Set of 4 MZO Chairs by Mazo Design
$2,795 / set
Set of 4 MZO Chairs by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 MZO chairs by Mazo Design. Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 75 cm.
2010s Danish Post-Modern Chairs
Other
$2,795 / set
Set of 4 MZO Chairs by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 MZO chairs by Mazo Design. Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 75 cm.
Other
White WNG Chairs in Moonlight Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White WNG Chairs in Moonlight Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Beechwood MZO Chair with Black Kvadrat Upholstered Seat by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
The Iconic Royal Blue MZO Chair in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
The Iconic Royal Blue MZO Chair in Beechwood by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 75 cm Materials: Beech.
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The Iconic Black Stained MZO Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
The Iconic Black Stained MZO Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 75 cm Materials: Beech.
Other
ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Gray WNG Chair in BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Gray WNG Chair in BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord, KVADRAT...
Other
ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak and Kongaline & Seafoam Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak and Kongaline & Seafoam Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges new pa...
Other
Warm Beige TMBO Lounge Chair BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Warm Beige TMBO Lounge Chair BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, textile Also available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/R...
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Tmbo Lounge Chairs in Oak and Jennifer Shorto Seafoam by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Tmbo Lounge Chairs in Oak and Jennifer Shorto Seafoam by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/Remix...
Other
Set of 4 Iconic Black Stained MZO Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
Set of 2 Iconic Royal Blue MZO Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Iconic Royal Blue MZO Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 75 cm Materials: Beech.
Other
The Iconic Black Stained MZO Chair in Beechwood with Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
Blue WNG Chair in KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord Fabric and Oak by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue WNG Chair in KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord Fabric and Oak by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: BUTE/Storr, KVADRAT/Hallingdal & ...
Other
Arch Lounge Chair in Oak & Daw/Mohair & McNutt Handwoven Textile by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Arch Lounge Chair in Oak & Daw/Mohair & McNutt Handwoven Textile by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: oak, textile With the new Arch collection, mazo forges ...
Other
Brown ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak, KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord Fabric by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Brown ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak, KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord Fabric by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges ...
Other
Soft Cream Arch Lounge Oak Chair Upholstered in Dedar/Artemidor by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Soft Cream Arch Lounge Oak Chair Upholstered in Dedar/Artemidor by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges ...
Other
White Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Moonlight Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Moonlight Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Sheepskin, Oak
Gray Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Bute/Storr Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Gray Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Bute/Storr Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/Rem...
Other
Mocha Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Mocha Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Striped Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Dedar/Linear Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Striped Tmbo Lounge Chair in Oak and Dedar/Linear Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADR...
Other
Set of 2 White TMBO Lounge Chairs in Moonlight Sheepskin by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 White TMBO Lounge Chairs in Moonlight Sheepskin by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Sheepskin, Oak
Set of 4 White TMBO Lounge Chairs in Moonlight Sheepskin by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 White TMBO Lounge Chairs in Moonlight Sheepskin by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Set of 4 Iconic Royal Blue MZO Dining Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Iconic Royal Blue MZO Dining Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 75 cm.
Other
Set of 4 Beechwood MZO Chairs with Black Kvadrat Upholstered Seat by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
Set of 2 Iconic Black Stained MZO Dining Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
Set of 2 Beechwood MZO Chairs with Black Kvadrat Upholstered Seat by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
Set of 2 Iconic Black Stained MZO Dining Chairs in Beechwood by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
With mazo's new edition this classical chair is once again made available to everyone looking for a quality dining chair.
Other
Set Of 2 ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak, Kongaline & Seafoam Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 ARCH Lounge Chair in Oak, Kongaline & Seafoam Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges ...
Other
Set of 2 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, sheepskin.
Other
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kongaline & Seafoam by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kongaline & Seafoam by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges new pat...
Other
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Set of 2 Tmbo Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kongaline & Seafoam by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Tmbo Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kongaline & Seafoam by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/...
Other
Set of 4 Dining WNG Chairs in Oak and KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Dining WNG Chairs in Oak and KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: BUTE/Storr, KVADRAT/Halling...
Other
Set of 2 White Dining WNG Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 White WNG Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: oak, sheepskin.
Other
Set of 4 White Dining WNG Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 White WNG Chairs in Oak and Sheepskin Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: oak, sheepskin.
Other
Set of 2 Dining WNG Chairs in Oak and KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Dining WNG Chairs in Oak and KVADRAT/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: BUTE/Storr, KVADRAT/Hallingd...
Other
Set of 2 ARCH Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Artemidor Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 ARCH Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Artemidor Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Fabric With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges n...
Other
Set of 4 ARCH Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Artemidor Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 ARCH Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Artemidor Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Fabric With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges n...
Other
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kvadrat/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kvadrat/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges ...
Other
Set of 2 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kvadrat/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Kvadrat/Hallingdal & Fiord by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm.
Other
Set of 2 TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Linear Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Linear Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVA...
Other
Set of 4 TMBO Lounge Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 TMBO Lounge Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADRAT...
Other
Set of 4 Tmbo Lounge Chairs in Oak and Jennifer Shorto Seafoam by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Tmbo Lounge Chairs in Oak and Jennifer Shorto Seafoam by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVA...
