"MEMPHIS 1981-1988". Collectif. Editions Groninger Museum, Groningen. Grand in-8 carré, dos droit, couverture souple cartonnée illustrée en couleur sous couverture cartonnée découpée en relief. 200 pages. Textes bilingues Néerlandais / Anglais de Frank Haks, Steven Kolsteren, Gian Piero Vincenzo, Han Steenbruggen, interview d'Ettore Sottsass et d'Ernesto Gismondi, illustré de très nombreuses reproductions photographiques couleurs hors texte de créations de designers tels : Martine Bedin, Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Shiro Kuramata, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass, George J. Sowden, Matteo Thun, Masanori Uneda, Marco Zanini, Marco Zanuso... Ouvrage réalisé dans le cadre de l'exposition éponyme itinérante qui débuta au Groninger Museum, Groningen, du 26 Novembre 1989 au 14 Janvier 1990.

 

"A definition of Memphis as a design movement can only be ambiguous, so the critic approaching this from the aspect of the ideological and formal relationship will need a red pencil to underline all the contradictions which immediately leap to the eye. The relationships between industrial and traditional production, between creativity and functionality, and between artistic and economic needs, are too initially solved by Memphis. If the critic also decides to stand outside the field of purely theoretical discussion, and wants to consider Memphis pragmatically, he comes up against the fait accompli that, globally speaking, Memphis has 'functioned' and is still 'functioning'…" Extrait de "Memphis and Design" par Gian Piero Vincenzo.

 

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