Lorenz Nicolai Canetti Postmodern Memphis Wall Clock
Located in San Diego, CA
1980s Postmodern Memphis wall clock designed by Nicolai Canetti for the "ARTime Collection" Featuring a black frame and colorful geometric hands.
Plastic
Memphis Wall Clock by George Sowden & Nathalie du Pasquier for NEOS Lorenz
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Tilburg, NL
Beautiful black and white wall clock by Memphis group founding members George Sowden and Nathalie du Pasquier.
Plastic
Ziro Postmodern Wall Clock, Metal & Wood, Memphis Style, 1980s UK
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern English Wall Clock from Ziro, 1980s, in Very Good conditions.
Metal
Large Glass Postmodern Memphis Milano Wall Clock by Bino, Italy 80s
Located in Lucija, SI
Large Postmodern Memphis Milano wall clock produce by Bino Italy. Made in glass Unique piece
Glass, Plastic
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern / Memphis Era Art Glass Wall Clock by M.J. Bailey
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool postmodern / Memphis era art glass wall clock by M.J. Bailey, circa 1980s.
Glass
Vintage Glass Wall Clock Green and Orange Murano Memphis Style Italy, 1980s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Vintage glass wall clock Green and orange Murano Memphis Style Italy, 1980s This unique vintage wall clock impresses with its high-contrast design in Memphis style.
Glass
Vintage 1980s Swatch Maxi Giant Oversized Pop Art Wall Clock - Memphis Design
By Swatch
Located in St. Louis, MO
This iconic, colossal 1980s Swatch "Maxi" giant wall clock is the ultimate artifact of late 20th-century pop art culture and Memphis-style postmodern design.
Plastic
$350 / item
1980s Black Postmodern Wall Clock by Citizen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A truly stunning and rare Memphis Milano inspired wall clock made in Japan by Citizen.
Metal
Postmodern Striped Mirror Glass Black & White Wall Clock, 1980s, England
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful post-modern Memphis-style vintage wall clock from the 1980s, made in England.
Glass, Mirror, Plastic
Memphis Wall Clock – Pink – Handmade – 1980s
By Memphis Group
Located in NIEUWKUIJK, NB
This cool mirror has a nice memphis vibe. It probably dates from the 1980s, but we can’t find any information that. It looks handmade and is still in very good condition. There’s a s...
Plaster
Sold
H 13.39 in W 13.39 in D 2.37 in
Postmodern Memphis Wall Clock "Paradise", Shohei Mihara x Wakita, Japan, 1980s
By Wakita, Shohei Mihara
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: wall clock Memphis style Origin: Japan Producer: Wakita Paradise Age: 1980s Description: This original metal postmodern wall clock was...
Metal
Post-Modern Wakita Wall Clock By Shohei Mihara, 1980s
By Shohei Mihara
Located in San Carlos, CA
Very cool 1980s postmodern Memphis wall clock designed by Shohei Mihara for Wakita.
Plastic
Nicolai Canetti Art Time Wall Clock 1980s, Memphis Style
By Nicolai Abildgaard
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unique and rare wall clock designed by Nicolai Canetti, for the Art Time collection, Japan, 1980s.
Metal
1980s Postmodern Memphis Style Wall Clock by Milano Series
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nailing the iconic energy of the 1980s, this vibrant Memphis style wall clock by Milano Series features bold geometric shapes and bright primary colors and all the playful and irrev...
Glass, Plastic
1980s UMBRA Canada Colorful Quartz Wall Clock Memphis Style
By Umbra
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s UMBRA Canada Colorful Quartz Wall Clock Memphis Style Maker stamped Umbra Canada Made in USA 11 diameter x 2 d Original vintage condition.
Metal
1980s Postmodern Memphis Era Wall Clock by Howard Miller
By Howard Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design and rare piece circa 1980s glass face with aluminum frame, Classic design from the Memphis era nice colors and graphics Made in The USA, with battery-operated movement, ...
