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Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano

The iconic Memphis Milano company, founded by designer Ettore Sottsass, has been bought by Italian Radical Design, which also owns furniture company Gufram.

Memphis Milano, which was founded in Italy in 1980 and is also known as Memphis Group, was purchased by Italian Radical Design in an acquisition that is intended to "preserve and enhance" the design brand.

"Italian Radical Design was born with the objective of preserving and enhancing Italian design brands that are characterised by an unconventional approach," said Italian Radical Design.

"The recent acquisition allows Italian Radical Design to access Memphis Milano’s precious cultural heritage and historical archive with the objective of strengthening its stylistic identity, while making it more contemporary," the brand continued.

Italian Radical Design also owns Italian manufacturer Gufram, which it acquired in 2012.

Memphis Milano exhibition to be held in 2022

While Memphis Milano will now be under the direction of Italian Radical Design founders Sandra and Charley Vezza, it will continue with its current organisational structure.

Italian Radical Design also revealed there will be a large Memphis Milano exhibition this year that will "showcase all its creations."

Top: Memphis Milano's furniture has been acquired by Italian Radical Design Above: Memphis Group member Peter Shire's Bel Air armchair

The company decided to acquire Memphis Milano to expand its brand.

"After 10 wonderful years with Gufram we have decided to expand to new worlds, dedicating our time to a project that has the objective of revitalising historic Italian design brands that are united by an unconventional, radical and non-conformist vision," said Italian Radical Design CEO Charley Vezza.

"The acquisitions for us are not only guided by reason, but also from the heart: we like being captured by the stories, the projects, the people," he added.

Details of acquisition not revealed

No financial details of Italian Radical Design's procurement of Memphis Milano have been disclosed.

Memphis Group was a design collective founded by Sottsass that produced distinctive designs between 1981 and 1988. The Memphis movement is typified by clashing colours, unexpected formal arrangements and colourful plastic materials.

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Projects designed by the Memphis Group between 1981 and 1988 including geometric tables and Peter Shire's Bel Air armchair are still manufactured by Memphis Milano.

Although the Memphis Group only existed in its original form until 1988, its influence can still be seen in the work of contemporary designers today, as in the boldly patterned home accessories collection by British artist Camille Walala and a modular chair collection by Thai design studio Kaoi.

The photography is by courtesy of Italian Radical Design.

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Triennale di Milano reconstructs room from Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana

This video, shared exclusively with Dezeen, shows the living area of a Milanese apartment by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass being dismantled and rebuilt inside the city's Triennale di Milano museum.

The apartment, named Casa Lana, was originally designed by the Italian architect in 1965 for his close acquaintance Giovanni Lana, a lithographer and printer.

The living room of Casa Lana has been reconstructed inside the Triennale di Milano

Now, with the help of donations from the architect's widow Barbara Radice Sottsass, Casa Lana's brightly-hued living room has been reconstructed within the Triennale di Milano as part of a permanent new installation.

Italian architect Stefano Boeri, who is the museum's president, said putting the Sottsass-designed room on display to the public is like "giving the world a wonderful surprise".

At the heart of the space is a wooden enclosure with built-in shelving and sofas

"Milan is now home to an authentic time machine, created by one of the international geniuses of the twentieth century," Boeri said.

Staff from the archive and restoration team at the Triennale di Milano visited Casa Lana and carefully documented the layout of the living room before taking it apart piece by piece.

Other furniture elements such as the desk are pushed to the periphery of the room

The parts were then transported to the museum and painstakingly put back together to form a display on the first floor.

At the heart of the room is a three-sided wooden enclosure, where Lana would retreat to listen to music or conversate with guests. Inside, there's a trio of sofas – two upholstered in indigo-blue fabric and the third in a similar pink hue to the magenta carpet.

Bold magenta-pink carpet runs throughout the room

Winding around the top of the structure are a few built-in shelves where artworks and other ornaments can be displayed. There are also a couple of square openings inset with beaded wooden screens.

Beyond the enclosure, the rest of the room has been kept largely open plan as Sottsass wanted it to have a piazza-like layout that allowed inhabitants to roam and interact freely.

As a result, furniture items like storage cupboards and desks are pushed to the room's periphery.

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Throughout 2022, a series of Sottsass-focused exhibitions will run alongside the Casa Lana display, put together by Triennale di Milano curator Marco Sammicheli and designed by Christoph Radl, who was a frequent collaborator of the Memphis Group founder.

The current show, Struttura e Colore, uses paintings, photographs and drawings to examine Sottsass's interest in daily rituals and domestic spaces.

A marble-topped counter provides storage next to the entrance

Il Calcolo, which is set to run from May to November, will look at how the designer's work intersected with technology.

The third show, La Parola, will kick off in December 2022 and delve into the narrative and literary significance of Sottsass's designs.

The installation is on Triennale di Milano's first floor

Other major shows taking place at the museum this year include the 23rd edition of the Triennale Milano International Exhibition.

Under the theme Unknown Unknowns: An Introduction to Mysteries, it will see scientists, artists and intellectuals from across the globe collaborate to answer complex questions about human existence.

The photography is byGianluca Di Ioia.

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