supersuperfici – the spirit of memphis – reloaded

 

abet laminati and its design curators giulio iacchetti and matteo ragni celebrate the forty years of memphis with ‘supersuperfici,’ a collective research workshop. the exhibition involves eight different furniture projects, reflecting the topic ‘rediscovering the meaning of being radical nowadays.’

 

‘celebrating memphis really means asking ourselves how memphis design would look if ettore sottsass jr ( founder of memphis group and one of the most important Italian industrial designers of the 20th century) and his associates had founded the movement today, forty years later?’  said the curators. ‘how would they have given substance to the radicalism that distinguished the group during its six years of activity from 1981 to 1987?’'supersuperfici' furniture collection celebrates the forty years of memphis aesthetics
all images courtesy of max rommel

 

 

memphis-inspired aesthetics

 

these questions were the starting point for the two abet design curators (found here) who created supersuperfici, a collective workshop involving eight designers — federico angi, zanellato bortotto, agustina bottoni, antonio de marco, chiara moreschi, martinelli venezia, panter & tourron and mario scairato — committed to reinterpreting the radical nature of memphis in a contemporary key. this doesn’t mean mimicking the memphis style in an attempt to generate new design, but borrowing the same revolutionary inspiration from the movement.

 

the projects are on display till september 24, at the ADI design museum in milan, italy.'supersuperfici' furniture collection celebrates the forty years of memphis aesthetics

'supersuperfici' furniture collection celebrates the forty years of memphis aesthetics
supersuperfici

'supersuperfici' furniture collection celebrates the forty years of memphis aesthetics
hangout design, agustina bottoni

'supersuperfici' furniture collection celebrates the forty years of memphis aesthetics
superficiale design, martinelli venezia

 

 

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beep beep design, federico angi
beep beep design, federico angi
tornante design, antonio de marco
tornante design, antonio de marco
occupato design, chiara moreschi
occupato design, chiara moreschi
(puntoseiMM) _6 MM design panter&tourron
(puntoseiMM) _6 MM design panter&tourron
sunny design, mario scairato
sunny design, mario scairato
brayda design zanellato e bortotto
brayda design zanellato e bortotto

project info:

 

name: supersuperfici – the spirit of memphis – reloaded 
designer: abet laminati | giulio Iacchetti and matteo ragni

 

 

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