Sigurd Jakobsen original vintage Danish 1978 colourful oil painting of seaside
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is a vintage modern-style oil on plate painting by Danish artist Sigurd Jakobsen (1907-1978) (not to be confused with Sigurd Jacobsen, 1909-1942). The motive of the painting is...
Paint
Bikuben Money Coin Bank Soholm Ceramics Denmark Anders Anderssen
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Den Haag, NL
Soholm Ceramics, Denmark. Bikuben piggy bank annual "Sparemand" from 1980. Anders Andersen. Danish finance minister. Design by Arne Finne. Stoneware. Limited edition. #4146 out of...
Stoneware
Postmodern Kebe Leather Convertible Lounge or Armchair, Denmark 1980s
By KEBE
Located in Miami, FL
Black leather Kebe lounge or armchair with detachable footrest, Denmark, 1980s Single chair dimensions without footrest: 36 deep 26" wide 41.5" high.
Steel
1 of 2 Postmodern Leather and Tubular Steel Loveseats by KEBE, Denmark 1970s
By KEBE
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking Danish modern two-seat sofa by KEBE, executed in supple black leather and supported by a polished tubular steel frame. The design reflects a ...
Steel
Brooch by Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark in sterling silver
By Henning Koppel
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Brooch by Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen Denmark in sterling silver This triangular brooch, designed by Danish master Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, is a perfect example of the mi...
Sterling Silver
1980s Danish Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen Oak Side Table
By Magnus Olesen, Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sørensen oak side table by Magnus Olsen. The circular and very handy side table is in very good condition with only small signs of age and use.
Steel
Vintage Postmodern Danish Metal Candleholder by Tommy Larsen, 1990s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Postmodern Danish Metal Candleholder by Tommy Larsen, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark, I am sure that it is completely authe...
Metal
Tue Poulsen, Table Lamp, Stoneware, Denmark, 1970s
By Tue Poulsen
Located in High Point, NC
A grey and beige-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tue Poulsen, Denmark, 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 16.5" H x 7” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches): 4...
Stoneware
Large Postmodern Danish Metal Bowl from Menu, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Postmodern Danish Metal Bowl from Menu, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, designer records, or...
Metal
Large Postmodern Danish Pendant Lamp from Arkilux, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Danish pendant lamp with striking perforation. a minimalist design of impressive size. The umbrella shows a simple cone shape with soft curves. The large area of the cone is broke...
Metal
Vintage Danish Art Glass Bowl from Greve Glaskunst, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Danish Art Glass Bowl from Greve Glaskunst, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: Glas...
Glass
Geometri Slipper Chair by Verner Panton for Innovation Randers, Denmark, 1990s
By Verner Panton, Innovation
Located in Izegem, VWV
A rare 1990s slipper chair with Verner Panton's grey Geometri fabric (the famous Geometri fabric was designed in 1960). The chair was produced under license by Innovation Denmark whi...
Steel
Michael Bang for Holmegaard “Jasmin” Table Lamp, Denmark, 1970s
By Holmegaard, Michael Bang
Located in Hamburg, DE
Michael Bang Table Lamp for Holmegaard – 1970s Scandinavian Glass Design This elegant table lamp was designed by Michael Bang for Holmegaard in the 1970s and is a beautiful example o...
Opaline Glass
Rectangular coffee table by Gangso– Denmark 1973
By Gangsø Møbler
Located in Girona, Girona
Rectangular coffee table with mahogany veneer and 4 removable legs, top with mahogany frame and 18 ceramic tiles with geometric decoration in off-white and olive tones. Satin shellac...
Ceramic, Mahogany
Model "MG31" Easy Chair by Martin Godsk for Godsk Snedkeri, Denmark ca 1990s
By Martin Godsk
Located in Utrecht, NL
The 1990s saw a revival of Scandinavian design as ‘New Nordic Design’ with the resurgence of an appetite for mid-century modernism that had been perfected in Denmark in the post-war ...
