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Related: 1980s
By medium: 1981 films - 1981 music
Films: Evil Dead (1981) - Mommie Dearest (1981) - Possession (1981) - Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
Trends and developments: AIDS - Memphis design movement
Computer World(1981) - Kraftwerk [Amazon.com]
Carlton Cabinet (1981) - Ettore Sottsass
In 1981 at the Milan Furniture Fair, the world of design was shattered, visitors discovered after years of rationalism a collection of strange furniture with flashily coloured plastic laminates emblazoned with kitsch geometric and leopard-skin patterns usually found in 1950s comic books or cheap cafés. [Aug 2006]