Sílica Dining Table in White Marble, Tempered Glass & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Sílica Dining Table in White Marble, Tempered Glass & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 120 x W 120 x H 72 cm.
Marble, Steel
Kanzō Unique Coffee Table in Oak Wood & Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Kanzō Unique Coffee Table in Oak Wood & Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 70 x W 120 x H 40 cm.
Travertine
Vena Unique Side Table in Carved Red Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Vena Unique Side Table in Carved Red Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 50 cm.
Travertine
Novae Unique Wall Sconce in White Marble, Glass & Aluminum by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Novae Unique Wall Sconce in White Marble, Glass & Aluminum by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 10 x W 30 x H 40 cm.
Marble, Aluminum
Kerr Unique Wall Sconce in Black Marble, Glass & Aluminum by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Kerr Unique Wall Sconce in Black Marble, Glass & Aluminum by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 14 x W 20 x H 30 cm.
Marble, Aluminum
Manitas Unique Floor Mirror in Black Marble & Glass Mirror by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Manitas Unique Floor Mirror in Black Marble & Glass Mirror by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20 x W 90 x H 170 H cm.
Marble
Apparentia Dos Fire Table in Black Marble & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Apparentia Dos Fire Table in Black Marble & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 130 x W 130 x H 40 H cm.
Marble, Stainless Steel
Monolith Uno Fire Table in Puebla Travertine & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Monolith Uno Fire Table in Puebla Travertine & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 100 x W 180 x H 40 H cm.
Travertine, Stainless Steel
Monolith Dos Fire Table in Puebla Travertine & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Monolith Dos Fire Table in Puebla Travertine & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 80 x W 180 x H 40 H cm.
Travertine, Stainless Steel
Porēto Fire Table in Puebla Travertine Stone & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Porēto Fire Table in Puebla Travertine Stone & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 80 x W 140 x H 40 cm.
Travertine, Stainless Steel
Ruina Unique Fire Pit in Volcanic Stone & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Ruina Unique Fire Pit in Volcanic Stone & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 110 x W 160 x H 40 H cm.
Stone, Stainless Steel
Ego Unique Fire Torch in Red Travertine & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Ego Unique Fire Torch in Red Travertine & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 20 x W 25 x H 100 cm.
Travertine, Stainless Steel
Escisión Unique Oval Shaped Grey Quarry Stone Fire Table by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Escisión Unique Oval Shaped Grey Quarry Stone Fire Table by Andres Monnier Dimensions: D 80 x W 160 x H 40 H cm.
Stone, Stainless Steel
Set of 3 Divergente Textured Black Marble Table with Split Top by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
With the direction of Andres Monnier, Treko concrete now creates handmade fire pits, art objects, and functional furniture with natural stone, mirror, concrete, wood, and metal.
Marble
Baba Unique Wall Sconce in White Onyx, Glass & Aluminum by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Baba Unique Wall Sconce in White Onyx, Glass & Aluminum by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 10 x W 20 x H 25 cm.
Onyx, Aluminum
Gusanito One Of a Kind Bench in Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Gusanito One Of a Kind Bench in Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 70 x W 160 x H 60 cm.
Travertine
Yōtan Unique Lighted Totem in White Marble, Aluminum & Glass by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Yōtan Unique Lighted Totem in White Marble, Aluminum & Glass by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 40 x W 30 x H 300 cm.
Marble, Aluminum
Cosmos III Unique Chandelier in White Marble, Aluminum & Glass by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Cosmos III Unique Chandelier in White Marble, Aluminum & Glass by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 50 x W 170 x H 60 cm.
Marble, Aluminum
Kōen Unique Floor Lamp in White Marble, Aluminum & Glass by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Kōen Unique Floor Lamp in White Marble, Aluminum & Glass by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 40 x W 30 x H 150 cm.
Marble, Aluminum
Unda One Of a Kind Bench in White Quarry Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Unda One Of a Kind Bench in White Quarry Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 70 x W 160 x H 60 cm.
Stone
Rotulus Unique Fire Pit in Steel & Stainless Steel Gas System by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Rotulus Unique Fire Pit in Steel & Stainless Steel Gas System by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 120 x W 120 x H 40 H cm.
Stainless Steel, Steel
Set Of 4 Secta Candelabras & Censer in Carved Red Travertine by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Secta Candelabras & Censer in Carved Red Travertine by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 10 x W 15 x H 40/80 cm.
Travertine
Echelon One Of a Kind Chair in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Echelon One Of a Kind Chair in Carved Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 60 x W 40 x H 95 cm.
Travertine
Set Of 2 Ceboia Floor Candelabras in Carved Black Marble by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Ceboia Floor Candelabras in Carved Black Marble by Andres Monnier Unique Pieces Dimensions: Small: D 30 x W 30 x H 50 cm.
Marble
Echelon One Of a Kind Chair in Carved Black Marble by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Echelon One Of a Kind Chair in Carved Black Marble by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 60 x W 40 x H 95 cm.
Marble
Stoa Unique Dining Table in Carved Grey Quarry Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Stoa Unique Dining Table in Carved Grey Quarry Stone & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 70 x W 160 x H 72 cm.
Stone, Steel
Set Of 2 Raza Sculptural Coffee Tables in Black Marble by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Raza Sculptural Coffee Tables in Black Marble by Andres Monnier Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 85 x W 140 x H 40 cm.
Marble
Set Of 3 Caesura Wall Mirrors in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Caesura Wall Mirrors in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 4 x W 60 x H 130 H cm.
Travertine
Narciso Dos Wall Mirror in Grey Quarry Stone & Glass Mirror by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Narciso Dos Wall Mirror in Grey Quarry Stone & Glass Mirror by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 5 x W 60 x H 160 H cm.
Stone
Set Of 5 Chaos Pendant Lamps in Black Marble & Aluminum by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 5 Chaos Pendant Lamps in Black Marble & Aluminum by Andres Monnier Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 5 x W 5 x H 15 cm.
Marble, Aluminum
Set Of 2 Nympha Wall Mirrors in Steel and Black & White Marble by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Nympha Wall Mirrors in Steel and Black & White Marble by Andres Monnier Unique Pieces Dimensions: D 5 x W 60 x H 100 cm.
Marble, Steel
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
It's hard to resist the allure of a beautiful pool. So, go ahead and daydream about whiling away your summer in paradise.
Alessandro Mendini, Michael Graves, Ettore Sottsass and other design luminaries contributed to this unusual collection of porcelain wares representing a time capsule of late-20th-century decorative art.
Aided by photos taken of the maestro in his Milan studio, we honor the influential design talent who died last month at 87.
Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero, rising young design talents, are debuting a new, eclectic line of textiles.