Vittoria Wall Sconce in Horn, Stainless Steel & Ivory Shantung by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Vittoria Wall Sconce in Horn, Stainless Steel & Ivory Shantung by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 21 x W 32 x H 52 cm. Materials: Horn, stainless steel, and ivory shantung. All our lamps can...
Other, Stainless Steel
Florian Table Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Florian Table Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Leather by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 24 x W 50 x H 62 cm. Materials: Horn, burnished brass, ivory shantung, and leather. Available i...
Brass, Other
Essenziale Console Table in Horn, Tosca Leather & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Essenziale Console Table in Horn, Tosca Leather & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 37 x W 160 x H 87 cm. Materials: Matte horn, Tosca leather, and burnished brass. In 1958,...
Brass, Other
Egon Chaise Longue with Armrests in Leather, Wood, Fabric & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Egon Chaise Longue with Armrests in Leather, Wood, Fabric & Horn by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 90 x W 250 x H 60 cm. Materials: Horn, fabric, wood, pebbled leather, polyurethane foam, an...
Other
Sibilla Cigar Humidor in Horn, Chromed Brass, Cedar & Glossy Ebony by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Sibilla Cigar Humidor in Horn, Chromed Brass, Cedar & Glossy Ebony by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 24 x W 32 x H 12 cm. Materials: Glossy ebony, horn, cedar, and chromed brass. Colours an...
Brass, Other
Leandro Ash Tray in Glossy Horn, Chromed Brass & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Leandro Ash Tray in Glossy Horn, Chromed Brass & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 20 x W 20 x H 6 cm. Materials: Glossy horn, chromed brass, and Aid...
Brass, Other
Andria Coffee Table in Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Andria Coffee Table in Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 160 x H 28 cm. Materials: Lacquered wood, horn, and burnished brass. Available in different s...
Brass, Other
Alfio Chessboard Table in Dark Horn, Lacquered Wood, Glass & Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Alfio Chessboard Table in Dark Horn, Lacquered Wood, Glass & Brass by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 55 x W 55 x H 60 cm. Materials: Horn, wood with lacquered black ...
Brass, Other
Dorotea Picture Frame in Horn, Ebony Veneer & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Dorotea Picture Frame in Horn, Ebony Veneer & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 5 x W 24 x H 30 cm. Materials: Glossy horn, Amara ebony veneer, and A...
Other
Florian Table Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Florian Table Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Leather by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 12 x W 32 x H 41 cm. Materials: Horn, burnished brass, ivory shantung, and leather. Available i...
Brass, Other
Dorotea Picture Frame in Horn, Ebony Veneer & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Dorotea in Picture Frame in Horn, Ebony Veneer & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 5 x W 19 x H 24 cm. Materials: Glossy horn, Amara ebony veneer, an...
Other
Pompei Coffee Table in Tobacco Oak Veneer, Horn & Steel Metal by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Pompei Coffee Table in Tobacco Oak Veneer, Horn & Steel Metal by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 120 x H 28 cm. Materials: Oak veneer, horn, and satin brass-plated stainless steel. Available...
Other, Brass, Stainless Steel
Andria Console Table Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Andria Console Table Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 42 x W 162 x H 60 cm. Materials: Glossy black lacquered wood, horn, and burnished brass. In 195...
Brass, Other
Nettuno Console Table in Horn & Burnished Brass Plated Steel by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Nettuno Console Table in Horn & Burnished Brass Plated Steel by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 180 x H 80 cm. Materials: Matte horn and burnished brass-plated stainless steel. In 195...
Brass, Other, Stainless Steel
Babel Floor Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Tosca Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Babel Floor Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Tosca Leather by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 190 cm. Materials: Horn, ivory, Tosca leather, and brass. All our lamps can be wired...
Brass, Other
Ottavia Box in Glossy Horn, Ebony Veneer & Aida Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Ottavia Box in Glossy Horn, Ebony Veneer & Aida Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 13 x W 13 x H 11 cm. Materials: Glossy horn, ebony veneer, and Aida...
Stainless Steel, Other
Ottavia Box in Glossy Horn, Ebony Veneer & Aida Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Ottavia Box in Glossy Horn, Ebony Veneer & Aida Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 13 x W 22 x H 8 cm. Materials: Glossy horn, ebony veneer, and Aida ...