Aluminum
1980s Postmodern Memphis Era Wall Clock by Howard Miller
By Howard Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design and rare piece circa 1980s glass face with a brass ring frame, and a black plastic frame with a withe plastic accent edge line, Classic design from the Memphis era nice ...
Aluminum
1980's Post Modern Memphis Era Wall clock by Junghans Made in France
By Max Bill, Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful simple design great colors on this cool 1980's , postmodern design wall clock made by Junghans with German movement and the case made in France in plastic very nice conditi...
Plastic
1980's Graphic Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking postmodern, Memphis-inspired wall clock by Small World Greetings.
Plastic
1980's Geometric Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking postmodern, Memphis-inspired wall clock by Small World Greetings.
Plastic
1980s Postmodern Geometric Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking postmodern, Memphis-inspired wall clock by Small World Greetings.
Plastic
Post-Modern Guzzini Wall Clock by Bruno Gecchelin, Italy, 1980s
By Bruno Gecchelin, Guzzini
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful postmodern Memphis-style wall clock from the 1980s. Designed by Bruno Gecchelin, executed by Guzzini, Italy.
Plastic
Sold
H 32.29 in W 32.29 in D 2.96 in
Big Modernistic Wall Clock in Memphis Style created by Kurt Delbanco for Morphos
By Morphos
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This outstanding abstract circular clock was designed by Kurt B. Delbanco in 1980 for Morphos. Clock painted on a frame Lucite panel of 32 x 32 inches. Battery operated.
Lucite
Nathalie du Pasquier George Sowden Neos Clock Italy 1988 Grey
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Memphis era wall clock designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden and manufactured by Neos, Italy, 1988.
Glass, Plastic
Nathalie du Pasquier George Sowden Neos Clock Italy 1988 Blue
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Memphis wall clock designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden and manufactured by Neos, Italy, 1988.
Glass, Plastic
Postmodern / Memphis Era Art Glass Wall Clock
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool postmodern / Memphis era art glass wall clock, circa 1980s. The clock has a great colorful look and is signed on the frontside.
Glass
1990s Postmodern Wall Clock
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning and rare Memphis Milano inspired wall clock from the 1980s or 1990s.
Plastic
1980s Postmodern Memphis Era Italian Wall Clock by Virtime Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design and rare piece circa 1980s glass concave face with plastic frame, Classic design from the Memphis era nice colors and graphics Made in Italy, with battery operated movem...
Glass, Plastic
Sold
H 2.5 in Dm 13 in
80s Postmodern Memphis Shohei Mihara for Wakita & Canetti "Paradise" Wall Clock
By Canetti, Shohei Mihara, Wakita
Located in St. Louis, MO
1980s Postmodern & Memphis Milano influenced wall clock designed by Shohei Mihara and produced by Wakita & Canetti.
Metal
1980s Postmodern Memphis Era Italian Wall Clock by Nicola Canetti Signed
By Canetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design and rare piece circa 1980s glass face with aluminum frame, Classic design from the Memphis era nice colors and graphics Made in The USA, with battery-operated movement, ...
Aluminum
Memphis Period Clock by Nicolai Canetti
By Canetti
Located in Dallas, TX
Memphis period clock designed by Nicolai Canetti, 1980s. This is new old stock that's in the original box. Excellent working condition.
Metal
Memphis Milano Nathalie Du Pasquier and George Sowden Neos wall clock 1988
By George Sowden, Nathalie du Pasquier, Naos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Memphis Milano Nathalie Du Pasquier and George Sowden Neos wall clock 1988.
Aluminum
Green Wall Clock Takashi Kato Postmodern, 1980s Japanese Design
By Memphis Milano, Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Wall clock by Sessa. Takashi Kato designed a lot of clocks in the 1980s-1990s. Some of clock collections were released from Neos Lorenz in European Market. Which sold together with N...
Plastic
1990s Pastel Geometric Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fantastic postmodern, Memphis-inspired geometric wall clock with black hands, gray strips, and pastel primary colored accents by Small World Greetings from the 1990s.
