Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Memphis Milano, 1981-1988 at the Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, 26 October–9 December, 1990.

The Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, was an Italian design and architecture group founded by Ettore Sottsass, active from 1980 to 1987. Notable members include: Martine Bedin, Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cibic, Michele De Lucchi, Nathalie du Pasquier, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Michael Graves, Shiro Kuramata, Javier Mariscal, Alessandro Mendini, Barbara Radice, Peter Shire, Ettore Sottsass, George Sowden, Matteo Thun, Marco Zanini, Marco Zanuso.