Stainless Steel, Other
Zafira Boiserie Wall Panel in Leather with Horn & Silk Detailing by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Zafira Boiserie Wall Panel in Leather with Horn & Silk Detailing by Arcahorn Dimensions: L 100 x H 100 cm. Materials: Horn, leather, and silk. Colours and shades of horn processed b...
Other
Lepanto Backgammon Set in Leather, Horn & 24K Gold Plated Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Lepanto Backgammon Set in Leather, Horn & 24K Gold Plated Brass by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 50 x W 69 x H 4 cm. Materials: Tosca leather (cat. Super), dark bro...
Gold Plate, Brass, Other
Keplero Oval End Table in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Horn & Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Keplero Oval End Table in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Horn & Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 55 x H 56 cm. Materials: Makkasar ebony veneer, horn, and brass. In 1958, Mario Guerra...
Other, Brass
Demetra Coffee Table in Satin Dalmata Marble, Horn & Satin Metal in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Demetra Coffee Table in Satin Dalmata Marble, Horn & Satin Metal by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 120 x W 160 x H 39 cm. Materials: Marble, horn, and satin metal. In 1958, Mario Guerra, a ...
Marble, Other, Metal
Andria Side Table in Blue Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Andria Side Table in Blue Lacquered Wood, Horn & Burnished Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 55 cm. Materials: wood with lacquered water blue gloss finish, horn, and burnished b...
Brass, Other
Otto Cabinet in Glossy Ebony, Horn, Glass & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Otto Cabinet in Glossy Ebony, Horn, Glass & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 55 x W 180 x H 75 cm. Materials: Glossy ebony, horn, and 24K gold-plated brass. In 1958, ...
Gold Plate, Brass, Other
Argo Cabinet in Glossy Ebony, Horn, Glass & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Argo Cabinet in Glossy Ebony, Horn, Glass & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 55 x W 250 x H 75 cm. Materials: Glossy ebony, horn, and 24K gold-plated brass. In 1958, ...
Brass, Other, Gold Plate
Fedora Jewlery Box in Glossy Ebony, 24K Gold-Plated Brass, & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Fedora Jewlery Box in Glossy Ebony, 24K Gold-Plated Brass, & Horn by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 13 x W 13 x H 8 cm. Materials: Glossy ebony, engraved 24K gold-plated brass, and horn. Av...
Brass, Other
Fedora Jewlery Box in Glossy Ebony, 24K Gold-Plated Brass, & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Fedora Jewlery Box in Glossy Ebony, 24K Gold-Plated Brass, & Horn by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 13 x W 21 x H 8 cm. Materials: Glossy ebony, engraved 24K gold-plated brass, and horn. Av...
Brass, Other
Isa Jewlery Box in Glossy Ebony, 24K Gold-Plated Brass, & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Isa Jewlery Box in Glossy Ebony, 24K Gold-Plated Brass, & Horn by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 13 x W 21 x H 8 cm. Materials: Glossy ebony, engraved 24K gold-plated brass, and horn. Avail...
Brass, Other
Elba Butlers Serving Table in Horn, Lacquered Wood & Stainless Steel by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Elba Butlers Serving Table in Horn, Lacquered Wood & Stainless Steel by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 46 x W 70 x H 77 cm. Materials: Horn, wood with lacquered ivor...
Stainless Steel, Other
No. 04 Wildebeest Horn Frame Contemporary Art Table Lamp, Sander Bottinga
By Sander Bottinga
Located in Geneve, CH
Wildebeest horn table lamp, Sander Bottinga Light object - table model - Wildebeest horn Polished wildebeest horn framed in handmade forged iron frame with leather inlaid base an...
Iron
Artide Ice Bucket in Glossy Horn, Ebony Veneer & Stainless Steel by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Artide Ice Bucket in Glossy Horn, Ebony Veneer & Stainless Steel by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 17 x W 17 x H 19 cm. Materials: Horn, ebony veneer, and stainless ...
Stainless Steel, Other
Minerva Console Table in Titanium Travertine, Horn & Satin Metal in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Minerva Console Table in Titanium Travertine, Horn & Satin Metal by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 45 x W 165 x H 88 cm. Materials: Travertine, horn, and satin metal. In 1958, Mario Guerra,...
