http://design-crit.com/blog thoughts from a design point of view Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://design-crit.com/blog/2006/12/19/sottsass-and-miami-vice-commonalities/ http://design-crit.com/blog/2006/12/19/sottsass-and-miami-vice-commonalities/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:37:23 +0000 Max http://design-crit.com/blog/?p=67 Are we ready for the return of Memphis? Has the clean simple look run it’s course? Will the Apple iphone not look like an ipod with a dial pad but have big bold round shapes, oh, uh ok, the 2nd gen Imac did that…you remember, round hemisphere, rectangular display… Well whoever designed this little gem for Krups had memphis on the mind. My question, is that Sottsass frowning? Or, maybe Krups commissioned some guy, oh say Matteo Thun to do this piece. Well, just to be sure, i checked his website Matteothun.com and didnt find this in any of his recent product design work…but I did find that he designed the nice little espresso cups for illy, modern, but playful.

Well back to original question, is Memphis making a comeback? Early 80’s, you know Miami Vice, pink and teal. 20 years old, that’s about the right time for a new take on retro. Let’s think about this, Miami Vice was remade…and pink, well pink was a big hit last year, so is Memphis ready?…you decide.

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