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Collection by Kelsey Keith

Striking Memphis-Inspired Designs

For the last several years, designers have been toying with a distinctly un-minimalist vision of product design. Referencing the postmodern movement of the 1980s, they incorporate mixed geometries, primary colors, and pastiche material treatments.

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Ceramics by Keiichi Tanaka. Functional beauty is the ethos behind the Japanese ceramist’s work. Side dishes in playful silhouettes are grounded by earthy, tactile glazes.
Ceramics by Keiichi Tanaka. Functional beauty is the ethos behind the Japanese ceramist’s work. Side dishes in playful silhouettes are grounded by earthy, tactile glazes.
Labyrinth blanket in Deep Orange by Cristian Zuzunaga. The Bitmap collection derives its name from the digital compression of images, with pixelated patterns woven in cotton with a touch of nylon for stretch. Available in four reversible colorways.
Labyrinth blanket in Deep Orange by Cristian Zuzunaga. The Bitmap collection derives its name from the digital compression of images, with pixelated patterns woven in cotton with a touch of nylon for stretch. Available in four reversible colorways.
Kapla small unit by Cedric Ragot for Roche Bobois. The mix-and-match buffet is available in a wide array of material combinations (two types of wood and 30 colors of matte lacquer, plus chromed steel).
Kapla small unit by Cedric Ragot for Roche Bobois. The mix-and-match buffet is available in a wide array of material combinations (two types of wood and 30 colors of matte lacquer, plus chromed steel).
Xystum Color Block vase by CB2. Postmodernism appropriates classical cues in a Pop-y, contemporary manner. Therefore, this vase’s name, a Greek architectural term loosely translated as “portico,” is apropos.
Xystum Color Block vase by CB2. Postmodernism appropriates classical cues in a Pop-y, contemporary manner. Therefore, this vase’s name, a Greek architectural term loosely translated as “portico,” is apropos.
Grey Matter pillow by Nathalie Du Pasquier for Wrong for HAY. Sebastian Wrong’s new collection for the Danish design giant includes textiles from the archives of one of the Memphis group’s founding members.
Grey Matter pillow by Nathalie Du Pasquier for Wrong for HAY. Sebastian Wrong’s new collection for the Danish design giant includes textiles from the archives of one of the Memphis group’s founding members.
Halo-Halo tiles by Paola Navone for Bisazza. The Italian designer, who worked alongside Sottsass and other avant-garde Alchimia and Memphis group members, has designed a series of nine graphic mosaic tiles that can be arranged at will.
Halo-Halo tiles by Paola Navone for Bisazza. The Italian designer, who worked alongside Sottsass and other avant-garde Alchimia and Memphis group members, has designed a series of nine graphic mosaic tiles that can be arranged at will.
Considered Objects by David Taylor. Taylor, whose studio is in Stockholm, returns to the U.S.A. in February 2014 for a residency at San Francisco’s NWBLK gallery. His showstopping vase, mirror, and dish are made of brass and raw concrete.
Considered Objects by David Taylor. Taylor, whose studio is in Stockholm, returns to the U.S.A. in February 2014 for a residency at San Francisco’s NWBLK gallery. His showstopping vase, mirror, and dish are made of brass and raw concrete.
Conny Plank bench by Al Que Quiere. Principal Matthew Sullivan named his solid walnut bench with a waxed finish after a German music producer. We see a bit of Memphis in the stair-stepped design.
Conny Plank bench by Al Que Quiere. Principal Matthew Sullivan named his solid walnut bench with a waxed finish after a German music producer. We see a bit of Memphis in the stair-stepped design.