Travertine, Metal, Other
Priora Box in Horn, Brass & Lacquered Wood with Ivory Gloss Finish by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Priora Box in Horn, Brass & Lacquered Wood with Ivory Gloss Finish by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 20 x W 28 x H 11 cm. Materials: Wood with lacquered ivory gloss finish, horn, and chromed...
Brass, Other
Set Of 2 Sterlet Caviar Bowls in Horn, Lacquered Wood & Crystal by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Sterlet Caviar Bowls in Horn, Lacquered Wood & Crystal by Arcahorn Dimensions: Small: D 14 x W 14 x H 9 cm. Large: D 20 x W 20 x H 11 cm. Materials: Horn, lacquered wood, an...
Crystal, Other
Louisa Wall Sconce in Glossy Horn, Burnished Brass & Satin Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Louisa Wall Sconce in Glossy Horn, Burnished Brass & Satin Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 10 x W 30 x H 40 cm. Materials: Glossy horn and brass. All our lamps can be wired acco...
Brass, Other
Babel Table Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Tosca Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Babel Table Lamp in Horn, Brass, Ivory Shantung & Tosca Leather by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 75 cm. Materials: Horn, ivory, Tosca leather, and brass. All our lamps can be wired ...
Brass, Other
Set Of 2 Igor Bookends in Lacquered Wood, Stainless Steel & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Igor Bookends in Lacquered Wood, Stainless Steel & Horn by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 15 x W 15 x H 22 cm. Materials: Wood with lacquered black gloss fi...
Other, Stainless Steel
Pompei Coffee Table in Black Oak Veneer, Horn & Brass-Plated Steel by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Pompei Coffee Table in Black Oak Veneer, Horn & Brass-Plated Steel by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 160 x H 38 cm. Materials: Oak veneer, horn, and satin brass-plated stainless steel. Avai...
Brass, Stainless Steel, Other
Veletta Two-Sided Magnifying Make-Up Mirror in Brass, Horn & Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Veletta Two-Sided Magnifying Make-Up Mirror in Brass, Horn & Wood by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 13 x W 21 x H 35 cm. Materials: Horn, mirror, brass, and lacquered wood. Available in thr...
Brass, Other
Medea Picture Frame in Horn & Lacquered Wood with Ivory Gloss by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Medea Picture Frame in Horn & Lacquered Wood with Ivory Gloss by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 5 x W 19 x H 24 cm. Materials: Horn and lacquered wood. Ava...
Other
Armida Two-Sided Magnifying Make-Up Mirror in Brass, Horn & Ebony by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Armida Two-Sided Magnifying Make-Up Mirror in Brass, Horn & Ebony by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 14 x W 20 x H 44 cm. Materials: Horn, mirror, brass, and ebony. ...
Other, Brass
Dalila Picture Frame in Horn Inlays & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Dalila Picture Frame in Horn Inlays & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 5 x W 30 x H 36 cm. Materials: Glossy horn and 24K gold-plated brass. ...
Other, Gold Plate, Brass
Dalila Picture Frame in Horn Inlays & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Dalila Picture Frame in Horn Inlays & 24K Gold-Plated Brass by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 5 x W 25 x H 30 cm. Materials: Glossy horn and 24K gold-plated brass. ...
Gold Plate, Brass, Other
Erasmo Square Wall Mirror in Dark Horn & Lacquered Black Glossy Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Erasmo Square Wall Mirror in Dark Horn & Lacquered Black Glossy Wood by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 10 x W 100 x H 100 cm. Materials: Horn, mirror, and lacquered wood. Colours and shades...
Other
Set Of 2 Chelsea Round Wine Coasters in Horn & Ivory Lacquered Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Chelsea Round Wine Coasters in Horn & Ivory Lacquered Wood by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 10 x H 2 cm. Materials: Horn and lacquered wood. Colours and shades of horn processed b...
Other
Elia Tray in Dark Horn & Wood with Lacquered Black Gloss Finish by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Elia Tray in Dark Horn & Wood with Lacquered Black Gloss Finish by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 25 x W 50 x H 4 cm. Materials: Dark horn and wood with lacquered bl...
Other
Astrid Wall Mirror in Hand Engraved 24K Gold Plated Brass & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Astrid Wall Mirror in Hand Engraved 24K Gold Plated Brass & Horn by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 10 x W 100 x H 100 cm. Materials: Horn, mirror, and 24K gold-plated brass. Colours and sha...
