Memphis
メンフィス / 1980s / Style / Pop
Laughs off functionalism and enjoys the dissonance of shape and color.
Zigzags / Small figures / Pastel plus primary / Speckles
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Softening a stiff subject · A young, sunny personality
- Type
- A chunky geometric sans
- Composition
- Scatter small motifs, anchor with one large shape
- Material
- Pink, yellow, teal, black speckles
- Caution
- Don't stop at background pattern. Map the figures to navigation and units of meaning.
- Further study
- Ettore Sottsass / Memphis Group