Fabric, Rope, Wood
Danish Postmodern Glazed Studio Stoneware Bowl by Bing & Grøndahl
By Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Footed stoneware dish with asymmetrical edge. Decorated with dusty pink, plum purple, salmon and light green pastels. Unidentified ceramist in the postmodern style for B&G in Denmark...
Stoneware
1961 Danish Holmegaard Blue Glass "Duckling" Vase by Per Lütken
By Per Lutken for Holmegaard
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1961 Holmegaard blue glass "Duckling" vase by Per Lütken, Denmark. Monogram signature, Per Lütken, dated 1961 & Holmegaard signature. Lütken was the art director & chief designer at ...
Blown Glass
Large Postmodern Pottery Vase by Jesper Packness, Memphis-Style, Denmark
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful sculptural post-modern ceramic vase by Jesper Packness, Denmark.
Ceramic, Pottery
Blue Postmodern Stoneware Bowl by Vibeke Fischer, Denmark, 1980s.
By Bente Hansen
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware bowl with blue glaze and geometric pattern. Made by renowned Danish ceramist Vibeke Fischer, Denmark, 1980s. Excellent condition. Signed underneath. Vibeke Fi...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Hans J. Wegner PP124 Rocking Chair – 1984 – PP Møbler, Denmark
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Weesp, NL
Hans J. Wegner PP124 Rocking Chair – 1984 – PP Møbler, Denmark A timeless masterpiece of Danish modern design, this PP124 rocking chair, designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1984, embodies...
Fabric, Ash
Scandinavian Danish Postmodern Red Pendant Lights by NordLux, Pair
By Nordlux
Located in New York, NY
A pair/set of two (2) Danish Postmodern pendant lights in red gloss enamel by NordLux, circa late-20th century, Denmark. Each are marked "Made in Denmark" as show in images. In origi...
Enamel
Postmodern Danish Light Blue Perforated Metal Pendant from Abo Randers, 1980s
By ABO Randers A/S
Located in Hamburg, DE
Wall lamp by Danish manufacturer Abo Randers from the 1980s. The lamp body consists of a metal sheet bent into a large radius and painted blue. The front part is designed as a shade...
Metal
$209Sale Price / set|20% Off
Unused Coffee for Two Set by Danish / Swiss Kitchenware Specialist Bodum
By Bodum
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This refined yet striking coffee set was made for two. It is complete and still new as it has never been used. It consists of a French press, two coffee glasses, two espresso glasses...
Glass, Plexiglass, Cork
Vintage Danish Spherical Ceramic Table Lamp w. Pink Glaze, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 1980s Danish table light by Lamperiet Aarhus. The ceramic ball base features a monochrome pink glaze and the light comes installed with a fluted white shade. Measurements: H: 36 ...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Vintage Danish Metal Wall Lamps from Frandsen, 1994
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern wall lights from the Danish manufacturer Frandsen. A minimalist design. The metal lamp body has the simple shape of a quarter sphere. The lights have a cable outlet on th...
Metal
$1,854Sale Price / set|35% Off
Pair of Postmodern Floor Lamps Panto Beam by Danish designer Verner Panton
By Verner Panton
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Pair of Postmodern Floor Lamps Panto Beam by Danish designer Verner Panton. One black and one white Panto Beam, this pair of lamps was designed by Verner Panton in 1998. The lamps a...
Steel
Large Porcelain Bowl by Jens Flemming Sörensen. Royal Copenhagen, Denmark 1980s
By Royal Copenhagen, Jens Flemming Sorensen
Located in Malmö, SE
A huge and rare eggshell shaped porcelain bowl. Designed by the noted Danish artist Jens Flemming Sorensen, for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 1980s. Excellent condition. Stam...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Postmodern Danish Gino Ceiling Lamp by Hans Agne Jakobsson for Nordisk Solar
By Nordisk Solar Co., Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant ceiling light from Danish manufacturer Nordisk Solar, designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson. The light consists of flat shells that act as reflectors and an intricately designed ...
