$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
$2,433 / 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
$8,617 / 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
$4,308 / 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
$9,329 / 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
$17,164 / 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
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, 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
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
$17,164 / 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
$2,433 / 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
$8,617 / 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
$8,617 / 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
$4,308 / 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
$8,617 / 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
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
$17,235 / 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
$2,433 / 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
$21,955 / 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
$8,617 / 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
$26,873 / 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
$5,092 / 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
$19,039 / 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
$19,039 / 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
$4,308 / 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
$19,039 / 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
$15,433 / 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
$19,039 / 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
$5,092 / 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
$5,092 / 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 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
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
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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
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
$10,995 / 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 Plymouth, GB
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
Sasco Semi-Flush Mount Brass Light Fixture, Custom Finishes
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
The Sasco is a versatile custom-made solid brass and glass globe light fixture, which can be mounted on the ceiling or wall. Shown here in our factory brass, an uneven unfinished br...
Brass
LU Louis Sconce AS
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome LU Louis sconce AS. An all brass wall sconce in an aged silver finish with patterned perforations by Lumfardo Luminaires. Made contemporary in the US. Multiples available fo...
Brass, Nickel
$8,783 / 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
$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
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$1,764 / item
H 34.26 in W 18.12 in D 20.87 in
Contemporary sculptural chenille wood Silhouette dining chair by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Iron Design Award Winner for Furniture Design at the A’Design Award Competition 2023-2024 Silhouette is a surreal reminiscence of a woman’s sensual curves that arise designed in an ...
Fabric, Wood, Chenille, Beech
$1,543 / set
H 9.85 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
pair of wall lamps sconces barovier&toso 1950s - barovier & toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in taranto, IT
pair of murano glass wall sconces in white color machined, 1950s Barovier&Toso production, with brass construction elements, brass wall bracket. Made with the "dew" technique, that ...
Brass
$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
$2,500 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Yiannis Ghikas, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
$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
$1,750 / item
H 26 in W 16 in D 16 in
FIN Shade Ceramic Table Lamp, Hand Built, Green Satin Glaze, by Kalin Asenov
By Kalin Asenov
Located in Savannah, GA
FIN _November Green Please note that this listing includes the table base, light bulbs and finial. It is wired for use in the US. If you would like a linen shade as shown in the imag...
Ceramic
$1,780 / item
H 32.29 in W 18.12 in D 9.06 in
Murano Art Glass and Brass Pink Color Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
This charming wall lamp is entirely handmade in Murano. Each single leaf is handcrafted in high quality Murano blown glass; that's why each leaf is slightly different from the other....
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
$8,665 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Poplar Burl 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 Poplar burl wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccabl...
Burl, Poplar
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.