LED Light White Cubo Pouf Stool by SLIDE Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
LED Light White Cubo Pouf Stool by SLIDE Studio Dimensions: D 43 x W 43 x H 43 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 4 kg. Available in different color options. This product is suit...
Other
Jeunesse Wengè Stool by Secondome Edizioni and Studio F
Located in Geneve, CH
Jeunesse Wengè Stool by Secondome Edizioni and Studio F Designer: Duccio Maria Gambi. Dimensions: Ø 32 x H 43 cm. Materials: Solid woodworm maple wood and wengè wood. Collection / ...
Maple, Wenge
Fasem Italia Set of 3 postmodern bar stools by Nobu Tanigawa, 1990
By Nobu Tanigawa, Fasem International
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This set of three postmodern bar stools from Fasem Italia combines Italian design artistry of the 1990s with timeless aesthetics and high-quality craftsmanship. Designed by renowned ...
Chrome
$4,691 / item
Sgabello Rose Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Rose Antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai. Dimensions: D36 x W37 x H47 cm. Material: Wood, Marble, Natural stone, Venetian color glass, Cement, Stucco Weight: 4.5 kg All ...
Stone, Cement, Marble
$1,303 / item
Powder Blue Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Powder Blue Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is ...
Other
$1,303 / item
Malva Green Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Green Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is ...
Other
$1,303 / item
Jet Black Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Jet Black Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is su...
Other
$1,303 / item
Argil Grey Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Argil Grey Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is s...
Other
Elephant Grey Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Elephant Grey Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product i...
Other
$1,303 / item
Flame Red Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Red Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is su...
Other
Chocolate Brown Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate Brown Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product...
Other
Sweet Fuchsia Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product i...
Other
Pumpkin Orange Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Pumpkin Orange Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product ...
Other
$1,303 / item
Dove Grey Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Dove Grey Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is su...
Other
$1,303 / item
Lime Green Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Lime Green Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is s...
Other
$1,303 / item
Milky White Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Milky White Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product is ...
Other
Saffron Yellow Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning
Located in Geneve, CH
Saffron Yellow Lazy Bones High Stool by Barnaby Gunning Dimensions: D 40 x W 50 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 8 kg. Available in different color options. This product ...
Other
$4,856 / item
Flame Red Bot One Stool by Fabio Della Fiorentina
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Red Bot One Stool by Fabio Della Fiorentina Dimensions: Ø 150 x H 45 cm. Seat Height: 45 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 30 kg. Available in different color options. Avai...
Other
$4,856 / item
Milky White Bot One Stool by Fabio Della Fiorentina
Located in Geneve, CH
Milky White Bot One Stool by Fabio Della Fiorentina Dimensions: Ø 150 x H 45 cm. Seat Height: 45 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 30 kg. Available in different color options. Av...
Other
Original Printed Velvet Awaiting H Stool by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Original Printed Velvet Awaiting H Stool by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 9 pieces + 3 A.P. Designer: Coralla Maiuri + Giorgia Zanellato. Dimensions: D 40 x W 65 x H 60 cm. M...
Brass
Original Printed Velvet Awaiting L Stool by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Original Printed Velvet Awaiting L Stool by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 9 pieces + 3 A.P. Designer: Coralla Maiuri + Giorgia Zanellato. Dimensions: D 48 x W 48 x H 69 cm. M...
Brass
Original Printed Velvet Awaiting T Stool by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Original Printed Velvet Awaiting T Stool by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 9 pieces + 3 A.P. Designer: Coralla Maiuri + Giorgia Zanellato. Dimensions: D 40 x W 49 x H 67 cm. M...
Brass
Galactica Star Decorative Stool in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Galactica Star Decorative Stool in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 43 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. “Where to, Miss?... To the stars!” (Tit...
Other, Aluminum
Glamour Black Glossy Drink High Stool by Jorge Najera
Located in Geneve, CH
Glamour Black Glossy Drink High Stool by Jorge Najera Dimensions: Ø 45 x H 75 cm. Materials: Glossy lacquered polyethylene. Weight: 7 kg. Available in different color options. This...
Other
$2,428 / item
Dove Grey Ribs Up High Stool by OTTO Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Dove Grey Ribs Up High Stool by OTTO Studio Designed by Paola Navone. Dimensions: D 58 x W 57 x H 117 cm. Seat Height: 73 cm. Materials: Polyethylene and metal. Weight: 13 kg. Avai...
Metal, Other
Set of Three 1980s Postmodern "Alice" Bar Stools by Claudio Nardi for Zeus
Located in Sacramento, CA
Set of three 1980s postmodern bar stools manufactured by Zeus Noto in Italy and designed by Claudio Nardi. The stools have gray powder-coated steel bases and black molded polyurethan...
