Hidden Secret Two-Piece Decorative Object in Glazed Ceramic by BERTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Hidden Secret Two-Piece Decorative Object in Glazed Ceramic by BERTO Unique Piece Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 48 cm. Materials: Glazed ceramics. At MUT Design, for over a decade, I ...
Ceramic
Pisces Crackle Glaze Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips
Located in Geneve, CH
Pisces Crackle Glaze Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips Dimensions: D8 x W 27 x x H 30 cm Materials: Ceramic Also available in other colors and custom sizes from 20cm tall - 5...
Ceramic
Pisces White Tall Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips
Located in Geneve, CH
Pisces White Tall Ceramic Sculpture by Stephanie Phillips Dimensions: D8 x W 28 x x H 35 cm Materials: Ceramic Also available in other colors and custom sizes from 20cm tall - 58cm...
Ceramic
Teocalli Sculptural Monolith in Basalt Granite & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Teocalli Sculptural Monolith in Basalt Granite & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 220 x W 90 x H 280 cm. Materials: Steel and basalt granite. Available in differen...
Other, Steel
Renaat Ramon Postmodern Lacquered Steel Sculpture, Belgium, 1989
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed by Belgian artist and architect Renaat Ramon, this abstract postmodern sculpture in lacquered steel was created in the 1990s as a functional yet artistic object. Its central...
Steel
Talisman Sculpture #2 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras
Located in Geneve, CH
Talisman Sculpture #2 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 13 x W 21 x H 52 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...
Bronze
Talisman Sculpture #3 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras
Located in Geneve, CH
Talisman Sculpture #3 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 10 x W 15 x H 37 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...
Bronze
Talisman Sculpture #1 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras
Located in Geneve, CH
Talisman Sculpture #1 in Sandy Stoneware with Bronze Inlays by Margaux Leycuras. One of a Kind, Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 13 x W 23 x H 37 cm. Material: Sandy stoneware with...
Bronze
Cariátide Small Sculpture in Carrara Marble Stone by NERINEA
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Cariatide is a modular stone sculpture series designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, available in multiple heights, proportions and materials as Jurassic Fossil Top or Marble. Insp...
Carrara Marble
Eólica Small Sculpture in Carrara Marble Stone by NERINEA
Located in VALENCIA, ES
A vertical sculptural totem, Eólica expresses the serene minimalism and architectural precision of Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. The Eólica series is a family of vertical stone sculpt...
Carrara Marble
Renaat Ramon Postmodern Lacquered Steel Sculpture, Belgium, 1989
Located in Antwerp, BE
Designed by Belgian architect and artist Renaat Ramon, this abstract postmodern sculpture in lacquered steel was created in the 1990s as a functional yet artistic object. Its central...
Steel
Pajaros Paloma Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Pajaros Paloma Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 18 x W 6 x H 24 cm Materials: Clay bronze finish What greater symbol of freedom is there than the ac...
Bronze
Pajaros Halcón Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Pajaros Halcón Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 8 x W 6 x H 24 cm Materials: Clay bronze finish What greater symbol of freedom is there than the act...
Bronze
Pajaros Cuervo Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Pajaros Cuervo Bronze Finished Clay Sculpture by Sebastián Ángeles Dimensions: D 15 x W 14 x H 24 cm Materials: Clay bronze finish What greater symbol of freedom is there than the a...
Bronze
Curtis Jere 1980s Brass on Marble Base Ribbon Heart Flame Table Floor Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A Curtis Jere 1980s ribbon heart flame sculpture. This monumental Jere sculpture features a massive brass sculpture inset inside a round marble stone base. The sculpture features a r...
Brass
Unique Ocean Flower 006 Porcelain and 18k Gold Luster Sculpture by Mina Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Ocean Flower 006 Porcelain and 18k Gold Luster Sculpture by Mina Ceramics. One of a Kind. Dimensions: W 15 x D 32 x H 33 cm. Materials: Porcelain with 18k Gold Luster. About...
Gold
Beige Inverse Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Inverse Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 29 x W 19 x H 25 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, black burnished plaster. Each...
Other
Black Alongside Out Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Alongside Out Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 28 x W 24 x H 24 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, black burnished plaster....
