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Memphis: 40 Years of Kitsch and Elegance 06.02.2021 – 23.01.2022 Design Museum Gallery, Weil am Rhein

01 02 03 Luciano Paccagnella, drawing for the Group photo of Memphis members on the Peter Shire, armchair »Bel-Air«, 1982 invitation to the first Memphis exhibition boxing ring bed „Tawaraya“ by Masanori © Peter Shire at the gallery Arc ’74 in Milano, 18. Umeda, 1981 © , photo: September 1981 © Masanori Umeda Jürgen Hans © Luciano Paccagnella © Studio Azzurro, with kind permission of Memphis, Milano, www.memphis-milano.com

04 05 06 Ettore Sottsass, sideboard »Beverly«, 1981 Ettore Sottsass, lamp »Ashoka«, 1981 Ettore Sottsass, table »Tartar«, 1985 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 © Vitra Design Museum, photo: Jürgen © Vitra Design Museum, photo: Andreas © Vitra Design Museum, photo: Hans Jung Andreas Jung

07 08 09 George Sowden, drawing of an interior, Nathalie du Pasquier, drawing of an interior, Karl Lagerfeld’s Monte Carlo 1983 1982 Apartment with designs by Memphis, © George Sowden © Nathalie du Pasquier Monaco, 1982 © Vitra Design Museum © Jacques Schumacher © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 for all designs by Ettore Sottsass

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10 11 12 Karl Lagerfeld’s Monte Carlo Apartment Martine Bedin, lamp »Super«, 1981 Ettore Sottsass, Design for a photo with designs by Memphis, Monaco, 1982 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 studio with adjoining flat, 1983 © Jacques Schumacher © Vitra Design Museum, photo: Andreas © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 for all Sütterlin designs by Ettore Sottsass

13 14 15 Ettore Sottsass, architectural design Sottsass Associati, Interior for an exhibition Michele de Lucchi, chair »First«, 1983 sketch, 1983 on in Tokyo, 1984 © Michele de Lucchi © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 © Photo: Marirosa Ballo © Vitra Design Museum, photo: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 for all designs by Jürgen Hans Ettore Sottsass

16 17 18 Michele de Lucchi, table »Kristall«, 1981 Shiro Kuramata, »Kyoto«, 1983 Michele de Lucchi, drawings © Michele de Lucchi © Shiro Kuramata for lamps, 1981 © Vitra Design Museum, photo: Jürgen © Vitra Design Museum, photo: Jürgen Hans © Michele de Lucchi Hans

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