Why the 1980s design phenomenon, named for a Bob Dylan song and an ancient Egyptian city, still appeals to every generation. Ettore Sottsass with his Park Lane coffee table and Euphrates vase ...

The illustration style is flat, geometric, figurative, and usually made up of solid colours. Nondescript figures are plastered across train stations and bus stops, from fintech company MoneyFarm ...

Part of the reason is that Memphis Design came from a consciously ephemeral place. When I ask about the debut collection’s 1981 catalogue that read, “We are all sure that Memphis furniture ...