Steel
Artisan Stool in French Oak & Zinc Shorn Shearling by Paloma Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Artisan Stool in French Oak & Zinc Shorn Shearling by Paloma Editions Dimensions: D 30,5 x W 45,7 x H 45,7 cm. Materials: French Oak & Zinc Shorn Shearling. The Artisan Stoo...
Oak, Sheepskin
Emilio Nanni Musmé Counter Stool for Fly Line, 1984
By EMILIO NANNI, Fly Line
Located in Miami, FL
Considered one of his first chair designs, the Musmé counter stool was designed by Emilio Nanni for Fly Line. The stool consists of a steel cantilevered frame and a black vinyl seat.
Steel
$6,515 / item
Sgabello Rombi Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Rombi antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai Dimensions: D 40 x W 53 x H 40 cm Material: Antique wood stool, Marble, Natural stone, Styrofoam, Glass fiber, Resin, Cement, Stu...
Stone, Cement, Marble
Tecton Stool & Coffee Table in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Stool & Coffee Table in Travertine by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 69.2 x D 40 x H 55 cm. Materials: Travertine. This Small Stool and Coffee Table is avail...
Travertine
Light White LED Ali Baba Stool by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Light White LED Ali Baba Stool by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: Ø 43 x H 41 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 2,5 kg. Available in a standard version and an LED version. Prices ...
Other
Flame Red Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Flame Red Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versio...
Other
Argil Grey Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Argil Grey Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versi...
Other
Elephant Grey Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Elephant Grey Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered ve...
Other
Milky White Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Milky White Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered vers...
Other
Powder Blue Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Powder Blue Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered vers...
Other
Sweet Fuchsia Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered ve...
Other
Pumpkin Orange Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Pumpkin Orange Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered v...
Other
Malva Green Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Green Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered vers...
Other
Jet Black Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Jet Black Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versio...
Other
Saffron Yellow Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Saffron Yellow Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered v...
Other
Dove Grey Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Dove Grey Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versio...
Other
Lime Green Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Lime Green Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versi...
Other
Chocolate Brown Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate Brown Amélie Sit Up High Stool by Italo Pertichini Dimensions: D 49 x W 45 x H 95 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered ...
Other
$6,515 / item
Sgabello Pois Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Pois Antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai Dimensions: D33 x W33 x H50 cm Material: Wood, Marble, Nero, Natural stone, Styrofoam, Glass fiber, Resin, Cement, Stucco Weight: ...
Stone, Cement, Marble
Sgabello Camouflage Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Camouflage Antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai Dimensions: D40 x W40 x H45 cm Material: Chestnut wood, Marble, Natural stone, Styrofoam, Glass fiber, Resin, Cement, Stucco...
Stone, Cement, Marble
Light White Lighted Bot One Stool by Fabio Della Fiorentina
Located in Geneve, CH
Light White Lighted Bot One Stool by Fabio Della Fiorentina Dimensions: Ø 150 x H 45 cm. Seat Height: 45 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 30 kg. Available in different color opt...
Other
Tecton Stool in Travertine or Teak by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980
Located in Geneve, CH
Tecton Stool in Travertine or Teak by Félix Millory for Monitillo 1980. Dimensions: W 45 x D 45 x H 44 cm. Materials: Travertine and Teak wood. This stool is available in a selectio...
Travertine
Contemporary Naturally Patinated Steel Bar Stool With Backrest by Dennis Kaiser
Located in Geneve, CH
Patinated Steel Contemporary Forever Bar Stool With Backrest by Dennis Kaiser Dimensions: D 40 x W 35 x H 93 cm. SH: 68 cm. Materials: Steel. Handcrafted in Tuscany, Italy. Customiz...
Steel
Postmodern Bar Stools, Model 4822 “Polo” by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell
By Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Kartell
Located in Almelo, NL
Postmodern Bar Stools, Model 4822 “Polo” by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell, Italy, 1984 Designed by pioneering Italian architect and designer Anna Castelli Ferrieri, these strik...
Metal
Joe Colombo for Zanotta Pair of 'Birillo' Swivel Bar Stools in Stainless Steel
By Joe Colombo, Zanotta
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Zanotta, pair of 'Birillo' bar stools, stainless steel, leather, plastic, Italy, design 1970 Designed by Joe Colombo for Zanotta in 1970, the Birillo bar stools hav...