Brass, Other, Gold Plate
Olivia Pouf in Lario Velvet, Horn Inlay & Wood with Satin Finish by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Olivia Pouf in Lario Velvet, Horn Inlay & Wood with Satin Finish by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: Horn, velvet, and wood with a satin finish. Different fabrics are...
Other
Berro Tray in Horn, Brass & Lacquered Wood with Ivory Gloss Finish by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Berro Tray in Horn, Brass & Lacquered Wood with Ivory Gloss Finish by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 35 x W 53 x H 7 cm. Materials: Wood with lacquered ivory gloss finish, horn, and chromed ...
Brass, Other
Set Of 2 Patino Lighter & Ash Tray in Horn, Brass & Gloss Ebony by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Patino Lighter & Ash Tray in Horn, Brass & Gloss Ebony by Arcahorn Dimensions: Lighter: D 8 x W 8 x H 9 cm. Ash Tray: D 16 x W 20 x H 5 cm. Materials: Horn, chromed brass, a...
Brass, Other
Minerva Console Table in Satin Dalmata Marble, Horn & Satin Metal in by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Minerva Console Table in Satin Dalmata Marble, Horn & Satin Metal by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 45 x W 165 x H 88 cm. Materials: Marble, horn, and satin metal. In 1958, Mario Guerra, a ...
Marble, Metal, Other
Set Of 2 Clinio Lighter & Ash Tray in Dark Horn, Brass & Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Clinio Lighter & Ash Tray in Dark Horn, Brass & Wood by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: Lighter: Ø 8 x H 12 cm. Ash Tray: Ø 22 x H 5 cm. Materials: Dark horn, ...
Brass, Other
Set Of 3 Bacco Smoking Lighter & Ash Trays in Horn, Brass & Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Bacco Smoking Lighter & Ash Trays in Horn, Brass & Wood by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: Lighter: D 10 x W 10 x H 9 cm. Cigarette Ash Tray: D 16 x W 16 x H 4...
Brass, Other
Borgia Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Ivory Shantung by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Borgia Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Ivory Shantung by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 64 cm. Materials: Horn, 24K gold-plated brass, and ivory shantung. All our ...
Gold Plate, Brass, Other
Mida Tray in Amara Ebony Veneer, Horn & 24K Gold Plated Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Mida Tray in Amara Ebony Veneer, Horn & 24K Gold Plated Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 40 x W 60 x H 5 cm. Materials: Horn, ebony veneer, and 24K gold-plated brass. Colours and sha...
Other, Gold Plate, Brass
Medea Picture Frame in Dark Horn & Lacquered Wood with Black Gloss by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Medea Picture Frame in Dark Horn & Lacquered Wood with Black Gloss by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 5 x W 16 x H 21 cm. Materials: Dark horn and lacquered wood. ...
Other
Eclisse Table Lamp in Matte Horn, Silk, Black Oak Veneer & Brass by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Eclisse Table Lamp in Matte Horn, Silk, Black Oak Veneer & Brass by Arcahorn Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 75 cm. Materials: Horn, silk, brass, and black oak veneer. Also available in a diff...
Other, Brass
Set Of 4 Calipso Office Set in Tosca Leather, Wood & Dark Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Calipso Office Set in Tosca Leather, Wood & Dark Horn by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: Desk Blotter: D 50 x W 75 x H 5 cm. A4 Letter Tray: D 25 x W 34 x H 5 ...
Brass, Other
Saba Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Beige Pongé Silk by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Saba Table Lamp in Horn, 24K Gold-Plated Brass & Beige Pongé Silk by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 12 x W 32 x H 40 cm. Materials: Horn, 24K gold-plated brass, and beige pongé silk. Availa...
Other, Gold Plate, Brass
Set Of 2 Dafne Picture Frames in Dark Horn & Lacquered Black Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Dafne Picture Frames in Dark Horn & Lacquered Black Wood by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: Large: D 5 x W 23 x H 29 cm. Small: D 5 x W 17 x H 23 cm. Materials...
Brass, Other
Set Of 2 Isacco Trays in Dark Horn, Chromed Brass & Amara Ebony Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Isacco Trays in Dark Horn, Chromed Brass & Amara Ebony Wood by Arcahorn Dimensions: Large: D 40 x W 60 x H 8 cm. Small: D 35 x W 50 x H 8 cm. Materials: Horn, ebony wood, an...
Brass, Other
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.