Metal
Set of 3 Vintage Danish Pipeline Wall Sconces by Ole Pless Jørgensen for Solar
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal Style: Post-Modern Period: 1970s Country of Origin: Denmark Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned Dimensions: 8.66ʺW × 10.24ʺD × 14.96ʺL C...
Metal
$1,481Sale Price|20% Off
'Zero Gravity' Rocking Chair by Peter Opsvik for Stokke Varier, Denmark 1991
By Peter Opsvik, Stokke
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Scandinavian Ergonomical Design Balance / Rocking Chair 'ZERO GRAVITY' by Norwegian Designer Peter Opsvik for Stokke Varier. Made in Denmark, 1991 design. Black stained bentw...
Fabric, Bentwood
Scandinavian Danish Postmodern Black Pendant Lights by NordLux, Set of 3
By Nordlux
Located in New York, NY
A set of three (3) Danish Postmodern pendant lights in black matte enamel by NordLux, circa late-20th century, Denmark. Each are marked "Made in Denmark" as show in images. In origin...
Enamel
Scandinavian Danish Postmodern White Pendant Lights by NordLux, Set of 3
By Nordlux
Located in New York, NY
A set of three (3) Danish Postmodern pendant lights in white gloss enamel by NordLux, circa late-20th century, Denmark. Each are marked "Made in Denmark" as show in images. In origin...
Enamel
ILVA Design Lounge Chair Model Cuba, Burgundy Leather, Denmark, 2000s
By Antonio Citterio, Flexform
Located in Antwerp, BE
ILVA Design Lounge Chair Model Cuba, with a chromed metal frame and burgundy leather upholstery. Model Cuba was inspired by the "Timeless Chair", an original design by Italian archit...
Metal
Check Chair in Stained Ash Wood and Danish Cord Weave by Szymon Keller
Located in Geneve, CH
Check Chair in Stained Ash Wood and Danish Cord Weave by Szymon Keller. Dimensions: W 50 x D 45 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained Ash Wood, Danish Cord Weave, natural fibers. The guest ...
Cord, Natural Fiber, Wood, Ash
Mid-century modern vintage Erik Magnussen for Stelton plastic ice bucket no. 860
By Erik Magnussen, Stelton
Located in Den Haag, NL
Vintage ice bucket made at Stelton. Designer: Erik Magnussen 1970s In nice good condition with very light signs of use (no deep scratches or cracks). The ice bucket has a Modern ti...
Plastic
Danish Rapsel Limited Edition "Wallaby" Rug by Claude Picasso Son of Pablo
By Claude Picasso
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Limited edition rug design by Claude Picasso the son of Pablo Picasso. Manufactured in Copenhagen by Rapsel, 1990. Brand new never been on the floor this rug as the all document th...
Wool
Danish Rapsel Limited Edition "Borlung" Wool Rug by Claude Picasso Son of Pablo
By Claude Picasso
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Limited edition rug design by Claude Picasso the son of Pablo Picasso. Manufactured in Copenhagen by Rapsel 1990. Brand new never been on the floor this rug as the all document the...
Wool
$1,677Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of four "Iris" chairs by Bob Van den Berghe for Tranekaer Furniture Denmark
By Bob Van Den Berghe, Tranekær Furniture
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
Iris chairs designed by Bob Van den Berghe for Tranekaer Furniture Denmark. The Iris chair was designed in 1982 by Bob Van den Berghe and produced by Van den Berghe-Pauvers. Since 20...
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Black Marquina Marble and Black Steel Big O Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Marquina Marble and Black Steel Big O Table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 120 x H 72 cm Materials: Steel, Black Marquina Marble Also Available: Different marble and frame optio...
Marble, Steel
Black Marquina Marble and Stainless Steel Big O Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Marquina marble and stainless steel big o table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 120 x H 72 cm Materials: Steel, black marquina marble Also available: Different marble and frame o...
