MIKASA Color Vibrations VA101 PINK TEAPOT Helena Uglow Modern MEMPHIS ERA 1980's

Description: Rare VINTAGE Mikasa Color Vibrations VA101 Pink Teapot Fine ChinaDesigned by Helena UglowPost Modern Memphis Era 1980's Shape: ConicalHeight: 6"Width: Handle to Spout: 8 1/4"Diameter of Base: 7"Made in JapanOven ~ Dishwasher ~ Microwave SafeIn Excellent Condition.No Chips. No Cracks. No Dings.Gorgeous. Appears This Was Never Used! Designed by Helena Uglow in the mid 1980s for Mikasa, this is the teapot from her Color Vibrations tabletop collection that was obviously inspired by the frenzied forms and patterns of the early 1980s Italian Memphis collections. Her collection for Mikasa featured three colorways with limited shapes that included three types of dessert plates, a teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, and cup/saucer sets. Noted here is the teapot in the VA101 Pink colorway that features a conical form. What is Memphis Design?Memphis Design is an influential postmodern style that emerged from the celebrated Memphis Design collective of Milan-based designers in the early 1980s. It was spearheaded by legendary Italian designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), and had an outsize impact on 80s design.With its bold colors, clashing patterns, and radical approach to design, Memphis Design was a polarizing style. Today Memphis Design is the stuff of museum retrospectives and a source of inspiration for modern-day designers.With its ornamental style infused with pop culture and historical references, Memphis Design was a reaction to the clean, linear mid-century modern aesthetic of the 1950s-60s and the minimalism of the 1970s. Sottsass came out of the Radical Design and anti-design movements in Italy starting in the 1960s. His early work included sculptural furniture that he called "totems" that are now housed in prominent international museums like the Met in New York City.Memphis Design was influenced by the revived interest in the 1920s Art Deco movement and midcentury Pop Art both of which were popular styles in the 1980s, with some 1950s kitsch thrown in for good measure. Some found Memphis Design delightful. Others found it garish. One critic memorably described it as “a shotgun wedding between Bauhaus and Fisher-Price.Austrian-born, Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass formed the Memphis Design Group in his Milan living room in 1980. He and a collective of international designers united in a desire to shake up the design world introduced 55 pieces at Milan's Salone del Mobile in 1981, creating a love-it-or-hate-it style that instantly became famous around the globe. Sottsass and his cohorts designed decorative metal and glass objects, home accessories, ceramics, lighting, textiles, furniture, buildings, interiors, and brand identities that were unexpected, playful, rule-breaking, and full of the idealistic desire to make the world a better place. “When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism,” Sottsass once said. “It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting.”3Memphis Design influenced the popular culture, inspiring TV shows like Pee-wee's Playhouse and Saved By the Bell. Celebrity 1980s superfans of the design style included legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and David Bowie.But this influential movement was short-lived, disbanding in 1988. In 1996, the Memphis-Milano brand was purchased by Alberto Bianchi Albrici, who continues to produce the collective's original 1980s designs.As nostalgia for 80s style has returned, Memphis Design has become the stuff of museum retrospectives and a wellspring of inspiration for multi-disciplinary designers. This includes fashion houses such as Christian Dior and Missoni, and new generations of interior designers, type designers, costume designers, and more, such as London-based French multidisciplinary designer Camille Walala. Why is it called Memphis Design?The name of this design movement is a reference to the Bob Dylan song, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, from his 1966 Blonde on Blonde album that had been playing on a loop the night the Memphis Design collective had its first official meeting in founder and Italian architect Ettore Sottsass' living room. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

Price: 145 USD

Location: Remer, Minnesota

End Time: 2024-10-12T20:09:32.000Z

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