A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.
This Checks Out
Posted to Twitter by @madmolecule
Two Cities
Posted to Twitter by @Jak46Judith
What’s In a name?
Posted to Twitter by @EvanCollins90
True fans of Memphiana will know the 1980s “Memphis Group” (of Italian designers and architects) launched a new design style of cartoony-looking furniture, fabrics, lighting, and more. It was named “Memphis” for Bob Dylan’s “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again.”
The style reemerged recently in illustrations of large, cartoony-looking people, now referred to as “Corporate Memphis” and widely used by companies. Design expert Evan Collins explained why the name may be misplaced in a long thread on Twitter.
