Bed, Asymmetrical Upholstered Platform Design, King Size Slatted Base, Italy
By Piero Lissoni, Living Divani
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Designed by Piero Lissoni, the piece emphasizes a refined tension between structural clarity and soft volume, resulting in a distinctive contemporary bed system.
Fabric, Upholstery, Foam, Wood
Bed, Beige Upholstered King Size Platform Design, Gunmetal Steel Feet, Italy
By Piero Lissoni, Living Divani
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Designed by Piero Lissoni, the piece balances structural clarity with a relaxed sense of comfort, resulting in a contemporary platform bed with a strong horizontal presence.
Brass, Steel
$2,140 / item
Kartell Trix Sofa Bed by Piero Lissoni in Black
By Piero Lissoni, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trix is made up of three different elements connected by an elegant system of elastics which can transform and adapt to different uses through easy rotation. Trix can be an original ...
Fabric, Plastic
$2,140 / item
Kartell Trix Sofa Bed by Piero Lissoni in Orange
By Piero Lissoni, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trix is made up of three different elements connected by an elegant system of elastics which can transform and adapt to different uses through easy rotation. Trix can be an original ...
Fabric, Plastic
$2,140 / item
Kartell Trix Sofa Bed by Piero Lissoni in White
By Kartell, Piero Lissoni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trix is made up of three different elements connected by an elegant system of elastics which can transform and adapt to different uses through easy rotation. Trix can be an original ...
Fabric, Plastic
$164,912
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with light grey interior. the second one with black interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Fiberglass
Anden I Opaline Acrylic Table Lamp by Studio Orbeat
Located in Geneve, CH
Anden I Opaline Acrylic Table Lamp by Studio Orbeat Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 12 cm Materials: opaline acrylic, bronze, bulit in dimmer switch and warm LED light. Fittings also av...
Bronze, Other
$7,950 / set
H 30.32 in W 26.78 in D 29.53 in
1940s Kozelka & Kropacek Armchairs in Texel Sheepskin & Brown Patinated Frame
By Jindřich Halabala, Karel Kozelka & Antonin Kropacek
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-Century Czech design by Kozelka & Kropacek, reupholstered in luxurious Texel sheepskin with warm brown patinated bentwood frames. Comfort, craftsmanship, and timeless style. De...
Sheepskin, Upholstery, Bentwood
$540 / item
H 157.4 in Dm 4.3 in
Flos Parentesi Pendant Light in Black by Achille Castiglioni & Pio Manzu
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni & Pio Manzu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Borne out of a 1971 collaboration between Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù, the Parentesi was named for the parenthesis symbol, a visual reference to the nickel-plated shaped tube t...
Steel
$9,070 / item
H 21.66 in W 76.78 in D 37.41 in
Modern Minho Chaise Longue, Velvet, Walnut, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Modern Minho Chaise Longue, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Minho chaise longue is a modern reinterpretation of traditional furniture de...
Walnut, Velvet, Oak, Leather, Alpaca, Mohair, Bouclé, Linen, Wood
$1,476 / item
H 67.72 in W 118.12 in D 15.75 in
Baleri Italia Cartoons Screen in Havana Paper by Luigi Baroli
By Luigi Baroli, Baleri Italia
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Screen with free-standing structure in corrugated paper-board extracted from pure cellulose. Completely recyclable and non-pollutive. Upper and lower edges in techno-polymer in matte...
Paper
$2,401Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.21 in W 51.58 in D 19.69 in
Vintage French Coffee Table with Leaf Motif Tiles by Roger Capron (circa 1970s)
By Roger Capron
Located in London, GB
Coffee table with leaf motif earthenware tiles by Roger Capron (circa 1970s). This charming rectangular-shaped low table is a quintessential example of collectible Capron. There are ...
Steel
$8,598 / 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
$12,775Sale Price|51% Off
H 10.23 in W 41.85 in D 15.51 in
Tacchini Le Mura Leather Sofa by Mario Bellini in STOCK
By Tacchini, Mario Bellini
Located in New York, NY
LE MURA RIGHT MODULE 90, LE MURA LEFT MODULE 90 & LE MURA CENTRAL MODULE 90 CAT. Z - ZAREEN 03 CLASP AND ZIPPERS MATT BLACK NICHEL T148 WITH INTERLINER CAL117 The project Le Mu...
Leather
$6,119
H 28.35 in W 70.08 in D 38.59 in
Le Bambole sofa in velvet By Mario Bellini For B&B Italia, 1970s
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Beautiful Le Bambole sofa in coral/pink coloured velvet designed by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia in the 1970s. This beautiful edition is reupholstered in a high quality cotton velve...
Velvet
De Sede Large Daybed or Lounge Set in Patinated Brown Leather
By De Sede
Located in Waalwijk, NL
De Sede, daybed, leather, Switzerland, 1970s This De Sede daybed/lounge set includes two parts: a lounge seat and an additional ottoman-style section, allowing for versatile configu...
Leather
Brazilian Modern Sofa, Percival Lafer 1960's
By Percival Lafer
Located in Uccle, BE
Sofa Mod. MP-13, 1960's Made by Lafer S. e Co, Sao Paulo Rosewood, chrome and faux leather H 70 x L219 x W80 x Seat Height 41Percival Lafer Mid-Century Brazilian sofa made of Walnut ...
Chrome
$5,795 / set
H 23.5 in W 32.25 in D 28.25 in
1970s Pierre Paulin for Artifort F303 Lounge Chair, a Pair
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a pair of Model F 303 chairs by legendary French furniture designer Pierre Paulin for Artifort, circa the 1970s. This stunning pair showcases a hard poly...
Fabric, Plastic
Tito Agnoli for Cinova Daybed Sofa in Cognac Leather
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tito Agnoli for Cinova, sofa or daybed, model '711', leather, laminated wood, copper, Italy, 1968 A cubic sofa designed by Italian designer Tito Agnoli for Cinova, which can be tran...
Copper
Pair of Bauhaus Modernist StyleTubular Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Great pair of Bauhaus tubular sling chairs in cowhide and matte steel. The arm covers are black leather that lace up underneath while the seat and back are lace-up cowhide. Similar ...
Steel
Tubular Steel “Z” Chair by Les Industries Amisco, 1970's
By Les Industries Amisco
Located in Lisboa, PT
This chair was designed and produced by Les Industries Amisco, a French Canadian company, maker of the popular "paper clip" stools, during the 1970's. It has a "Z" shape iron structu...
Metal, Iron
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.