$1,811 / item
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Kolho a Unique and Colorful Scandinavian Serpent like Chair
Located in Halikko, Finland
With Matthew Day Jackson "Kolho is a series of tables and chairs formed of right angles and
Plywood
$2,471 / item
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Earth, Kolho Original Dining Chair, Mdj Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Earth, Kolho original dining chair, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
$9,475 / item
H 27.56 in W 51.19 in D 23.63 in
Kolho Two Seater Natural, Cognac Leather by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho two seater natural, cognac leather by Made by Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Birch, Plywood
$4,375 / item
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Just Rose, Kolho Original Lounge Chair, MDJ KUU by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Just Rose, Kolho original lounge chair, MDJ KUU by Made by Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Birch, Plywood
$8,751 / set
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of 2 Just Rose, Kolho Original Lounge Chairs, MDJ Kuu by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
shows its greatest self." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist (Hauser & Wirth) About Made by Choice: Nordic
Birch, Plywood
$17,431 / item
H 29.14 in W 118.12 in D 47.25 in
Kolho Green Original Dining Table, Large & Rectangular by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 300 x 120 x 74 cm Materials: Plywood Also available: Spectrum green
Plywood
Kolho Original Dining Table, Earth by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho original dining table, earth by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
Space Rainbow, Kolho Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Space rainbow, Kolho dining chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
Kolho Original Dining Table, Just Rose by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho original dining table, just rose by made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
Kolho Natural Black Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho natural black dining chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson. Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
Kolho Natural Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho natural dining chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection Dimensions
Birch, Plywood
$17,431 / item
H 29.14 in W 77.56 in D 48.43 in
Kolho Original Dining Table, Rectangular by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
animal truly shows its greatest self." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist (Hauser & Wirth) About Made by
Plywood
$8,751 / set
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of 2 Spectrum Green, Kolho Original Lounge Chairs, Mdj Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist (Hauser & Wirth) About Made by Choice: Nordic Happiness. Nordic Happiness
Birch, Plywood
$2,471 / item
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Just Rose, Kolho Original Dining Chair, MDJ Kuu by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Just Rose, Kolho Original dining chair, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
$4,375 / item
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Tahiti Blue, Kolho Original Lounge Chair, MDJkuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Tahiti blue, Kolho original lounge chair, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Birch, Plywood
$8,751 / set
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of 2 Rose & Blue, Kolho Original Lounge Chairs, MDJ Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Kolho Original lounge chairs, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson (Just
Birch, Plywood
$8,751 / set
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of 2 Tahiti Blue, Kolho Original Lounge Chairs, Mdj Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist (Hauser & Wirth) About Made by Choice: Nordic Happiness. Nordic Happiness
Birch, Plywood
Kolho Original Dining Table in Black by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho Original Dining Table in Black by Made By Choice x Matthew Day Jackson *Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
$17,503 / set
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of 4, Kolho Original Lounge Chairs, Mdj Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Kolho original lounge chairs, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson
Birch, Plywood
Black Kolho Natural Lounge Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Kolho Natural lounge chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
$2,471 / item
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Spectrum Green, Kolho Original Dining Chair, MDJ KUU by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Spectrum Green, Kolho Original dining chair, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
Kolho Natural Black Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho natural black dining chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
Kolho Junior Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho Junior Chair by Made by Choice With Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: W 43 x D 42 x H 59 cm
Plywood
Kolho Junior Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho Junior Chair by Made by Choice With Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: W 43 x D 42 x H 59 cm
Plywood
$22,361 / set
H 29.14 in W 77.56 in D 48.43 in
Set of 3, Kolho Original Rectangular Dining Table & Chairs by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Collection with Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 123 x 197 x 74 cm (Table), 54 x 54 x 77 cm (Chair
Plywood
$8,751 / set
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of 2 Kolho Original Lounge Chairs in MDJ KUU Black by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
. This is the space where our human animal truly shows its greatest self." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist
Birch, Plywood
$27,291 / set
H 29.14 in W 77.56 in D 48.43 in
Set of 5, Kolho Original Rectangular Dining Table & Chairs by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Collection with Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 123 x 197 x 74 cm (Table), 54 x 54 x 77 cm (Chair
Plywood
$5,171 / item
H 17.72 in W 38.59 in D 18.9 in
Kolho Original Coffee Table, Earth MDJ KUU by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho original coffee table, earth MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Birch, Plywood
$19,335 / set
H 29.53 in Dm 47.25 in
Set of 3, Kolho Original Dining Table Earth & Natural Chairs by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
with Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 75 x 120 cm (Table), 54 x 54 x 77 cm (Chair) Materials: Plywood
Birch, Plywood
$19,335 / set
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Set of 3, Earth, Kolho Original Dining Chairs & Table by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 75 x 120 (table), 54 x 54 x 77 cm (chair
