$12,111 / item
Charles Serving Credenza by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Charles Serving Credenza by Madheke Dimensions: D 201 x W 55 x H 90 cm. Materials: Leather drawer fronts featuring embossed leather, Brushed antique finished brass drawer edge, Brass...
Brass
Vintage Yellow Acrylic Storage Cube with Three White Drawers after Joe Colombo
By Palaset, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Postmodern lemon yellow acrylic cube storage unit housing three white acrylic drawers with half-moon cut outs for pulls (ca. 1970s, Canada). Reminiscent of designs by both Pa...
Acrylic
Italian Brutalist Sideboard, 90s
Located in Buzzò, Emilia-Romagna
Introducing a timeless piece of furniture that will elevate your home - an Italian Brutalist Sideboard from the 1990s. Immerse yourself in the celebration of post-modern era with thi...
Wood
Vintage Boby Trolley by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Post modern plastic storage Boby trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast. designed in 1968. Iconic design, Logo and signature present. features several storage compartments a...
Plastic
$223 / item
Pina Hat Shelf by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Pina Hat Shelf by OK Design Dimensions: D 35 x W 68 x H 13 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Available in black, white, sea green, pigeon blue, or dusty peach. Please contact us. ...
Metal
$19,420 / item
Ventaglio Concrete and Cedar Vanity by Baka Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Ventaglio Concrete and Cedar Vanity by Baka Studio Limited Edition Dimensions: D 130 x W 48 x H 90 CM Materials: Concrete, cedar. Ventaglio is a vanity with a cast-concrete top and ...
Concrete
$44,020 / item
Mass Concrete and Oak Kitchen Island by Baka Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mass Concrete and Oak Kitchen Island by Baka Studio Limited Edition Dimensions: D 90 x W 200 x H 100 CM Materials: Concrete, oak. Mass is a monolithic kitchen island: a concrete top...
Concrete
5x USM Haller Rollcontainer Büroschrank Rollen dunkelblau offen
By WK Möbel, Fritz Haller
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen von fünf wunderschönen USM Haller Rollcontainern in dunkelblau zum Verkauf an. Die Bürocontainer lassen sich ideal unter dem Schreibtisch positionieren und bieten da...
Metal
USM Haller Bürocontainer Büroschrank Design weiß klein Fritz
By Fritz Haller, WK Möbel
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen, kleinen USM Haller Bürocontainer in weiß zum Verkauf an. Der kleine Büroschrank lässt sich ideal unter dem Schreibtisch positionieren und bietet dank ...
Metal
Italian Postmodern Sideboard with Geometric Front
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cabinet, cherry wood, ebony wood, mahogany wood, Italy 1970s This stunning sideboard, made from a luxurious combination of cherry, ebony wood, and mahogany, is a true statement piec...
Cherry, Ebony, Mahogany
IKEA Märd Rolling Storage Box in Red Plastic, 1990s
By IKEA
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vintage IKEA “Märd” rolling storage box from the 1990s, executed in durable molded red plastic. Designed as a compact and mobile storage solution, the piece features integrated whee...
Plastic
$188 / item
Object 095 Shelf by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 095 Shelf by NG Design Dimensions: W 30 x D 20 x H 10 cm Materials: Steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. Steel shelf w...
Steel
$1,295 / item
Cloud Steps Shelves, 12 Steps, by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Steps Shelves, 12 Steps, by OK Design Dimensions: D 24 x W 96 x H 176 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Cloud Steps is a wall-mounted, light, and poetic shelving system. Wit...
Metal
$365 / item
Cloud Steps Shelf by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Cloud Steps Shelf by OK Design Dimensions: D 24 x W 96 x H 52 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Cloud Steps is a wall-mounted, light, and poetic shelving system. With its unique z...
Metal
Bespoke Italian Mondrian Style Blue Green White Brown Modern Brass Dresser/Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary modern graphic Pop Art design six-drawer dresser / sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy, with a Piet Mondrian inspired abstract decor, the surrounds edged in natural...
Brass
Bespoke Italian Mondrian Style Blue Green White Brown Modern Brass Dresser/Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary modern graphic Pop Art design six-drawer dresser/sideboard, entirely handcrafted in Italy, with a Piet Mondrian inspired abstract decor, the surrounds edged in natural b...
Brass
Pastoe A'Dammer Roller Shutter Secretary, Grey
By Pastoe, Aldo van den Nieuwelaar
Located in Toronto, CA
A masterclass in restraint and rhythm. Designed in the 1980s by Dutch designer Aldo van den Nieuwelaar for UMS Pastoe, the ‘Amsterdammer’ wall desk takes the utilitarian DNA of a sec...
Plastic, Wood
$801 / item
Mortaise Wall Shelf-700 by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Mortaise wall shelf-400 by Clemence Birot Dimensions: 75 x 25 x 6,5 cm Materials: cork, metal. Clemence Birot started her career in Copenhagen, Denmark, and discovered a design prac...
Metal
$800 / item
Mortaise Wall Shelf-700 by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Mortaise wall shelf-400 by Clemence Birot Dimensions: 75 x 25 x 6,5 cm Materials: cork, metal. Clemence Birot started her career in Copenhagen, Denmark, and discovered a design prac...
