THE FUSE

How drab the palettes of today have become. We knew the moment grey was being advertised to children—who have yet to fully develop their rods and cones—that we were on a distinctly more boring path. Color reflects the brilliance of our natural world, and has even been shown to make us happier overall, certain hues lifting our mood simply by entering our field of vision. Memphis Milano, established in the eighties in Italy, signaled a release from Modernist conventions and was both revered and reviled by critics and the public. Memphis Style has been described as “a shotgun wedding between Bauhaus and Fisher-Price.”