Discussion on the Aesthetic Style of "Memphis" Design

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10.2991/icadce-16.2016.175How to use a DOI?

Keywords

"Memphis" design; aesthetics ideology; aesthetic style

Abstract

In the late 1960sof 20th century, the post-modernist design which originated from construction field quickly spread to Italy, and emerged a large number of Radical Design organizations with "Memphis" as the particularly famous one. Radical Design is against the view of rationalist design, it emphases to integrated more artist's personal style and cultural meaning into the design. "Memphis" bring in some fresh air to the design community, some people criticized the "Memphis" taste but also get some inspiration in the same time. This article will analyze the aesthetics ideology and aesthetic style from social, philosophical and aesthetic background which created from the "Memphis" design.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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