$6,769 / item
Lyn High Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn high grey black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H185 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard desc...
Steel
$4,524 / item
Lyn Small Green Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn small green black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colors. Studio Visser & Meijwaard de...
Steel
$4,528 / item
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn small grey black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard des...
Steel
$6,769 / item
Lyn High Green Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn high green black cabinet by Pulpo. Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H185 cm. Materials: glass; powder coated steel. Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard...
Steel
$8,790 / item
Lyn High Blue Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn high blue black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H185 cm Materials: Glass; powder coated steel. Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard de...
Steel
$6,769 / item
Lyn High Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn high grey black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H185 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard desc...
Steel
$4,528 / item
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn small grey black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard des...
Steel
$4,528 / item
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn Small Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H110 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard des...
Steel
$6,769 / item
Lyn High Grey Black Cabinet by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lyn high grey black cabinet by Pulpo Dimensions: D60 x W45 x H185 cm Materials: glass; powder coated steel Also available in different colours. Studio Visser & Meijwaard desc...
Steel
$1,882 / item
TV Mini Vinyl Medium Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
TV Mini Vinyl Medium Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 100 x H 57 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, No...
Wood
$1,739 / item
TV Mini Vinyl Small Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
TV Mini Vinyl Small Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 90 x H 57 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobe...
Wood
Pastoe A'Dammer Roller Shutter Storage Cabinet
By Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, Pastoe
Located in Toronto, CA
Designed in the 1980s by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar for UMS Pastoe, the Amsterdammer bookcase brings rhythm and refinement to everyday storage. Its signature slatted tambour doors, roun...
Plastic, Wood
$17,063 / item
Pagoda 02 Display Cabinets by Sing Chan
Located in Geneve, CH
Pagoda 02 display cabinets by Sing Chan Dimensions: D 49.5 x H 202 cm Materials: Stainless steel, electroplating. Sing Chan ( Chinese: ???/Xingyu Chen) , the founder of SINGCHAN DE...
Stainless Steel
$13,526 / item
Visibile M Vertical Display Cabinet by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Visibile M Vertical Display Cabinet by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: W 60 x D 45 x H 181.4 cm Material: Display cabinet with marble bottom (honed). Frame in metal, lacquered. Glass cabi...
Marble, Metal
$2,796 / item
UMAMI U1 Black Oak Cabinet by Phormy
Located in Geneve, CH
UMAMI U1 black oak cabinet by Phormy Dimensions: D 46 x W 162 x H 83 cm. Materials: Oak, powder coated steel base. Different materials and sizes available. UMAMI, (or umame, ...
Oak
$2,773 / item
LOTV + Light Medium TV Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
LOTV + Light Medium TV Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 175 x H 60 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, ...
Wood
$30,442 / item
Canneto Barista Cabinet by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Canneto Barista Cabinet by De Castelli Dimensions: W 57 x D 42 x H 87 cm Materials: Brushed Copper, Stainless Steel, Glass, Canaletto Walnut Wood Brass and Stainless Steel versions a...
Copper, Stainless Steel
$1,974 / item
Small TV Open Small Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Small TV Open Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 180 x H 75 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, Br...
Wood
$43,546 / item
Secret Bar Cabinet by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Secret Bar Cabinet by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 50 x W 90 x H 165 cm. Materials: Brushed brass, gold leaf and white marble. Also available in brushed brass and polished stainless...
Marble, Brass, Gold Leaf
$17,338 / item
Other Way High Cabinet by Francesco Profili
Located in Geneve, CH
Other Way High Cabinet by Francesco Profili Dimensions: W 260 x D 52 x H 84 cm Materials: Walnut, Material Surface, Stone Effect, Matt Lacquered, LEDs. Thanks to the rhythmic juxta...
Other
Studio Job Globe Cabinet Gufram Italy 2014
By Studio Job (Job Smeets & Nynke Tynagel), Gufram Furniture
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Globe container cabinet is designed by Studio Job for Gufram with frame in lacquered wood available in yellow, with rotating globe of soft polyurethane, finished and decorated by han...
Rubber, Wood
$18,550 / item
Meridiano Wood Bar Cabinet by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Meridiano Wood Bar Cabinet by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 53 x W 200 x H 84 cm. Materials: American walnut, brass, and lacquer. Finish: Exterior and interior in American Walnut ve...
Brass
Memphis Milano Freemont Cabinet by Ettore Sottsass, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Toronto, ON
Resting on a base with five cylindrical legs, Freemont by Ettore Sottsass appears to grow strongly from the bottom to the top. With its fractured shapes, it branches out into the spa...
Gold Leaf
Bespoke Italian Post-Modern Pink Rose Blush White Glass 4-Drawer Semainier Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
What we love about this piece is not only the functionality with its 4 drawers (options for sizes) but the artistic impact of the different tints in this customizable minimalist desi...
