Memphis
Use colorful geometric shapes, squiggles, and dots for an '80s feel.
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Pinch a
crooked cup!
Spend two hours shaping a one-of-a-kind imperfect cup.
Reserve a spot →- Build a limited set of recurring shapes and patterns
- Use strong color contrast with assigned roles
- Separate decoration from text and controls
- Balance asymmetry with a stable grid
- Keep enough whitespace for the composition to breathe
When to use it
- Campaign and promotion page
- Children's or education product after user testing
- Creative studio and recruitment page
- Illustration or empty-state area
When NOT to use it
- Cover dense work interfaces in constant pattern
- Place dots and shapes over reading or click targets
- Mix a soft palette with heavy outlines without a reason
- Let decoration overpower reports, contracts, or key facts
Ettore Sottsass and a group of young designers took their name from a Bob Dylan song playing during an early meeting.
Plastic laminate, contrasting color, and geometric pattern confronted the restrained rules of modernist design.
After the group dissolved, its visual language continued through 1980s television, retail, music, and youth culture.
As flat-design sameness grew tiring, Memphis shapes returned in campaign pages and illustration systems.
Dots, squiggles, and geometric shapes still appear in promotions, children's products, and creative brand sites.
Memphis creative-workshop booking page, waves, dots, triangles, high-saturation yellow, blue, pink and green, heavy black outlines, warm off-white space, clear date, remaining seats, price and booking action
Pinch a
crooked cup!
Beginner clay workshop · 2.5 hours