Other
Grey Attachment I Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Attachment I Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 28 x W 28 x H 24 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, grey burnished plaster. E...
Other
Black Converse Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Converse Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 28.5 x W 28 x H 34 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, black burnished plaster. E...
Other
$1,545 / item
Tan Duo I Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Tan Duo I Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 22 x W 18 x H 22 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, tan burnished plaster. Each piece...
Other
Black Resting Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Resting Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 26 x H 26 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, black burnished plaster. Ea...
Other
White Duo II Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
White Duo II Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 21 x W 21 x H 23 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, white burnished plaster. Each ...
Other
White Direction I Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
White Direction I Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 26 x W 26 x H 38.5 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, white burnished plaster....
Other
Soft Pink Resting Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Soft Pink Resting Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 26 x H 26 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, soft pink burnished plas...
Other
Soft Pink Attachment II Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Soft Pink Attachment II Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 32 x W 25 x H 25 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, soft pink burnished ...
Other
Black Alongside In Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Alongside In Hand Crafted Sculpture by Rachael Heritage Each Piece is Unique Dimensions: D 26 x W 24 x H 26 cm Materials: recycled card, fibre-cement, black burnished plaster. ...
Other
Black diabas sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland circa 1985
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Polished diabase sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland, circa mid-1980s. Composed of two elongated elements with rounded ends, the piece unfolds horizontally. Their arr...
Stone
A Very Unusual Patchwork Collage Ceramic Cheetah
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Very Unusual Patchwork Collage Ceramic Cheetah This charming Cheetah is by La Vie Collage is from the Safari Collection it has a patchwork decoration of jungle animals This rar...
Ceramic
TOWERX15 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX15 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland. Dimensions: W 35 x D 15 x H 140 cm. Materials: Iron plate with Matte black brocade finish. The TOWERX1 series comp...
Iron
Set of 2 Unique Sueño De Los Andes II, Sculptural Vessels by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Unique Sueño De Los Andes II, Sculptural Vessels by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: Left: W 11 x D 8 x H 27 cm. Right: W 24 x D 8 x H 21 cm. Materials: Low-tem...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Memorias Del Agua II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Memorias Del Agua II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 10.5 x D 10.5 x H 24 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Memorias Del Agua I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Memorias Del Agua I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 13 x D 13 x H 29 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ceram...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Nocturna Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Nocturna Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 12 x D 10 x H 24 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ceramic with ope...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Sueño De Los Andes I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Sueño De Los Andes I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 13 x D 11 x H 35 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware cera...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Desde La Tierra III Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Desde La Tierra III Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 18.5 x D 13.5 x H 19 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware c...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Desde La Tierra II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Desde La Tierra II Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 11.5 x D 11.5 x H 28 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ce...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Unique Desde La Tierra I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Desde La Tierra I Sculptural Vessel in Ceramic by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: W 15 x D 11 x H 29 cm. Materials: Low-temperature, burnished earthenware ceramic...
Ceramic, Earthenware
TOWERX12 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX12 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland. Dimensions: W 24 x D 24 x H 37.3 cm Materials: Iron plate with Matte black brocade finish. The TOWERX1 series comp...
Iron
TOWERX11 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX11 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland. Dimensions: W 35 x D 30 x H 53.8 cm Materials: Iron plate with Matte black brocade finish. The TOWERX1 series comp...
Iron
TOWERX25 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX25 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland. Dimensions: W 12.5 x D 10 x H 57 cm. Materials: Elm Wood with Dark Finish. The TOWERX2 series is a solid wood ...
Wood
TOWERX14 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX14 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 45 cm. Materials: Iron plate with Matte black brocade finish. The TOWERX1 series compr...
Iron
TOWERX27 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX27 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland. Dimensions: W 7.5 x D 13 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Elm Wood with Dark Finish. The TOWERX2 series is a solid wood...
Wood
TOWERX26 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX26 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland. Dimensions: W 7.5 x D 16.5 x H 26 cm. Materials: Elm Wood with Dark Finish. The TOWERX2 series is a solid wood...