Marble, Steel
Black One Wire Chair, White Frame, by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black One Wire Chair, White Frame, by OK Design Dimensions: D 56 x W 49 x H 76 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal, fabric. Available in all black, black frame and melange cushion, w...
Metal
White One Wire Chair, Black Frame, by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White One Wire Chair, Black Frame, by OK Design Dimensions: D 56 x W 49 x H 76 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal, fabric. Available in all black, black frame and melange cushion, w...
Metal
$384 / item
Black One Wire Chair by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black One Wire Chair by OK Design Dimensions: D 56 x W 49 x H 76 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal, fabric. Available in all black, black frame and melange cushion, white frame and...
Metal
$384 / item
White One Wire Chair by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White One Wire Chair by OK Design Dimensions: D 56 x W 49 x H 76 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal, fabric. Available in all black, black frame and melange cushion, white frame and...
Metal
$361 / item
Dusty Peach Point Chair by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Dusty Peach Point Chair by OK Design Dimensions: D 58 x W 50 x H 68.5 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Point chair is a simple and modern outdoor dining chair. It elegantly combi...
Metal
$361 / item
Black Point Chair by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Point Chair by OK Design Dimensions: D 58 x W 50 x H 68.5 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Point chair is a simple and modern outdoor dining chair. It elegantly combines a ...
Metal
$361 / item
Sea Green Point Chair by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Sea Green Point Chair by OK Design Dimensions: D 58 x W 50 x H 68.5 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. Point chair is a simple and modern outdoor dining chair. It elegantly combine...
Metal
$15,374 / set
Set of 4 Two Stripe Chairs by Derya Arpac
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 two stripe chairs by Derya Arpac. Dimensions: W 38 x D 45 x H 85 cm. Materials: oak & stained Dougles Fir. Also available: other materials available. Derya Arpac i...
Oak, Fir
$768 / item
Dusty Peach Point Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Dusty Peach Point Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 79 x W 76.5 x H 73 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. The Point Table is a modern and minimal outdoor dining table. It elegantly ...
Metal
$768 / item
Black Point Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Black Point Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 79 x W 76.5 x H 73 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. The Point Table is a modern and minimal outdoor dining table. It elegantly combin...
Metal
$768 / item
Green Point Table by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Point Table by OK Design Dimensions: D 79 x W 76.5 x H 73 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal. The Point Table is a modern and minimal outdoor dining table. It elegantly combin...
Metal
RELIEF Series 1 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht
Located in Geneve, CH
RELIEF Series 1 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht Limited Edition of 7 pieces. Signed and Numbered by Kristine Engelbrecht. Dimensions: W 31 x D 5 x H 31 cm. Ma...
Plywood
RELIEF Series 6 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht
Located in Geneve, CH
RELIEF Series 6 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht Limited Edition of 7 pieces. Signed and Numbered by Kristine Engelbrecht. Dimensions: W 40 x D 6 x H 40 cm. Ma...
Plywood
Tall Circle Cube Series 12 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrec
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Circle Cube Series 12 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht Limited Edition of 7 pieces. Signed and Numbered by Kristine Engelbrecht. Dimensions: W 15 x D 10 x...
Plywood
Tall Wall Series 2 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Wall Series 2 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht Limited Edition of 7 pieces. Signed and Numbered by Kristine Engelbrecht. Dimensions: W 15 x D 10.5 x H 25 ...
Plywood
Tall Fluid Cube Series 11 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrech
Located in Geneve, CH
Tall Fluid Cube Series 11 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht Limited Edition of 7 pieces. Signed and Numbered by Kristine Engelbrecht. Dimensions: W 15 x D 10 x ...
Plywood
Cube Series 1 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by Kristine Engelbrecht
Located in Geneve, CH
Cube Series 1 Wall Sculpture in Birch Plywood by A Hint of Neon. Limited Edition of 7 pieces. Signed and Numbered by Kristine Engelbrecht. Dimensions: W 15 x D 10.5 x H 15 cm. Materi...
Plywood
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.