Corporate Memphis

English Etymology From en corporate + en Memphis, referencing the Memphis Group, an Italian architecture group that introduced a similar design style in the 1980s.Josh Gabert-Doyon, "Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis", Wired, 24 January 2021 Proper noun right|thumb|250px|A Corporate Memphis-style illustration. Corporate Memphis A visual art style which emerged in the late 2010s, influenced by Big Tech art and mobile app design, and characterized by flat, simplified, geometric shapes in bright solid colours. en Josh Gabert-Doyon Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis https://www.wired.co.uk/article/corporate-memphis-design-tech Wired 24 January 2021 Corporate Memphis is inoffensive and easy to pull off, and while its roots remain in tech marketing and user interface design, the trend has started to consume the visual world at large. https://web.archive.org/web/20240312062133/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/corporate-memphis-design-tech 12 March 2024 en 2021 Olivia Zheng Stop Copying Facebook The Stuyvesant Spectator Stuyvesant High School New York, NY https://issuu.com/stuyspectator/docs/volume112issue5 14 Corporate Memphis is everywhere, from User Interface design to editorial covers, but the pervasive nature of the style has caused many to as a symbol of the unoriginality and disingenuity of corporations. 2022, Jacob Sponga, "Dear Gen Z, Don't Digitize The Thrift Store", The Bull & Bear (McGill University), Winter 2022, page 18: Here stands a last bastion of mid-century analog quintessence, a genuine hole-in-the-wall oozing with spirit, seemingly spared by a modern design tsunami of Corporate Memphis and minimalist logos. References Further reading en Aesthetics Art