Stainless Steel
Deep Stool in Oak Wooden Legs & Upholstered Seat by Quinti Sedute
Located in Geneve, CH
Deep Stool in Oak Wooden Legs & Upholstered Seat by Quinti Sedute Designed by Archirivolto Design Dimensions: D 50 x W 52 x H 98 cm. Materials: Oak and upholstery. Available in diff...
Upholstery, Oak
Set of Three Bar Stools by Maurizio Peregalli for Zeus Noto
By Ettore Sottsass, Maurizio Peregalli, Zeus
Located in Dronten, NL
Elegant and minimal, this set of three bar stools by Maurizio Peregalli embodies the refined industrial aesthetic that defines Italian design of the late 20th century. Designed for Z...
Steel
Caballito Blanco Petit Stool in Leather & Fabric by Oscar Maschera
Located in Geneve, CH
Caballito Blanco Petit Stool in Leather & Fabric by Oscar Maschera Dimensions: D 37 x W 40 x H 43 cm. Materials: Leather, steel, epoxy, and fabric. Available in different sizes ...
Steel
Postmodern Leather Bar Stools designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Poltrona Frau
By Massimo Iosa Ghini, Poltrona Frau
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find stunning postmodern swivel bar stools, model "Alo", designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Poltrona Frau. Each chair is stamped by the manufacturer beneath ...
Steel
Pair of Bar Stools "Dania" in green leather by Salvati & Tresoldi for Saporiti
By Saporiti, Salvati & Tresoldi
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a pair of striking swivel Postmodern Bar Stools designed by Salvati & Tresoldi for Saporiti Italia. They feature a leather upholstered in forest gre...
Stainless Steel
Set Of 2 Mike Reclaimed Oak Stools by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Mike Reclaimed Oak Stools by Fred and Juul Dimensions: D 31 x W 36 x H 45 cm. Materials: Reclaimed oak and brass. This stool can also be used as a side table. Custom sizes,...
Brass
Set Of 4 Mike Reclaimed Oak Stools by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Mike Reclaimed Oak Stools by Fred and Juul Dimensions: D 31 x W 36 x H 45 cm. Materials: Reclaimed oak and brass. This stool can also be used as a side table. Custom sizes,...
Brass
Nude Color Ecoleather Beech Wood Chair Low Stool by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Lola Pale Anilina Ecoleather And Beech Wood Chair Low Stool by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 96 cm. Materials: Beech wood, polyurethane, and ecoleather upholstery. Availa...
Other
Nude Color Ecoleather Beech Wood Chair High Stool by Casa Casati
Located in Geneve, CH
Lola Pale Anilina Ecoleather And Beech Wood Chair High Stool by Casa Casati Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 110 cm. Materials: Beech wood, polyurethane, and ecoleather upholstery. Avai...
Other
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.
Stools are versatile and a necessary addition to any living room, kitchen area or elsewhere in your home. A sofa or reliable lounge chair might nab all the credit, comfort-wise, but don’t discount the roles that good antique, new and vintage stools can play.
“Stools are jewels and statements in a space, and they can also be investment pieces,” says New York City designer Amy Lau, who adds that these seats provide an excellent choice for setting an interior’s general tone.
Stools, which are among the oldest forms of wooden furnishings, may also serve as decorative pieces, even if we’re talking about a stool that is far less sculptural than the gracefully curving molded plywood shells that make up Sōri Yanagi’s provocative Butterfly stool.
Fawn Galli, a New York interior designer, uses her stools in the same way you would use a throw pillow. “I normally buy several styles and move them around the home where needed,” she says.
Stools are smaller pieces of seating as compared to armchairs or dining chairs and can add depth as well as functionality to a space that you’ve set aside for entertaining. For a splash of color, consider the Stool 60, a pioneering work of bentwood by Finnish architect and furniture maker Alvar Aalto. It’s manufactured by Artek and comes in a variety of colored seats and finishes.
Barstools that date back to the 1970s are now more ubiquitous in kitchens. Vintage barstools have seen renewed interest, be they a meld of chrome and leather or transparent plastic, such as the Lucite and stainless-steel counter stool variety from Indiana-born furniture designer Charles Hollis Jones, who is renowned for his acrylic works. A cluster of barstools — perhaps a set of four brushed-aluminum counter stools by Emeco or Tubby Tube stools by Faye Toogood — can encourage merriment in the kitchen. If you’ve got the room for family and friends to congregate and enjoy cocktails where the cooking is done, consider matching your stools with a tall table.
Whether you need counter stools, drafting stools or another kind, explore an extensive range of antique, new and vintage stools on 1stDibs.