Jacques Schumacher, Karl Lagerfeld in his Monte Carlo Apartment, 1983

A desk set-up to die for? This is, of course, the inimitable fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, pictured in his Monte Carlo apartment in 1983 by photographer Jacques Schumacher. He is surrounded almost entirely by pieces designed by those Italian pioneers of postmodernism, The Memphis Group, including the “Treetops” floor lamp by Ettore Sottsass, George James Sowden’s “Unknown” Table and Michele De Lucchi’s “Riviera” chairs. Love them or hate them, there’s no denying that The Memphis Group exploded the idea of good taste, sparking an aesthetic revolution along the way. Check out Holly Black’s new feature on the divisive design collective here.