"When I was younger, everyone said itFunctionalism, functionalism, functionalism.Functionality alone is not enough.Design should be sensual and exciting." "-- Eto Sottsass, co-founder of Memphis One day 40 years ago, designer Ettore Sottsass, 63, was partying with a group of eccentric young designers. They were tired of the internationalist design world of the Bauhaus, and wanted something dramatic, abstract, quirky and lively. In Sottsass's words, "We want our products to make life better and society happier." The party was playing a Bob Dylan song on loop, so Sottsass named the design group after the song's title, "Memphis."Memphis advocated the geometric beauty of Art Deco and emphasized bold color schemes. Taking direction from Pop Art and the radical design movement, Memphis rebuilt furniture with geometric elements such as wavy points, broken lines, tria...

  Andrés Nagel (San Sebastián, 1947) studied architecture, and some traces of this experience remain in his drawings, engravings and, probably in a more outright manner, in his conception of space, both in his paintings and in his sculptures and objects. Undoubtedly, he has gone beyond this learning and has used it to serve his purpose in a way that is far beyond all utilitarian sense.  The first thing that stands out in Nagel’s work is the variety and the spirit of quest that inspires it. He is not an easel painter, neither do his sculptures stay within the limits imposed in the exploration of the possibilities of stone, wood or iron: he is an artist with a bricoleur’s soul, who browses equally around museums and rummage sales. Going through his already long career (more than thirty years of creative activity, with works located at important ...

June 3, 2021 The first day of Design Shanghai exhibition Are you curious about what exhibits are on the booth of Cliff Space and how to arrange them?Just follow me to the sceneTake a look at the work of some of the designers of the future

SUPER（小车灯） Designed by Martine Bedin CAMEL, Arancio, （花瓶）etc. Designed by Natalie Du Pasquier, etc.

Friend, Salavatore, Alda, etc. Designed by Gaetano Pesce

Dietmar Weihrauch The Dancer The Watcher The Fence

Postmodern Hollywood Segno, etc. Desgined by Marco Mari, Peter Shire, etc.

Hail to Design-  Clear Special Extra Color WANG Qian Hail to Design-Salvatore WANG Qian Memphis Poster MEMPHIS

Wall Unit Designed by  Ettore Sottsass & Marco Zanini Swing Designed by  Samuel von Watt

  Peter 1987 Designed by Peter Shire 

Moon Designed by  Davide Groppi Nobody's Perfect Chairs Designed by Gaetano Pesce  

Tahity Designed by Ettore Sottsass

Luigi o mi amate voi? Designed by  Gaetano Pesce Happy Susto Vase BD Barcelona

Elissema（L形书柜） Desgined by Aldo Cibic

Round the clock Corsi Desgin  

A corner of Design China Beijing D01 Ya Space stand