2024-12-21T22:43:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149973582/ettore-sottsass-works-in-david-bowie-s-memphis-collection-head-to-auction Julia Ingalls 2016-10-13T13:22:00-04:00 >2016-10-16T22:55:32-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2z/2zzswz4wqf9rl70j.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On November 11th in London, Sotheby's will be auctioning off the late great David Bowie's Memphis, Milano collection, which includes works by architect and designer Ettore Sottsass, Aldo Cibic, and&nbsp;Michele De Lucchi, among others. The works embody the <a href="http://The%20'80s%20strike%20back:%20Memphis%20and%20the%20rebirth%20of%20postmodernism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memphis movement</a>'s 1980s philosophy of 'New Design' which basically serves as the thesis for postmodernism, or as the movement's website puts it, "a new expressivity in the form of new shapes, materials and patterns."&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/nt/nt37o8988sz4uff1.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/2e/2e9qffkg22oo2lu3.jpg"></p><p>For more on the intersection between music and design:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149951156/david-adjaye-is-releasing-a-vinyl-record-with-his-brother" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Adjaye is releasing a vinyl record with his brother</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149944862/daniel-libeskind-turns-70-designs-musical-labyrinth-for-frankfurt-opera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Libeskind turns 70; designs Musical Labyrinth for Frankfurt Opera</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942843/prince-s-minneapolis-estate-to-become-a-museum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prince's Minneapolis estate to become a museum</a></li></ul>