$4,563 / item
Balance 02 Sculpture by Joana Kieppe
Located in Geneve, CH
is to continue the ancient work with clay translated into modern pieces that remember they come from
Clay
$5,224 / item
Arc De Triomphe Decorative Object by Laura Pehkonen
Located in Geneve, CH
Pehkonen's work is the creation of abstract unique works using and combining different arts and crafts
Ceramic
$3,004 / item
Asparagus Decorative Object by Laura Pehkonen
Located in Geneve, CH
heart of Pehkonen's work is the creation of abstract unique works using and combining different arts and
Other
$4,571 / item
Balance 01 Sculpture by Joana Kieppe
Located in Geneve, CH
is to continue the ancient work with clay translated into modern pieces that remember they come from
Clay
Big Pale Asparagus Decorative Object by Laura Pehkonen
Located in Geneve, CH
abstract unique works using and combining different arts and crafts techniques. In her sculptures, rough
Other
$10,449 / item
Shadows Awakening #1 Sculpture by Gorn Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Shadows Awakening #1 sculpture by Gorn Ceramics Dimensions: D60 x H180 cm Materials: Ceramic. "We are a ceramics workshop, specializing in creating unique elements of decor and ...
Ceramic
$8,620 / set
Tanok Diptych Sculptures by Gorn Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Tanok Diptych sculpture by Gorn Ceramics Dimensions: Height (1): 87 Height (2): 79 Materials: ceramic. "We are a ceramics workshop, specializing in creating unique elements o...
Ceramic
$2,220 / item
Ori 02 Sculpture by Joana Kieppe
Located in Geneve, CH
is to continue the ancient work with clay translated into modern pieces that remember they come from
Clay
$2,457 / item
Ori 01 Sculpture by Joana Kieppe
Located in Geneve, CH
continue the ancient work with clay translated into modern pieces that remember they come from the earth
Clay
Rare Lucite Table Sculpture in the Style of Vasa Mihich
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple table sculpture, solid 4.25" x 3.5" x 18.75" from thick to thin Lucite, in the style of Vasa Mihich, circa 1980s. A geometric translucent sculpture made of Lucite with a taper...
Lucite
$979 / item
Element 42 Medium Sculpture by Linda Weimann
Located in Geneve, CH
Element 42 Medium Sculpture by Linda Weimann One of a Kind Dimensions: D39 x W9 x H39 cm Materials: Gypsum with naturel clay pigments surface. Also Available in different colours...
Clay
$178 / item
Doggo #2 Sculpture by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Doggo #2 sculpture by Siup Studio Dimensions: D8 x W12 x H20 cm Materials: Ceramics Siup is a small design studio based in Warsaw. The concept is created by three friends – Mart...
Ceramic
$178 / item
Furry Doggo Sculpture by Siup Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Furry doggo sculpture by Siup Studio. Dimensions: D5 x W17 x H15 cm. Materials: Ceramics. Siup is a small design studio based in Warsaw. The concept is created by three friends ...
Ceramic
$4,571 / item
Sound of Kiln Sculpture by Edie Xu
Located in Geneve, CH
Sound of Kiln Sculpture by Edie Xu Dimensions: W 76 x D 76 x H 89 cm. Materials: Terracotta. Edie Xu, b. in New York and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. Her wo...
Terracotta
$6,792 / item
Sculpture 02 20 by Edie Xu
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculpture 02 20 by Edie Xu Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 69 cm. Materials: Stoneware. Edie Xu, b. in New York and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. Her work spans ...
Stoneware
Vintage Boho Stacked Stone and Marble Geometric Sphere Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exuding a bold, graphic glamour, this vintage monumental sculpture is a stunning example of 1980s Postmodern design. The piece features a dramatic, large-scale sphere meticulously cr...
Marble
Set of 2 Memphis Style ceramic sculptures , 1980s
Located in Delft, NL
Set of 2 Memphis Style ceramic sculptures , 1980s Dimensions: 30cm Height , 8cm Width , 8cm Depth Condition: Good Color: Black Material: Ceramic
Ceramic
Peak Of A Century Sculpture by Markus Friedrich Staab
By Markus Friedrich Staab
Located in Geneve, CH
, an extroverted Rietveld, or a modern architect’s or design aficionado’s cantilever chair. Each object
Wood, Paint
$1,306 / item
Licuala Grandis Object by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Licuala Grandis Object by Sofia Alvarado Dimensions: D45x H30 cm Materials: Lacquered solid metal One of a Kind. FI is an ornamental artist who embodies the creative revelation of t...
