With this year’s centenary celebration of Ettore Sottsass’s birth, exhibitions and books focused on this artist’s work have made his design sensibility a topic of conversation yet again. At the forefront of recollection is Memphis. This short-lived design movement was founded by Sottsass as a collective of designers and architects. This group drew inspiration from styles like Pop Art and Art Deco to create a colorful, geometric style that is coming back onto the trend radar.
Those who have attended my recent trend seminars during the High Point furniture market or Americasmart’s Fall Design Week, have read a recent issue of The Trend Curve or have purchased my recent seminar package, Trends to Bank on for 2019™, already know my prediction that Memphis will impact not only shape and pattern, but also color going forward.
Here are a few products that are paving the way. They come from categories as diverse as lighting, furniture and tabletop.
Members of The Trend Curve’s subscriber family will be able to learn even more about the impact of Memphis’s style in the December issue of The Trend Curve.
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