$3,816 / item
Tall Mush Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$3,151 / item
Chub Mush Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$5,318 / item
Big the Hat Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Wood, Oak
$6,292 / set
Set of 2 Mush Lamps by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$4,412 / item
Large the Giraffe Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$4,412 / item
Small the Giraffe Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$11,094 / set
Set of 2 the Grassing Giraffe Lamp by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$8,825 / set
Set of 2 The Giraffe Lamps by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Stainless Steel
$1,512 / item
Grown Up the Y Chair by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Metal
$1,512 / item
Child the Y Chair by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Metal
$596 / set
Set of 3 the Family Jugs by Kilzi
Located in Geneve, CH
As a grown man, the sensibilities of his childhood took him all the way to Japan, where worked as an architect in the offices of Sejima+Nishizawa Associated Architects/ SANAA and Jun...
Porcelain
Paper Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paper Table Lamp is a delicate lamp made of fibres from mulberry bark, which gives the material an irregular structure. This makes each lamp unique, something that adds to its charac...
Papercord
Alberto Donà Modern Table Lamps in Murano Glass, Italy
By Alberto Donà
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Murano glass lamps, with mercury glass centres, overlaid with thick, crystal clear glass, signed Alberto Dona Murano. Height of just the glass is 15.75 in. Rewired for the US...
Murano Glass
$939
H 14.57 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
Contemporary 21stC Pair Of Murano Glass Table Lamps Of Recent Production, Italy
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A sculptural pair of contemporary Murano glass table lamps, handcrafted in Italy and showcasing the enduring artistry of Venetian glassmaking. Their organic spherical forms and richl...
Murano Glass
Modern Murano Glass Lamps by Alberto Donà, Organic Design, Italy
By Alberto Donà
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Murano glass lamps. The hand-blown glass lamps were crafted in the ”Incamiciato“ technique layering together smoked and white glass. We loved the organic feel of this pair. T...
Murano Glass
Willy Guhl Large Table Lamp
By Willy Guhl
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Willy Guhl table lamp in varying patina New linen shade Pairs available.
Cement
L04 Lamp by Sophie Vaidie
Located in Geneve, CH
L04 Lamp by Sophie Vaidie One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 24 x W 35 x H 60 cm. Materials: Beige brutal stoneware with fine chamotte and white linen fabric. All our lamps can be wired ...
Porcelain, Stoneware, Linen
Set of two ceramic sculptural table lamps by Töreboda
Located in BE
A striking pair of 1970s Swedish table lamps, handcrafted in Järne and produced by Töreboda. Made from black ceramic with geometric line details creating subtle contrast, each lamp c...
Ceramic
$5,043 / set
H 18.04 in W 9.06 in D 6.03 in
Set of 2 Complementary Pêle-mêle Table Lamps by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Complementary Pêle-Mêle Table Lamps by Daniel Schneiger One of a Kind. Shade not included. Dimensions: D 15,3 x W 23 x H 45,8 cm (each). Materials: Cast from gypsum plaster....
Plaster
Sol Lamp by Ana Tron
Located in Geneve, CH
Sol lamp by Ana Tron Handmade Dimensions: Base: D 35 x H 27 cm Screen: D 35 x H 20 cm Materials: Recycled paper with paste, paint chalk, and matt water-based varnish. Internal co...
Epoxy Resin, Paper
Nevado Floor Lamp by Ana Tron
Located in Geneve, CH
Nevado Floor Lamp by Ana Tron Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 180 cm Materials: Paper, hemp, brass, textile cable. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it w...
Brass
L05 Brutal Lamp by Sophie Vaidie
Located in Geneve, CH
L05 Brutal Lamp by Sophie Vaidie One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 28 x W 30 x H 60 cm. Materials: Beige brutal stoneware and white linen fabric. All our lamps can be wired according to...
Stoneware, Linen
A21 Table Lamp by Disderot
Located in Geneve, CH
A21 Table Lamp by Disderot Limited Edition. Designed by Alain Richard Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 62 cm. Materials: Lacquered metal. Delivered with authentication certificate. Made in Fra...
Metal
Pair of Ceramics and Lucite Lamps, circa 1980s
By Edition Rougier
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of ceramics and Lucite lamps, circa 1980s, dimensions are without the shades.
