“Some products are designed for protest, like anarchy pins or the lock-on devices demonstrators use to attach themselves to buildings, bulldozers or train tracks. Sometimes form itself fights, in a less literal sense. Security features combat forgery. Functionalism famously fought against frills; then in turn, the Memphis Group’s glaringly grotesque furniture attacked functionality. Not particularly political, but still provocative and progressive, Memphis’ furniture was pretty much applied-arts punk; Instead of pleasing the eye, it poked into it with a surplus of color and wacky shapes.”