THE OFFICE. Debuts Their Distribution Relationship with Memphis Milano (The Memphis Group), with a group exhibition featuring artists: Adam Rabinowitz, Alice Serras, Alyss Estay, Eduardo Sarabia, Maru Jensen and Thrush Holmes.
The Memphis-Milano brand originates in the cultural movement founded in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass and a group of designers linked to him by direct acquaintance: many of them were young people who frequented or were members of his studio, along with other internationally renowned designers and architects.
The movement immediately became a worldwide phenomenon, destined to end on a creative level a few years later, in 1988, when the group officially broke up.
From the Memphis experience, the Meta Memphis project came about, giving rise to two collections, in 1989 and 1991, no longer put together by designers but by artists. Meta Memphis developed the philosophical reflection on living that had characterized Memphis, taking it to extremes, producing apparently useless hybrid objects that are both artworks and furnishing accessories.