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MEMPHIS: RESEARCH, EXPERIENCES, RESULT, FAILURES AND SUCCESSES OF NEW DESIGN
(MEMPHIS). Radice, Barbara. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. First American Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Design Monograph. Fine/Fine. 208pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover Design by Nathalie du Pasquier. Assembled and edited by the redoubtable Barbara Radice, this is the comprehensive 1984 survey of the work of the fabled Post-Modern-inflected, Milan-based school of colorful design, furniture, and interiors that introduced Ettore Sottsass Jr. and his colleagues to a wider American audience. It includes full page reproductions of drawings and objects designed by Martine Bedin, Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Terry Jones, Shiro Kuramata, Javier Mariscal, Alessandro Mendini, Paola Navone, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass Jr., George James Sowden, Studio Alchymia, (Bruno Gregori), Matteo Thun, Massanori Umeda, and Marco Zanini. A bright, most handsome example of the first American hardbound edition of this classic and influential tome. 0-8478-0569-7 Inventory Number: 025332