$13,230 / item
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$10,705 / item
Luca Coffee Table Small by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$4,344 / item
Riso Side Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Marble
$5,759 / item
Trono Block Beige Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$4,344 / item
Riso Side Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Marble
$5,740 / item
Trono Block Brown Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$6,206 / item
Pica Sola Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$7,451 / item
Chair C by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$4,981 / item
Trono Pill Black Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$13,187 / item
Large Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$5,759 / item
Trono Pill Beige Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$16,499 / set
Set of Trono Block Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Steel
$24,048 / item
Trave Sofa by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
$4,981 / item
Trono Block Black Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$4,358 / item
Trono Pill White Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Mohair, Upholstery
$10,707 / item
Small Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$15,669 / set
Set of Trono Pill Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$4,344 / item
Trono Block Pink Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
Umberto Bellardi Ricci Pica Table
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Deposit 50% / Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Custom Listing / Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$7,315 / item
Mano Standing Lamp Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,363 / item
Mano Floor Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
$12,412 / item
Mano Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$5,292 / item
Pica Piccola Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$10,860 / item
Pica Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$19,457 / item
Spira Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$10,584 / item
Fackel Wall Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$5,603 / item
Malle Aluminium Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
Mano Small Wall Lamp Mounted Uplighter by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$10,896 / item
Barra Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Steel
$11,674 / item
Mano Wall-Down Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,674 / item
Mano Wall-Vert Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$5,058 / item
Malle Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$10,084 / item
Fackel Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$19,393 / item
Spira Floor Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
Mano Small Wall Lamp Mounted-Vertical Side Lighter by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$4,591 / item
Malle Small Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,674 / item
Mano Wall-Up Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Set of Mano Small Wall Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Mano Small Wall Lamp Mounted Downlighter by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,674 / item
Leaning Mano Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
$11,363 / item
Leaning Mano Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
Jenna Lyons, Portrait Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Paper, Gouache
Platinum 35 Carats Cascading Round Diamond Waterfall Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Post and omega back. As seen on Jenna Lyons at Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show.
Diamond, Platinum
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Chair C by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$1,120 / item
H 6.7 in W 13 in D 13 in
Contemporary Organic Modern Moroccan Handmade Terracotta White Ceramic Wall Lamp
Located in Marseille, FR
- Handbuilt white ceramic wall light - made of clay collected from the potter's surroundings. - made in the Moroccan Rif mountains by the potter Houda. - co-created by the potter Hou...
Clay, Earthenware
$3,250 / item
H 15 in W 58 in D 32 in
Organic Shaped Modern Coffee Table by Last Workshop, Jet Black Ash
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
Organic shaped coffee table by Last Workshop, 2023 Solid ash wood, in "jet black" ash finish. Current Production: 6-7 weeks 58"L x 32" x 15"H Jet black ash Customers can choose fro...
Hardwood, Ash
$8,697 / item
H 39.38 in Dm 45.01 in
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect union and balance. A study of form...
Brass
$9,632 / item
H 19.69 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in
Alexander and Jones Sunday Daybed in Oak & Cream Bouclé Handcrafted to Order
Located in Cirencester, England
The Sunday Daybed is a signature made-to-order piece by Alexander and Jones, handcrafted in our Cotswolds studio, UK, from sculpted solid oak with our signature wave form frame and c...
Bouclé, Oak, Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood
Picasso Marble Cone Side Table
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Introduce monumental elegance and a grounded detail to your interior with the stunning Picasso marble CONE side table. The sculptural geometric shape of this contemporary design piec...
Marble
$3,183 / set
H 15.36 in W 8.27 in D 4.14 in
Pair of Art Dèco Style Italian Murano Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Art Deco Murano Glass Wall Lights, Black glass sphere and brass accessories. Textured Murano glass. Wiring according to the American standard with E26 or E27 lamp holder for ...
Brass
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
'Magazine Rack' by Joseph Ellwood for Six Dots Design
Located in London, GB
Joseph Ellwood is a British designer and maker, he has been named one of 10 'Future Icons' in design by Wallpaper* magazine, collaborated with the luxury brand Rimowa and embarked on...
Aluminum
Mae Solid Wood Dresser by Crump and Kwash
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Mae dresser by Crump and Kwash. Solid wood case / hand turned legs / hand rubbed oil finish / solid brass pulls / premium, full extension, soft close drawer slides / solid wood, d...
Maple, Oak, Walnut
Basurto 01 Contemporary Wooden and Fabric Stool
By Colección Estudio, Difane
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A tribute to the architectural style that characterized Mexico City during the mid-20th century. Inspired by its lines, symmetry, volumes and shapes, each piece is a miniature abstra...
Hardwood
$6,800 / item
H 48 in W 33 in D 2.75 in
Smoked Bronze Octagonal Faceted Murano Glass & Brass Wall Mirrors, Italy
By Michel Contessa
Located in Miami, FL
Smoked bronze octagonal faceted Murano glass & brass wall mirrors, Italy Ready to ship from our Miami gallery, this handcrafted Italian Murano glass wall mirrors features octagonal s...
Brass
$5,480 / set
H 18 in W 7.5 in D 4.5 in
Italian Art Deco Design Crystal Murano Glass Half Moon Bronze Finish Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary customizable Italian Art Deco Design pair of semi circular wall lights, entirely handcrafted, with an antique bronze finish. The nicely scalloped airy brass structure su...
Brass
Danish Modern Teak Daybed w/ Leather Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Teak Wood, New Tweed Fabric, New Pirelli Webbing, New Italian Cognac Leather Bolster Pillow _________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern fu...
Leather, Upholstery, Teak, Wood
$16,690 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
$235,000
H 29.63 in W 24.44 in
Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
Linocut
$48,400 / set
H 34 in W 21 in D 23 in
Set of 14 Paul Frankl Corset Oak Dining Chairs for Brown Saltman in Latte Bouclé
By Paul Frankl
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sultry large set of 14 Oak Corset Dining Chairs designed by Paul Frankl and produced by Brown Saltman newly professionally restored and refinished in original stain with new cushions...
Bouclé, Upholstery, Oak
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.
