Carlton Bookshelf

Launched at the founding Memphis exhibition in Milan on 18 September 1981, the Carlton is the absolute icon of the group: a room divider, bookcase and chest of drawers reorganised into something between sculpture and totem. Built from MDF clad in cheap plastic laminate, Sottsass deliberately collapsed the hierarchy between high design and industrial surface. Memphis Milano has continued authorised production; vintage 1980s examples carry the original Memphis label.

Dimensions
H: 196 cm x W: 190 cm x D: 40 cm