Take a Look at David Bowie's Most Prized Memphis Design Pieces / Take a Look at the $700 USD David Bowie Book Documenting the formative years of Ziggy.

Sotheby’s is set to auction off the late David Bowie’s personal art collection that features works from iconic artists such as Henry Moore, Frank Auerbach, Damien Hirst, Marcel Duchamp and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Alongside the acclaimed paintings are vibrant, postmodern furnishings created by world-renowned design and architecture firm, the Memphis Group founded by Ettore Sottsass. Peter Shire, an MG designer who conjured a slew of products in Bowie’s collection told GQ that the furniture “came out of some very important reactions and rebellions to the evolution of design from the ’50s to the ’60s to the ’70s that came to a head in 1979 and ’80. It was a pimple that had to be popped!” All in all, the pieces cull radical design influences that is reminiscent of Ziggy Stardust’s revolutionizing music.
Take a look at select items above, including the company’s highly sought-after, Carlton Bookcase. Over 100 items will be auctioned from Bowie’s furniture collection. Head over to Sotheby’s to learn more.

                                  

                                  

                                  

                                  

Renowned publisher Taschen will release a David Bowie book that weighs in at well over 15 pounds and has over 300 pages, titled Mick Rock. The Rise of David Bowie, 1972-1873. Although the images are all taken during a very brief two-year window of Bowie’s career, the intimate photographs provide an unprecedented look into the period that arguably formed the icon’s persona. The book features photography by a single man: Mick Rock. Having known Bowie from the very beginning of his transformation into Ziggy Stardust, Rock largely saw himself as the “guardian of Bowie’s image” and captured many of the photos that have built the public’s image of Bowie today: the charismatic bodysuit-clad musician with a dozen shades of makeup onstage.
The focus of this new book, however, is more on Bowie behind-the-scenes. The 300-page tome will include pictures of Bowie backstage and on tour. The first edition of Mick Rock. The Rise of David Bowie, 1972-1873 will be released later this month, comprised of 1,972 signed copies for $700 USD a piece.