Plastic
Oversized Wall Clock in Memphis Style by Morphos
By Morphos
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This outstanding abstract circular clock was designed by Kurt B. Delbanco in 1980 for Morphos. Clock painted on a frame lucite panel of 32 x 32 inches. Battery operated.
Lucite
Wall Clock Masayuki Kurokawa Gom Yellow Postmodern, 1980s
By Masayuki Kurokawa, Memphis Milano
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Wall clock by Masayuki Kurokawa. Made of rubber frame and color board. Two color variations available.
Rubber
Sold
H 1.75 in Dm 13.5 in
Memphis Wall Clock Green Marble Pattern du Pasquier and Sowden, Neos Italy 1980s
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Chicago, IL
Postmodern wall clock designed by the Memphis Group founding members and couple, George Sowden and Nathalie du Pasquier.
Glass, Plastic
Sold
H 1.63 in Dm 13.5 in
Memphis Wall Clock, Red Marble Effect, du Pasquier & Sowden x Neos, Italy, 1980s
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Chicago, IL
Red, black and green postmodern wall clock that is out of production. Designed by the Memphis Group founding members and couple, George Sowden and Nathalie du Pasquier in the 1980s.
Aluminum
80s Postmodern memphis age XL Wall clock wristwatch style
By Swatch
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Stunning original 80s quartz wall clock Postmodern memphis design made of colored plastic Highly decorative a real eye catcher on the wall Great for offices, halls, kids bedrrom, in...
Plastic
Memphis Style Clock Made by Canetti
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Memphis style clock made by Canetti.
$2,500
H 2.07 in Dm 12.13 in
Rare 1970s Vintage Howard Miller MCM Floating Lucite Wall Clock - Roman Numerals
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in St. Louis, MO
This exceptionally rare vintage wall clock by the celebrated Howard Miller Clock Company is a phenomenal example of high-end Postmodern design. The clock features a unique, minimalis...
Metal
Nomon Sunset Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
By Nomon, José María Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The wood of the extended hour markers adds warmth to the wall and the easy installation with adhesive brings versatility to the whole design. Available with a central box in chromed ...
Brass
Vintage East German Kitchen Wall Clock from Weimar, 1970s
By Weimar Electronic
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage kitchen wall clock with timer was made by Weimar in former East Germany during the 1970s - 1980s. It features a silver blue bakelite body and a convex clear glass cover. The...
Glass, Plastic, Bakelite
$1,200Sale Price|33% Off
H 975 in W 9.75 in D 2.5 in
Mid Century Modern Spartus Atomic Wall Clock! Hyper-Rare NOS Unused & Mint!
By Spartus Clocks
Located in Peoria, AZ
Time Warp! 1959 Sputnik Styled Spartus Wall Clock New Old Stock! Mint Vintage Condition! This is a spectacular find! An unused Sputnik style mid century modern Spartus wall clo...
Metal
Vintage Italian Postmodern Wall Clock from Junghans, 1980s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Italian Postmodern Wall Clock from Junghans, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Plastic
Henry Dreyfuss Wall Clock
By Henry Dreyfuss
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Highly graphic chrome wall clock with classic 50's details. Sweeping hand movement on this wonderful clock designed by one the greatest industrial designers of this century.
Chrome
$250Sale Price|50% Off
H 13.78 in W 6.3 in D 2.76 in
Glass Pendulum Clock Takashi Kato Postmodern, 1980s Japanese Design
By Nathalie du Pasquier, Memphis Milano
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Glass pendulum clock by Sessa. It can be used as both standing on the table and hanging on the wall. Takashi Kato designed a lot of clocks in the 1980s-1990s. Some of clock collectio...
Glass, Plastic
Vintage Office Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1980s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Industrial wall clock was produced by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1980s. It features a white aluminium dial and a curved plastic glass cover. The piece has been con...