Metal
$1,959 / item
Half Life Object by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Half life object by Sofia Alvarado Dimensions: D 40x H 25 cm Materials: lacquered solid metal One of a Kind. FI is an ornamental artist who embodies the creative revelation of ...
Metal
Cloud with Bronze Sticks Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud with bronze sticks marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 25 x W 20 x H 30 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in ...
Marble
$1,508 / item
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 23 x W 24 x H 19 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in...
Marble
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Comedy and tragedy of the animal marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D18 x W19 x H49 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerlan...
Marble
Music Resonance Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Music Resonance hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 8 x W 41 x H 65 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland i...
Marble
$1,880 / item
Round Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Round hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 16 x W 25 x H 21 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Alre...
Marble
Geometrical Force in Nature Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometrical force in nature marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 15 x W 24 x H 24 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland ...
Marble
Early Figure Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Early Figure hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 17 x W 17 x H 48 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in ...
Marble
$949 / item
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 15 x W 22 x H 12 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in...
Marble
$15,365 / item
Nike Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Nike hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 17 x W 41 x H 106 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961...
Marble
$1,880 / item
Round Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Round hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D16 x W25 x H21 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already...
Marble
$6,269 / item
Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 8 x W 41 x H 65 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already ...
Marble
$15,365 / item
Pan Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Pan hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 28 x W 45 x H 109 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Al...
Marble
Sprout Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Sprout hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 13 x W 18 x H 51 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. ...
Marble
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D13 x W20 x H48 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerlan...
Marble
Nearly Cross Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Nearly a cross hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 8 x W 23 x H 40 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland...
Marble
Florales Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Florales hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 10 x H 87 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Al...
Marble
February Contemporary Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
February contemporary marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 13.5 x W 17.5 x H 43 cm. Materials: marble All the artworks of Tom von Kaenel are unique, handcrafted by ...
Marble
$2,507 / item
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D21 x H44 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in his earl...
Marble
$4,545 / item
Madea Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Madea hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D15 x W5 x H52 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Alrea...
Marble
Standing Grey Cloud Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Standing grey cloud hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 34 x W 31 x H 35 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerl...
Marble
Early Figure Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Early figure hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 8 x H 23 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Al...
Marble
After Nature Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
After Nature hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 18 x H 54 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. A...
Marble
$7,528 / item
Heraldic Form Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Heraldic Form marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 8 x W 41 x H 60 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Alread...
Marble
$7,523 / item
Cat King Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cat King marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D15 x H53 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in his earl...
Marble
$11,921 / item
Echo Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Echo hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 12 x W 12 x H 80 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961....
Marble
Cat Face Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cat face hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D14 x W16 x H4 cm Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. A...
Marble
$1,449 / item
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 24 x H 22 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in his...
Marble
$3,448 / item
Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D14 x W18 x H26 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in...
Marble
on Top It Is Bright Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
On top it is bright marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 11 x W 15 x H 23 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961....
Marble
Early Figure Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Early Figure hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D20 x W24 x H49 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 196...
Marble
$10,344 / item
Echo Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Echo hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D12 x W18 x H76 cm Materials: marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Alrea...
Marble
$8,620 / item
Aries Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Aries hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 47 x W 20 x H 53 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961...
Marble
$3,448 / item
Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D34 x W28 x H18 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in...
Marble
$1,880 / item
Hand Carved Marble Vessel by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand carved marble vessel by Tom Von Kaenel. Dimensions: D 22 x H 20 cm. Materials: marble. Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already in his...
Marble
Lying Figure Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Lying Figure hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D18 x W16 x H8.5 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 19...
Marble
Cretian Man Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cretian man hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D24 x H77 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Alre...
Marble
Ritual Hand Carved Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Ritual hand carved marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel Dimensions: D 13 x H 47 cm Materials: Marble Tom von Kaenel, sculptor and painter, was born in Switzerland in 1961. Already...
Marble
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.