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Michael Graves
Michael Graves Bed Model "Stanhope" by Memphis
Height: 105 cm Width: 207 cm Depth: 241 cm
Stanhope" bed by Produzione Memphis, Milan, design of 1982.
This double bed designed by architect and designer Michael Graves for Memphis Milan in 1982. It also illustrates how Graves himself brought architectural and aesthetic forms from large-scale projects to the small-scale realm of furniture design. Graves thought of everything with "Stanhope" and designed a unique piece that incorporates the bed itself, a lighting system and bedside tables. With root maple veneer, lacquered wood, mirror, brass, glass and 20 bulbs (EU 12v 3w) and perspex.
Bibliography:
BibliographyB. Radice, Memphis. Ricercje, esperienze, risultati, fallimenti e successi del Nuovo Design, Electa, Milano 1984, p. 48;
K. M. Armer, A. Bangert, Design anni Ottanta, Cantini, Florence 1990, pp. 30-31;G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arredamento domestico, vol 2, Allemandi, Torino 2003, p. 314.
