apartment in Monte Carlo. Sold his collection through Sotheby’s Monaco in ‘91. He had several prototypes and one-off Memphis pieces.

Vintagexplorer Magazine feature on Memphis-Milano design.

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I’ve always assumed that the Memphis origin story (the spontaneous naming bit) was quite likely apocryphal, and this essay by Barbara Radice from 1976 does seem to point in that direction: she recounts interviewing Sottsass for the piece through his repeated interruptions to recite lyrics from the Bob Dylan tune “Stuck Inside of Mobile…” and then uses those lyrics as the organizing principle for the essay and her analysis of Sottsass’ work. Which leads me to think that when December 1980 came around, it wasn’t by chance that Blonde on Blonde was on the turntable…

Thanks #ARTnews for the article about Memphis design: http://www.artnews.com/2015/06/23/completely-obsessive-dennis-zanone-on-his-sprawling-collection-of-memphis-design/