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Junghans Ceramic Wall Clock, Germany 1950s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
This exceptional vintage wall clock by the renowned German manufacturer Junghans is a quintessential example of Mid-Century Modern "Rockabilly" era design. Crafted in Germany during ...
Brass
$171Sale Price|25% Off
H 18.71 in W 5.71 in D 11.42 in
Vintage Wall Clock by Thomas Eriksson for Ikea, Plastic & Metal, Italy
By Thomas Eriksson
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage clock realized by Thomas Eriksson for Ikea in 1990s. Plastic and metal. Very good condition.
Metal
Art Deco Stylish Desk Clock With 8 Day Movement , English, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
A fully restored Art Deco Style desk clock in full working condition. The movement is made by Mauthe and has been fully disassembled, cleaned and reassembled back into working condit...
Brass, Chrome
$10,000 / item
H 31.89 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in
Metropole Clock, by George Sowden for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, George Sowden, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Metropole Clock in plastic laminate, designed in 1982, George Sowden. George Sowden was born in Leeds, UK in 1942. He studied architecture at Gloucestershire College of Art in the 1...
Plastic
$348Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 2.37 in
Mid-Century Wall Clock by Klenoty, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Wall clock made by Klenoty in Czechoslovakia in 1960s. Made of glass and brass. Fully functional.
Metal
Rare Midcentury Table or Desk Clock, 1970s
By Memphis Milano
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type - functional
Metal
1970s Howard Miller Wall Clock designed by Arthur Umanoff Zebra Wood & Chrome
By Arthur Umanoff, Howard Miller, Irving Harper, George Nelson
Located in Miami, FL
This 1970s mid-century modern wall clock, designed by Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller, features a striking Zebra Wood veneer, a polished chrome frame, and original George Nelson-sty...
Zebra Wood
Mid-century Brass Frame Wall Clock by Atlanta, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Mid-century Brass Frame Wall Clock by Atlanta, 1960s, Germany It is working medium battery Measurements : 24 cm x 24 cm x 6 cm Please do not hesitate to ask us if you have any que...
Brass
Vintage Italian Postmodern Wall Clock from Junghans, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Italian Postmodern Wall Clock from Junghans, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Pla...
Plastic
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Chicago, IL
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock A blue and purple plastic postmodern wall clock with yellow hands and numbers designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for...
Plastic
$1,146
H 17.72 in W 17.72 in D 1.58 in
Vintage German Postmodern Wall Clock by Lehn and Diehl for Koziol, 1990s
By Jacob Diehl, Koziol
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Postmodern Wall Clock by Lehn and Diehl for Koziol, 1990s
Plastic
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.
Antique, new and vintage wall clocks have become available over the years in a diverse range of materials, such as wood, metal and glass, as well as styles from mid-century modern to Industrial.
Wall clocks have been designed by acclaimed creators and manufacturers such as Howard Miller Clock Company, Junghans Uhren GmbH, Pragotron and more. The Ball clock and Sunflower clock, which were created by designer Irving Harper in George Nelson’s studio during the mid-century era, are known to design enthusiasts and have become highly collectible over the years.
Whether you want an antique timepiece or one that will match a modern motif, you are sure to find one to suit any home or office decor.
The wall clocks of today have come a long way from the mechanical timepieces that originated in the 14th century. One of the most famous clocks from this era was made by Italian astronomer and physician Giovanni de’ Dondi and took approximately 16 years to complete. By the 17th century, wall clocks were popular luxury objects for the home.
Wall clock choices are not limited to just something that keeps time. A 19th-century bronze cartel clock and barometer set is an elegant addition to a foyer, while a vintage world-map clock allows you to see the time in several locations at once. Cleverly designed clocks have been created for all manner of tastes over the years.
On 1stDibs, you will find wall clocks and other types of antique and vintage clocks from various time periods, from Louis XV to Art Deco, and from all over the world, including Germany, France, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Bring a touch of class and personality into your living room or dining room with a unique timepiece.