Memphis Milano

Tahiti by Ettore Sottsass, as seen by Alecio Ferrari and Danila Saulino. Milan-based photographer Alecio Ferrari and architect Danila Saulino reinterpret Tahiti almost as a fantastical presence: a pale pink face, a canary-yellow neck, a vivid red beak. Through their visual language, this poetic object reveals its playful and surreal nature, suspended somewhere between design, creature and narrative.

Part of As Seen By, a photographic project exploring Memphis through new visual languages.

Alecio Ferrari, .saulino.studio

Carlton: the Memphis Milano masterpiece that breaks all the rules of design. Designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981, this bookshelf is a burst of color, personality, and pure audacity in Kalei’s townhouse. Playful, striking, and impossible to ignore, it’s a true head-turner that transforms our space into a bold expression of creativity.

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Memphis at the Radical Home: from the studio to the “listening room”, the revolution continues. Along with the masterpieces from the Eighties by authors such as Ettore Sottsass and Michele De Lucchi, here is the new gem: a new, smaller version of Tawaraya Ring by the great Masanori Umeda.

“RADICAL HOME”
Until April, 26th
Hall 22P, Booth B30
Salone del Mobile, Milano

In Memphis’ catalogue, you can find monumental pieces as well as some smaller gems. When exhibitions like Salone del Mobile, coming soon this month, are planned, the brand gives both categories the same importance. Here are the refined, delicate, elegant porcelains by Matteo Thun: Manitoba, Ontario, Erie, Superior and Michigan. Anti-functional and “emotional objects” which contribute to making Memphis always and perpetually unique.

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