Metal
$188 / item
Object 095 Shelf by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 095 Shelf by NG Design Dimensions: W 30 x D 20 x H 10 cm Materials: Steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. Steel shelf w...
Steel
$188 / item
Object 095 Shelf by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 095 Shelf by NG Design Dimensions: W 30 x D 20 x H 10 cm Materials: Steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. Steel shelf w...
Steel
Vintage Model Märd Rolling Storage Box from Ikea, 1990s
By IKEA
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Model Märd Rolling Storage Box from Ikea, Sweden, 1991 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Plastic, Wood Color: Red Period: 1990s Item ...
Plastic, Wood
Kuno Prey Container Model CO 1028 'Sciuscia' for Alessi Twergi, 1990s
By Alessi
Located in Skokie, IL
Kuno Prey Container model CO 1028 'Sciuscia' for Alessi Twergi Italy 1990. Rare. Additional information: Materials:colored wooden nails, textile, dark green. Dimensions: 12.5" W × ...
Textile, Wood
Luigi Saccardo 'Topline' Highboards in Vibrant Green and Black Color
By Luigi Saccardo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Saccardo, 'Beehive' large cabinets from the 'Topline' series, lacquered laminated wood, metal, Italy, circa 1976 Back in the seventies, Topline was a newly introduced collecti...
Metal
$8,674 / item
Delano 5046 TV Unit by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Delano 5046 TV Unit by Redeco Dimensions: W 250 x D 50 x H 42 cm Materials: Lightened mdf and mdf structure. One sliding doors. Four bronze glass shelves. ReDéco is a truly solid c...
Wood
$11,357 / item
Delano 5045 TV Unit by Redeco
Located in Geneve, CH
Delano 5045 TV Unit by Redeco Dimensions: W 250 x D 50 x H 42 cm Materials: Lightened mdf and mdf structure. One sliding doors. Four bronze glass shelves. ReDéco is a truly solid c...
Wood
$12,441 / item
Mohs Small Tabernacle by Studio Intervallo
Located in Geneve, CH
Mohs Small Tabernacle by Studio Intervallo Dimensions: W 30 x D 53 x H 75 cm Materials: Wooden structure, covered with marbled cotton paper. Mohs is a special element, which ari...
Wood
$13,982 / item
Mohs Medium Tabernacle by Studio Intervallo
Located in Geneve, CH
Mohs medium Tabernacle by Studio Intervallo Dimensions: W 30 x D 53 x H 115 cm Materials: Wooden structure, covered with marbled cotton paper. Mohs is a special element, which a...
Wood
$492 / item
Red Rondelle Round Shelf by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Rondelle round shelf by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 25 x H 14 cm Materials: oak wood. Available in other colors and with or without steel hanger. Rondelle can be a shelf...
Oak
Natural Rondelle Round Shelf by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Rondelle round shelf by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 25 x H 14 cm Materials: oak wood. Available in other colors and with or without steel hanger. Rondelle can be a s...
Oak
$375 / item
Natural Rondelle Shelf by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Rondelle shelf by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 80 x W 25 x H 18 cm Materials: oak wood. Available in other colors and with or without steel hanger. Rondelle can be a ...
Oak
$3,107 / item
Element Shelf by Idaaf Architects
Located in Geneve, CH
Element Shelf by Idaaf Architects Dimensions: W 125 x D 40 x H 85 cm Materials: Century Old Oak ‘Element’, which combines furniture of different functions, was created under the inf...
Oak
Vintage German Postmodern Profilsystem Collection Container with Glass Door, 80s
By Elmar Flötotto
Located in Hamburg, DE
Container with glass door from the profile system collection of Flötotto with a special decor. A very simple and functional design. The container comes from the Profilsystem collect...
Glass
Kampa bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Design
By Memphis Milano, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Ravenna, IT
The product in question is marked as 1stsample and is sold with a certificate of authenticity. Kampa is a three-element bookcase with table created by Ettore Sottsass as part of the ...
Steel
$2,014 / item
Object 094 Shelf by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 094 Shelf by NG Design Dimensions: W 102 x D 18 x H 37 cm Materials: Steel, Marble Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on demand. Shel...
Marble, Steel
$6,473 / item
Profile Shelf by Derya Arpac
Located in Geneve, CH
Profile shelf by Derya Arpac Dimensions: W 150 x D 30 x H 150 cm Materials: Dougles Fir Also Available: Other materials available, Wall-Hung Shelf Derya Arpac is a Copenhag...
Fir
Bespoke Italian Green Yellow Brown Gray Blue Modern Brass 6-Drawer Dresser/Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
Choose your colors to bring your personality into your space! Cosulich Interiors & Antiques’ biggest aspiration, through this Contemporary Collection, is to communicate the power...
Brass
$600 / item
Mortaise Wall Shelf-400 by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Mortaise wall shelf-400 by Clemence Birot Dimensions: 40 x 25 x 6,5 cm Materials: cork, metal. Clemence Birot started her career in Copenhagen, Denmark, and discovered a design ...