Ceramic, Lucite
Maestrosa base lamp - Scuptural ceramic lamp
By Archibalda
Located in PARIS, FR
The Maestrosa base lamp stands out for its sculptural curves, which are both organic and architectural, giving it a strong, almost magnetic presence. This base lamp combines 3D tech...
Ceramic
$2,345 / set
H 17.72 in Dm 12.6 in
Set of 2 Mid-Century ML1 Table Lamps by Ingo Maurer for M-Design, Germany, 1960s
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Hamburg, DE
A pair of maurer ml1 table lamps. An early design by the famous lighting designer ingo maurer from the late 60s. An elegant and classic design. The base is made in clear glass. The ...
Metal
Panelitos Hat Lamp by Piegatto, a Contemporary Sculptural Lamp
Located in Guatemala, GU
Other Specifications: - 40 Bamboo veneers hand woven with silk and cotton threads. -Cloth Cable color kakhi - Color: This lamp color can be customized: interior and exterior color ...
Bamboo
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
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
Oak Round Top Foundation Side Table / Stool
Located in Portland, OR
Solid wood stool / side table in white oak with round top. With a clean and minimal design, these stools are handmade in Portland, Oregon with mortise and tenon joinery in Material's...
Oak
$1,900 / item
H 14 in W 9 in D 9 in
CADEN Small Ceramic Dome Table Lamp, Highly Textured Black Glaze, Kalin Asenov
By Kalin Asenov
Located in Savannah, GA
Obsidian Reef A deeply textured black lava glaze, reminiscent of coral and natural stone, with captivating shades that come alive when illuminated In Kalin Asenov's studio locat...
Ceramic
Mamun Bedside (Dark Brown/Dusty Blue)
Located in Singapore, SG
Mamun, which translates to trustworthy in Arabic, was designed by Studio Kallang in 2021 as a playful take on both midcentury and brutalist forms. Designer Faezah Shaharuddin intende...
Teak
$8,481 / 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
Rosso Glass Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
Joseph André Motte M5 table lamp Disderot France 1960
By Disderot, Joseph-André Motte
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
The table lamp model M5, designed by Joseph-André Motte and manufactured by Disderot in France in 1960, stands as an iconic representation of mid-century modern design. Crafted with ...
Brass
$1,190 / item
H 16.93 in Dm 24.41 in
Django Sculptural Ottoman in Sienna Earth Textured Velvet by Odditi
By Odditi
Located in CAROOL, NSW, AU
The Django ottoman is a sculptural living object that brings its eclectic personality into any space. Exhibiting a sleek yet playful nature, Django also has a practical side and is a...
Fabric, Foam, Jacquard
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
$14,750 / item
H 13 in W 36 in D 52 in
Handcrafted Coffee Table by J.M. Szymanski, Modern Blackened Steel
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
TABLE NO. 15 - COFFEE TABLE J.M. Szymanski d. 2019 This Noguchi-inspired coffee table is handcrafted in 3/8” thick steel, with a natural black patina and wax finish, to create an u...
Steel, Iron
$3,466 / item
H 16.93 in W 46.46 in D 14.18 in
Kai Kristiansen Upholstered Bench in Fumed Oak and Mohair
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in London, England
Kai Kristiansen, a key figure in the Danish Modern movement, designed the Entre Series in 1956 as a modular collection of bedside cabinets, benches, and chests. Combining Danish desi...
Velvet, Oak
$990 / item
H 18.5 in Dm 17.7 in
IDE Travertine Stone Side Table, 17.7Ø"x18.5"H - Accent, End Table, Coffee Table
Located in St Petersburg, US
IDE Table: a stunning piece that embodies the natural elegance of travertine stone. This table is crafted with precision and attention to detail, making it a unique addition to any ...
Travertine, Stone
LU Swing Sconce
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Inglewood, CA
Beautiful brass LU swing sconce made by Lumfardo Luminaires in patinated brass. Wired with an E26 medium based socket. Light bulb provided as well as all mounting hardware. Priced in...
Brass
$2,038 / set
H 24.81 in W 23.63 in D 13.78 in
French Pair of Nightstands Side Cabinets Bedside Tables Brutalist Style, 2022
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of oak nightstands "Pyrénées" signed by Sébastien Lamarre. This french side cabinets were made by Sébastien Lamarre for Maison Marie Anne. The creator chose for the Pyrénées mo...
Oak
$3,990 / item
H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in
Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...
Fabric, Beech, Velvet
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.