Wood
TOWERX23 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX23 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland. Dimensions: W 12.5 x D 12.5 x H 26 cm. Materials: Elm Wood with Dark Finish. The TOWERX2 series is a solid woo...
Wood
TOWERX22 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX22 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland. Dimensions: W 8.5 x D 10.5 x H 43.5 cm. Materials: Elm Wood with Dark Finish. The TOWERX2 series is a solid wo...
Wood
TOWERX16 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX16 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland. Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 32 cm. Materials: Iron plate with Matte black brocade finish. The TOWERX1 series compr...
Iron
TOWERX17 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX17 Architectural Iron Sculpture in Matte Black by Towerland. Dimensions: W 15 x D 15 x H 70.8 cm. Materials: Iron plate with Matte black brocade finish. The TOWERX1 series com...
Iron
TOWERX21 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland
Located in Geneve, CH
TOWERX21 Architectural Elm Wood Sculpture in Dark Finish by Towerland. Dimensions: W 13.8 x D 13.8 x H 26.5 cm. Materials: Elm Wood with Dark Finish. The TOWERX2 series is a solid w...
Wood
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Red Vessels by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Red Vessels by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: Left: W 7 x D 7 x H 13 cm. Center: W 14 x D 9 x H 19.5 cm. Right: W 20 x D 13 x...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Black Vessels by Soledad Christie
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Unique Vasijas Para Sembrar Agua, Black Vessels by Soledad Christie. One Of a Kind. Dimensions: Left: W 16 x D 10 x H 20 cm. Center: W 6.5 x D 7 x H 10 cm. Right: W 19 x D 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$81,140 / item
Espirae Sculpture in Basalt & Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Espirae Sculpture in Basalt & Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 600 x W 200 x H 250 cm. Materials: Steel and basalt. Available in different finishes and material op...
Steel, Other
Arctic Circle Sculpture in Glass & Natural Clinker by Aleksandra Zawistowska
Located in Geneve, CH
Arctic Circle Sculpture in Glass & Natural Clinker by Aleksandra Zawistowska. One of a Kind. Dimensions: Available upon request. Materials: Hand-blown glass, natural clinker. Coordi...
Stone
Arctic Circle Sculpture #1 in Glass and Driftwood by Aleksandra Zawistowska
Located in Geneve, CH
Arctic Circle Sculpture #1 in Glass and Driftwood by Aleksandra Zawistowska. One of a Kind. Dimensions: Available upon request. Materials: Hand-blown glass, driftwood. Coordinates: ...
Driftwood, Glass, Blown Glass
Unique Arctic Circle Sculpture #3 in Glass and Stone by Aleksandra Zawistowska
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Arctic Circle Sculpture #3 in Glass and Stone by Aleksandra Zawistowska. One of a Kind. Dimensions: Available upon request. Materials: Hand-blown glass, stone. Coordinates: 7...
Stone
Alexander Calder Lithograph, 1975, Derriere le Miroir #221
By Alexander Calder
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alexander Calder Title: Derriere le Miroir #221 Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir #221 Medium: Lithograph in colors Date: 1975 Edition: Unnumbered Sheet Size: 15" x 22" Image Siz...
Lithograph
Aerated concrete sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Aerated concrete sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland in the mid-1980s. Composed of a monolithic volume carved with recesses and sharp edges, the piece introduces a mo...
Concrete
Organic pink sandstone sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, Switzerland 1980s
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Sandstone sculpture by Robert Neuhauser, made in Switzerland in the mid-1980s. Developed horizontally, the piece is structured around an elongated volume with softened contours, cr...
Sandstone
"Don't Wine, " Original Surreal Serigraph by Paula Schuette Kraemer & Bill Weege
By Paula Schuette Kraemer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Don't Wine" is a mixed media piece, predominately a serigraph, by Paula Schuette Kramer and Bill Weege. Both artists signed in pencil in the lower right, and the title is in the low...
Mixed Media
Pyrus Rock Pyramid Installation in Basalt & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Pyrus Rock Pyramid Installation in Basalt & Stainless Steel by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 250 x W 250 x H 250 cm. Materials: Stainless steel and basalt. Available in ...
Stainless Steel, 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.