Metal
$2,401 / item
AL-01 Shelf by Orlando Pippig
Located in Geneve, CH
AL-01 Shelf by Orlando Pippig Dimensions: W 31 x D 34 x H 135 cm (Dimensions may vary slightly) Materials: Aluminum Aluminum is often regarded as a cold, unwelcoming material. Its u...
Aluminum
Natural Rondelle Shelf with Hanger by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural rondelle shelf with hanger by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 80 x W 25 x H 18 cm Materials: oak wood, steel. Available in other colors and with or without steel hanger. ...
Steel
Natural Rondelle Round Shelf with Hanger by Storängen Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Natural Rondelle round shelf with hanger by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 25 x H 18 cm Materials: oak wood, steel. Available in other colors and with or without steel hanger. ...
Steel
Vittorio Introini for Saporiti Wall Unit in Lacquered Ash and Chrome
By Vittorio Introini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vittorio Introini for Saporiti, multifunctional wall unit, black lacquered ash, chrome and white fabric, Italy, 1980s. Rare multifunctional wall unit designed by the Italian design...
Chrome
$23,327 / item
Xilo Console by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Xilo Console by De Castelli Dimensions: W 150 x D 42 x H 65 cm Materials: MIX Brass The Xilo console is a sculptural volume punctuated by different bands of thick metal sheet folded...
Brass
$9,802 / item
Opticabinet by Lisa Brustolin
Located in Geneve, CH
Opticabinet by Lisa Brustolin Dimensions: W 124 x D 35 x H 184 cm Materials: Wood, Brass. Handcrafted in Italy by masters of Venetian craftmenship, this cabinet is an extensive rese...
Brass
Manhattan Wine Cellar in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Brass & Horn by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Manhattan Wine Cellar in Makassar Ebony Veneer, Brass & Horn by Arcahorn Dimensions: D 59 x W 142 x H 200 cm. Materials: Ebony veneer, brass, and horn. Wine cellar in matte Makassar...
Brass, Other
Anacleto Spazzapan, Design Object, Italy, 21st Century
By Anacleto Spazzapan
Located in Greding, DE
Two-doored design object by Anacleto Spazzapan standing on three ball feet with a concave-convex body and flat back. The monogram AS is also on the back. The object stands between...
Metal
Small Shelf, Lapo Binazzi, 1978
Located in Firenze, IT
Beautiful shelf designed by Lapo Binazzi for a pediatric dental practice in Florence in 1978. It is a unique piece, part of the furniture, all designed by Binazzi. It is made of lami...
Wood
Dorothee Becker & Ingo Maurer, Uten.Silo, 1970s
By Dorothee Becker
Located in London, GB
Make the most of your wall space with the classic plastic, wall storage unit. This iconic design is versatile and practical, perfect for all homes. Designed by Dorothee Becker, this...
Plastic
$24,858 / item
Elizabeth Sideboard by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Elizabeth Sideboard by De Castelli Dimensions: W 183 x D 45 x H 80 cm Materials: Polished Brass, Wood Copper and Stainless Steel versions are available. Two-door and six-door version...
Brass
$26,437 / item
Elizabeth Sideboard by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Elizabeth Sideboard by De Castelli Dimensions: W 183 x D 45 x H 80 cm Materials: Polished Copper, Wood Brass and Stainless Steel versions are available. Two-door and six-door version...
Copper
$24,882 / item
Elizabeth Console by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Elizabeth Console Table by De Castelli Dimensions: W 122 x D 37 x H 100 cm Materials: Polished Brass, Wood Copper and Stainless Steel versions are also available. Please contact us f...
Brass
$27,061 / item
Elizabeth Console by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Elizabeth Console Table by De Castelli Dimensions: W 122 x D 37 x H 100 cm Materials: Polished Copper, Wood Brass and Stainless Steel versions are also available. Please contact us f...
Copper
$3,225 / item
LOTV High Medium Sideboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
LOTV High Medium Sideboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 175 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobe...
Wood
$2,000 / set
Set of 2 Lowbo XS Nightstands by Phormy
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 LOWBO XS nightstands by Phormy Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 53 cm. Materials: acrylic engraved or flat laminate oak powder coated steel base Different materials and size...
Oak
$14,514 / item
Small Moored Shelving by Rosanna Ceravolo
Located in Geneve, CH
Small moored shelving by Rosanna Ceravolo Dimensions: W 140 x D 42 x H 200 cm Materials: Powdercoated metal with brass detailing. Also available in different dimensions and colors...
Metal, Brass
$18,661 / item
Medium Moored Shelving by Rosanna Ceravolo
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Moored shelving by Rosanna Ceravolo Dimensions: W 140 x D 42 x H 245 cm Materials: Powdercoated metal with brass detailing. Also available in different dimensions and color...
Metal, Brass
$22,808 / item
Large Moored Shelving by Rosanna Ceravolo
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Moored shelving by Rosanna Ceravolo Dimensions: W 140 x D 42 x H 290 cm Materials: Powdercoated metal with brass detailing. Also available in different dimensions and colors...
Metal, Brass
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.
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.