Other
Set of 2 Mocha TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Mocha TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Set of 4 TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Linear Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and DEDAR/Linear Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVAD...
Other
Set of 4 Mocha TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Mocha TMBO Lounge Chairs in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin.
Other
Set of 2 TMBO Lounge Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 TMBO Lounge Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: ROMO/Linara, DAW/Royal, KVADRAT...
Other
Set of 2 Gray WNG Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Gray WNG Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also Available: DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/Hallingdal...
Other
Set of 4 Gray WNG Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Gray WNG Chair in Oak and BUTE/Storr Fabric Upholstery by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile Also available: DAW/Royal, KVADRAT/Hallingdal...
Other
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Daw/Mohair & McNutt Fabric by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Daw/Mohair & McNutt Fabric by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges ...
Other
Set of 2 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Daw/Mohair & McNutt Fabric by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Arch Lounge Chairs in Oak and Daw/Mohair & McNutt Fabric by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 69 x D 79 x H 76 cm Materials: Oak, Textile With the new ARCH collection, mazo forges...
Other
White TMBO Lounge Chair & Pouf Set in Oak and Moonlight Sheepskin by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White TMBO Lounge Chair & Pouf Set in Oak and Moonlight Sheepskin by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm / W 49 x D 49 x H 34 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin Also Available:...
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Mocha TMBO Lounge Chair & Pouf Set in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin by Mazo Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Mocha TMBO Lounge Chair & Pouf Set in Oak and Sahara Sheepskin by Mazo Design Dimensions: W 90 x D 68.5 x H 87 cm / W 49 x D 49 x H 34 cm Materials: Oak, Sheepskin Also Available: RO...
Other
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
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
'Floatation' Japanese Paper Suspension Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Glendale, CA
'Floatation' Japanese paper suspension lamp for Ingo Maurer. Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966. With imagination, cre...
Metal, Iron
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
$1,635Sale Price / item|10% Off
H 5.25 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Small 'Single Block' Model #145 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
By Maison Paname, Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
Small 'Single Block' Model #145 Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le ...
Alabaster, Steel
Sold|$6,400
H 27 in W 35 in D 32 in
Viggo Boesen Style 1940s Danish Low Club or Lounge Chair in Pearl Sheepskin
By Flemming Lassen, Viggo Boesen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Comfortable, exuberant, and ultracool Danish lounge chair from the 1930-40's. These type of chairs were produced as companions to the curved "banana" sofas coming out of the of the ...
Beech, Sheepskin
Teardrop Pendant, by JDP Interiors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Pearl pendant features hand blown frosted glass in a teardrop shade with an unlacquered brass metal finish. Our take on a pearl earring. DIMENSIONS: 42.5" H x 10" W. Glass shad...
Brass
$7,485Sale Price / item|10% Off
H 44 in Dm 22 in
'Atlas' Alabaster Suspension Lamp by Denis De La Mesiere
By Pierre Chareau, Maison Paname
Located in Glendale, CA
'Atlas' Alabaster Suspension Lamp by Denis De La Mesiere Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de la Mesiere, who meticulousl...
Alabaster, Gold Leaf, Metal
Raul Reyes 'Rey 14' Perforated Brass Dome Ceiling Lamp
By Lisa Johansson-Pape, Paavo Tynell
Located in Glendale, CA
Raul Reyes 'Rey 14' Perforated brass dome ceiling lamp. Hand-fabricated in Los Angeles, these highly refined ceiling lamps are reminiscent of the iconic mid-century Finnish designs...
Brass
Large Alta Brass Dome Chandelier by Lawson-Fenning
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Alta brass dome features a spun metal shade with a brass canopy and rod. The shade is available in brass or powdercoated metal finishes. The Lawson-Fenning Collection is design...
Brass
$5,420 / item
H 42.01 in W 25.99 in D 1.19 in
Mid century style Ceiling Suspended Mirror with Bronze Patina Frame, Vintage N.4
By Alguacil & Perkoff Ltd.
Located in London, London
Mid-century style Vintage N.4 ceiling suspended mirror with a high quality pure brass full frame with a bronze patina finish. This piece is part of our original and fully customisabl...
Brass, Bronze
$5,100 / set
H 8 in W 5.5 in D 6.75 in
Murano Glass Wall Sconces in Brass, Barovier&Toso Style, Italy, New
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Austin, TX
Original vintage Murano glass pair of wall sconces with "rostrate" ("beaked") glass cups and brass structures, in the manner of Barovier e Toso. Each sconce holds one candelabra base...
Brass
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
Max Ingrand for Fontana Art pendant light. Italy c1950
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in London, GB
Rare Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte pendant light. Brass and acid etched glass. (A model that hasn't been copied!)
Brass
Bespoke Round Italian Dining Table in Travertine
Located in London, London
Travertine dining table Made to order in Italy Round top Honed or polished finish Rounded or straight edges Travertine pedestal. The photos show a selection of tables we have m...
Travertine
$1,514 / 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
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.
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.