Brass
$16,546 / item
Solomia 2 BI Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Solomia 2 BI Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 170 x H 75 cm. Materials: Solid wood (ash), rye straw inlay, plywood and brass. Weight: 70 kg. Dimensions are customizable. ...
Brass
A LUXURIOUS POST-MODERN Lacquered BAR BUFFET by JEAN-CLAUDE MAHEY, France, 1970
By Jean Claude Mahey
Located in PARIS, FR
A minimal yet luxurious geometrical bar or buffet, Art Deco, Neoclassical, Shabby-Chic, in creme lacquered wood, finished with strips of golden brass or bronze, by Jean-Claude Mahey,...
Brass, Bronze
$6,787 / item
Milenium Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Milenium Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 44 x W 116 x H 165 cm Materials: Wood. We are Félix and Désirée Ramos, brothers and product designers of our brand, Lola Glamour. We ...
Wood
$45,287 / item
9 Cubes Cabinet by John Eric Byers
By John Eric Byers
Located in Geneve, CH
9 Cubes Cabinet by John Eric Byers Dimensions: D115 x W38 x H115 cm Materials: sawn + blackened + maple + ash All works are individually handmade to order. John Eric Byers creates ...
Other
$45,287 / item
9 Rectangles Cabinet by John Eric Byers
By John Eric Byers
Located in Geneve, CH
9 Rectangles cabinet by John Eric Byers Dimensions: D115 x W38 x H165 cm Materials: sawn + blackened + maple + ash All works are individually handmade to order. John Eric Bye...
Other
Burl wood China Lighted Cabinet by Dillingham
By Dillingham Manufacturing Company
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large Postmodern burl elmwood cabinet featuring a breakfront with three smoked glass doors containing adjustable shelves inside and three cabinets underneath. There are three recesse...
Chrome
Bespoke Italian Post-Modern Pink Rose Blush White Glass 4-Drawer Semainier Chest
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
What we love about this piece is not only the functionality with its 4 drawers (options for sizes) but the artistic impact of the different tints in this customizable minimalist desi...
Brass
$5,746 / item
Rascacielos Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Rascacielos Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 40 x W 120 x H 182 cm Materials: Wood. As if it were a skyline, we thought of a piece that played with volumes and heights. Variety...
Wood
$10,351 / item
Black Sea Natūra Cabinet by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Sea Natūra Cabinet by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 45 x W 100 x H 100 cm. Materials: Solid wood (ash), rye straw inlay, plywood and brass. Weight: 70 kg. Dimensions are customiza...
Brass
$4,505 / item
Flor Cabinet by Lola Glamour
Located in Geneve, CH
Flor Cabinet by Lola Glamour Dimensions: D 50 x W 120 x H 168 cm Materials: Wood. The versatility of the furniture is revealed in this Flower, which grows from an architectural base...
Wood
$25,854 / item
Pagoda 01 Display Cabinets by Sing Chan
Located in Geneve, CH
Pagoda 01 display cabinets by Sing Chan Edition Of 15 + 2 AP Dimensions: D 70 x H 190 cm Materials: Stainless steel, electroplating. Sing Chan ( Chinese: 陈星宇/Xingyu Chen) , the foun...
Stainless Steel, Other
$15,527 / item
Pagoda 02 Display Cabinets by Sing Chan
Located in Geneve, CH
Pagoda 02 display cabinets by Sing Chan Dimensions: D 49.5 x H 202 cm Materials: Stainless steel, electroplating. Sing Chan ( Chinese: 陈星宇/Xingyu Chen), the founder of SINGCHAN DES...
Stainless Steel, Other
$2,234 / set
Cabinet With A Drawer by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabinet With A Drawer by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 40 x W 60 x H 35 cm. Materials: Ash and brass. Available in different wood options: oak, ash, and American walnut. Different ...
Brass
$8,739 / item
Column Lacquered Unit Low Cabinet by Tuğçe Geyik
Located in Geneve, CH
Column Lacquered Unit Low Cabinet by Tuğçe Geyik Dimensions: D 45 x W 180 x H 45 cm. Materials: Lacquer. Tuğçe Geyik is an architect and designer based in Istanbul. She studied at ...
Lacquer
$17,468 / item
Medium Trunk Cabinet by Atelier Ruben Van Megen
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Trunk Cabinet by Atelier Ruben Van Megen Dimensions: W 158 x D 64 x H 134 cm Materials: Oak (base), MDF, HPL, Brass. Ruben van Megen (1984) graduated from the Design Academy...
Brass
$2,399 / item
Highboard Medium Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Highboard Medium Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 80 x H 105 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel,...
Wood
Shigeru Uchida Floating Aluminum Wall Cabinets With Sliding Doors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shigeru Uchida floating aluminum wall cabinets with sliding doors. Pastoe, Netherlands. Three available, priced separately. Measurements: 35.5” width, 7.25” depth, 10.5” height (e...