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
$4,375 / item
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Kolho Original Lounge Chair in MDJ KUU Black by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho Original Lounge Chair in MDJ KUU Black by Made By Choice x Matthew Day Jackson *Kolho
Birch, Plywood
$19,335 / set
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Set of 3, Spectrum Green, Kolho Original Dining Chairs & Table by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
- MDJ Kuu by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 75 x 120 (table), 54 x 54 x 77 cm
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
$15,673 / set
H 17.72 in W 38.59 in D 18.9 in
Set of 3, Kolho Original Coffee Table & Lounge Chairs, Black by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
- Kolho Collection with Matthew Day Jackson Dimensions: 98 x 48 x 45 cm (Coffee Table), 70 x 60 x 70 cm
Birch, Plywood
$19,335 / set
H 30.32 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Set of 3 Kolho Original Dining Chairs in MDJ KUU Black & Table by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson* Table's Dimensions: H75 x diam.120 cm. Chair's Dimensions
Laminate, Birch, Plywood
$5,171 / item
H 17.72 in W 38.59 in D 18.9 in
Kolho Original Coffee Table, Just Rose MDJ Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
our human animal truly shows its greatest self." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist (Hauser & Wirth
Birch, Plywood
$5,171 / item
H 17.72 in W 38.59 in D 18.9 in
Kolho Original Coffee Table, Spectrum Green MDJ Kuu by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
our human animal truly shows its greatest self." — Matthew Day Jackson, artist (Hauser & Wirth
Birch, Plywood
Kolho Natural Black Dining Chair by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho Natural black dining chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection
Birch, Plywood
Sold
H 27.56 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Just Rose, Kolho Original Lounge Chair, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Just Rose, Kolho original lounge chair, MDJ KUU by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Birch, Plywood
Kolho Two Seater Natural, Cognac Leather by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Kolho two seater natural, cognac leather by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho
Birch, Plywood
Matthew Day Jackson - Lifeline
By Matthew Day Jackson
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 25 + 5 AP
B29 chair
By Matthew Day Jackson
Located in New York, NY
Pillow Chair by Ash - Mint Velvet
By ASH NYC
Located in New York, NY
The Ash Pillow Chair, everyone’s favorite companion reimagined in a new textile in four luscious colorways. A comfortable, custom-woven, fully upholstered velvet throne dreamed in an...
Velvet
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Oak Wood by Master for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Envisioned by designer Yaniv Chen, the Constant nightstand exudes an air of refined luxury, celebrating the inherent splendor of wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccable proportion...
Oak
Solana Wall Sconces
By Blueprint Lighting
Located in Westport, CT
The "Solana" wall mount sconce or reading light is strongly influenced by Scandinavian, Danish, French, and Italian Mid-Century Modernism. The walnut back plate (available in natural...
Enamel, Brass
$2,965 / item
H 31.5 in W 11.82 in D 47.25 in
Tadao Alto Concrete Contemporary Console, 100% Handcrafted in Italy
By Gaia Rebecchini, Laura Mochi Onori, Lorenzo Rebecchini
Located in Rome, Lazio
The Tadao line, created in homage to the famous architect with whom we share a minimalist approach and the creative use of the material, is the perfect synthesis of our philosophy: o...
Concrete
$12,200 / item
H 43.31 in W 17.72 in D 35.44 in
Contemporary Mexican Design Handcrafted Wood Cabinet Carmen, Mirror
By Comité de Proyectos
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Carmen is a bartender, a storage cabinet with a functional design. Inside, it has a pair of drawers for storing objects, space for bottles, compartments for glasses and a cup holder...
Steel
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
$8,679 / set
H 47 in W 70 in D 47 in
Trapezi Five Lights Aged Brass Contemporary Pendant / Chandelier, Blown Glass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
The Trapezi Chandelier Offers a Contemporary Interpretation of the Murano Glass Chandelier, Grounded in Italian Design and Shaped by the Clarity and Lightness of the International St...
Brass
Unavailable|$9,403 / item
H 19.69 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in
Custom Oak & Cream Bouclé Daybed by Fosfeen Handcrafted, Made to Order
Located in Plymouth, GB
A handcrafted oak and cream bouclé daybed from Fosfeen’s Sunday Collection. Made to order with full customisation available, including COM, finishes, and dimensions. The Sunday Dayb...
Bouclé, Oak, Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood
Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new oyster linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes one E12 base bulb, up to 25 W or highe...
Iron
Shroom Rattan Pencil Reed Table Lamp Mid Century Modern
Located in Oxford, GB
Illuminate your space with elegance and artistry with this mid century modern style pencil reed rattan table lamp. Handcrafted with a beautiful structural shroom shape and accented w...
Rattan
$2,500 / item
H 29 in Dm 19 in
Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
Wood, Fabric, Linen, Fiberglass
Ceiba Table Lamp
By Chuch Estudio
Located in Mérida, MX
The Ceiba Lamp embodies the essence of artisanal craftsmanship, meticulously crafted entirely by hand. Inspired by the sacred Tree of Life in the Yucatan Peninsula, renowned as the C...
Clay, Linen
$13,862 / item
H 49.22 in Dm 70.87 in
Brass and Parchment Paper Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Impressive chandelier made of white enameled brass arms holding six beautiful parchment paper shades, which can be adjusted thanks to the handle of each socket. Signed by the arti...
Brass
Pair of Sculptural Concrete Chairs by Merit Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning pair of outdoor chairs made of solid concrete and each with a perfect and unique patina. Round saucer seat with angular legs. Incredible modern design perfect for any outdoo...
Concrete
$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
$1,172Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 20.08 in Dm 18.12 in
Gervasoni Brise 43 Coffee Table by Federica Biase
By Gervasoni, Federica Biasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Outdoor conviviality is the key of one of the collections by Federica Biasi. Brise, literally breeze, aims at taking us back to that pleasant sensation when a breeze makes the summer...
Concrete
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.