Memphis vs Post-Modernism
メンフィス / ポスト・モダニズム
Memphis comes from Pop and Post-Modernism from Avant-garde. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Memphis
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Laughs off functionalism and enjoys the dissonance of shape and color.
Post-Modernism
Doubts the single right answer and mixes quotation, irony and ornament as play.
| Memphis | Post-Modernism | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1980s | 1970s–1990s |
| Family | Pop | Avant-garde |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Zigzags / Small figures / Pastel plus primary / Speckles | Mixed styles / Irony / Ornament reclaimed / Unexpected color |
| Best used for | Softening a stiff subject · A young, sunny personality | Planting intelligent humor · Escaping homogeneous category codes |
| Type | A chunky geometric sans | Mix two or three faces from different eras |
| Composition | Scatter small motifs, anchor with one large shape | Show the grid, then deviate from part of it |
| Material | Pink, yellow, teal, black speckles | Quoted images, patterns, vivid color; meaningful collisions |
| Caution | Don't stop at background pattern. Map the figures to navigation and units of meaning. | Random is not plural. Mix only what you can justify aloud. |