Aluminum
USM Haller Modular System Six Drawer Cabinet in Light Grey
By Usm Haller
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a modular USM Haller two-column, six-drawer cabinet in original light gray, made in Switzerland, in overall good condition with some surface wear and scratches. Height: 45 ...
Steel
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi Grid Wall Cabinet in Oak
By Giuseppe Rivadossi, Officina Rivadossi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, wall cabinet, oak, Italy, 1970s A striking piece from the 1970s, this hanging cabinet by Giuseppe Rivadossi reflects his deep respect for ...
Glass, Oak
$4,222 / item
Coil #1 Low Cabinet by Bram Kerkhofs
Located in Geneve, CH
Coil #1 low cabinet by Bram Kerkhofs. Dimensions: H 63.5 x L 80 x W 40 cm Materials: Stainless steel, aluminium, elastic rope (natural rubber, polyethylene). Other dimensions ar...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
$3,231 / item
Coil Cabinet Wall Mounted by Bram Kerkhofs
Located in Geneve, CH
Coil cabinet wall mounted by Bram Kerkhofs Dimensions: D50 x W25 x H75cm Materials:Stainless steel, aluminium, elastic rope (natural rubber, polyethylene). Other dimensions are ...
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Otto Zapf for ZapfDesign 'Softline' Cabinet in Grey
By Otto Zapf
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Otto Zapf for Zapfdesign 'Softline' cabinet, plastic, fabric, Germany, 1969 A grey-colored detachable 'Softline' cabinet with shelves designed by the German designer Otto Zapf. Pres...
Plastic, Fabric
$17,444 / item
Oak and Walnut YEN Cabinet 01 by ONON DETAILS
Located in Geneve, CH
Oak and Walnut YEN Cabinet 01 by ONON DETAILS Dimensions: W 50 x D 200 x H 67 cm. Materials: Oak, Walnut. ONON Details furnitures are chosen by famous design brand, domestic and i...
Oak, Walnut
$17,444 / item
Oak and Walnut YEN Cabinet 02 by ONON DETAILS
Located in Geneve, CH
Oak and Walnut YEN Cabinet 02 by ONON DETAILS Dimensions: W 50 x D 200 x H 67 cm. Materials: Oak, Walnut. ONON Details furnitures are chosen by famous design brand, domestic and i...
Oak, Walnut
Glass Visibile G Horizontal Standing Cabinet by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Glass Visibile G Horizontal Standing Cabinet by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: W 120 x D 120 x H 45 cm Material: tempered glass, 6 mm. Door: tempered glass, 4 mm , with lock frame: silve...
Steel
Glass Visibile G Vertical Hanging Cabinet by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Glass Visibile G Vertical Hanging Cabinet by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: W 60 x D 38 x H 128 cm Material: tempered glass, 6 mm. Door: tempered glass, 4 mm , with lock frame: silver la...
Steel
Glass Visibile G Vertical Standing Cabinet by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Glass Visibile G Vertical Standing Cabinet by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: W 60 x D 45 x H 180 cm Material: tempered glass, 6 mm. Door: tempered glass, 4 mm , with lock frame: silver l...
Steel
Una, Articolo Indeterminativo Cabinet by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Una, Articolo Indeterminativo Cabinet by Secondome Edizioni Limited Edition Of 9 Pieces + 3 A.P. Designer: Stefano Marolla. Dimensions: D 45 x W 104 x H 104 cm. Materials: Santos ros...
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Ash
$1,682 / item
TV Mini Brown Slide Medium Cabinet by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
TV Mini Brown Slide Medium Cabinet by Pastform Dimensions: D 35 x W 100 x H 55 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, B...
Wood
Ettore Sottsass Style Postmodern Magenta and Orange Lacquered Cabinet
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Postmodern magenta and orange lacquered cabinet, bookcase, or bar cabinet In the manner of Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano USA, Circa 1980s Measures: 51.25"W x 2...
Wood, Lacquer
$9,786 / item
Sunbreaker Two Drawer Side Cabinet by Laylo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sunbreaker Two Drawer Side Cabinet by Laylo Studio Limited Edition Dimensions: D 45.7 x W 61 x H 61 cm. Materials: Powder-coated steel, oak. Carved wood and welded steel. Referencin...
Steel
$2,376 / item
Slate Grey Metal Gabin Cabinet Natural Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Slate Grey Metal Gabin Cabinet Natural Oak by HARTO Dimensions: W 100 x D 40 x H 140 cm. Materials: MDF wood veneer, Painted metal. Weight: 59.5 kg The Gabin cabinet is ideal for c...
Metal
Okumé Plywood and Brass Zenale Cabinet by Dainelli Studio Atelier
Located in Geneve, CH
Okumé Plywood and Brass Zenale Cabinet by Dainelli Studio Atelier Dimensions: W 180 x D 30 x H 50 cm Materials: Okumé plywood, Brass. Cabinet with a structure made of Okumé plywood...
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.