Orizzonte 1500 Tondo Oro Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Orizzonte 1500 Tondo Oro Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 150 x H 2.5 cm Materials: Gold, mirror / oro, specchio. Weight: 35 kg. Code: DS1004 Also available in different sizes. ...
Gold
Astra Table Mirror-24 by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Astra table mirror-24 by Clemence Birot Dimensions: Mirror Ø 24 x 20 cm Materials: mirror, glass, cork. Clemence Birot started her career in Copenhagen, Denmark, and discovered...
Glass, Mirror, Cork
Astra Table Mirror-30 by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Astra table mirror-30 by Clemence Birot Dimensions: Mirror Ø 30 x 33 cm Materials: mirror, glass, cork. Clemence Birot started her career in Copenhagen, Denmark, and discovered...
Glass, Mirror, Cork
Geometric Gold Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometric Gold Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 90 x H 2.5 cm Materials: gold, bronze, mirror / oro, bronzo, specchio. Weight: 12 kg. Code: DS1021 Round frame...
Mirror
Astra Table Mirror-34 by Clemence Birot
Located in Geneve, CH
Astra Table Mirror-34 by Clemence Birot Dimensions: Mirror Ø 34 x 50 cm Materials: mirror, glass, cork. Available in shiny and sandblasted version. Clemence Birot started her ...
Glass, Mirror, Cork
Fracture Mirror by Simon Johns
By Simon Johns
Located in East-Bolton, Quebec
Made of glass and smashed gypsum cement, the Fracture Mirror references the striations and accidental geometries of sedimentary stone. This statement mirror also nods to the use of p...
Cement
Puddle Small Wall Mirror by Studionudo
Located in Geneve, CH
Puddle Small Wall Mirror by Studionudo Dimensions: Ø 45 cm. Materials: Mirror. Different materials and sizes are available. Dimensions may vary. Please contact us. Studionudo was b...
Mirror
Galt Mirror by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Galt mirror by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 45.7 x H 2.5 cm Materials: bronze, mirror Available in 3 sizes: D45.7cm, D91.4cm, D122cm. Gentner Design Rooted in a language of sculptur...
Bronze
Karl Springer Wall-Mounted Retractable Vanity/Shaving Mirror
By Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
A rare, large wall-mounted retractable shaving or makeup mirror by Karl Springer. Crafted in heavy polished chrome with brass accents, this mirror features a beautifully engineered ...
Brass, Chrome
Vintage Contemporary Tessellated Bone Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional vintage Contemporary wall mirror. Chic tessellated bone in a stunning Postmodern design. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Bone, Mirror
Abyss Rose Contemporary Sculptural Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Abyss Rose Contemporary Sculptural Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm Materials: Convex Oxidized Mirror. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based in Istanbul. The atelier’...
Mirror
Irregular Mirror with Polished, Beveled Edge
Located in York, CA
The Concord mirror is part of our exploration into decorative objects. The unique shape features a bevelled edge and is available in custom dimensions as well as finishes.
Aluminum, Steel
Memphis Style Postmodern Mirror, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mirror is maximalist heaven. Handmade in the late 20th century and influenced by the Memphis Design style, it features bold colors and silhouettes, With wavy edges and pointed c...
Mirror, Wood
Bronze Stone Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Stone Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 90 x H 2.5 cm Materials: bronze, mirror / bronzo, specchio. Weight: 25 kg. Code: DS1021S Semi-circular mirror wit...
Mirror
Orizzonte 55120 Short Silver Oval Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Orizzonte 55120 Short Silver Oval Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 120 x D 55 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, mirror / argento, specchio. Weight: 5 kg. Code: DS1016S Oval mirror w...
Silver
Sculptural Mirror D by Alexandra Madirazza
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural Mirror D by Alexandra Madirazza Dimensions: W 90 x D 5 x H 190 cm. Materials: Marble, Mirror. The sculptural mirrors are made from leftover marble - no two stones will ev...
Marble
Stone Silver Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Stone Silver Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 90 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, graphite, mirror / argento, grafite, specchio. Weight: 12 kg. Code: DS1022S Semi...
Silver
Geometric Silver Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometric Silver Eclisse 900 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 90 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, graphite, mirror / argento, grafite, specchio. Weight: 9 kg. Code: DS1022 Se...
Silver
Sculptural Mirror E by Alexandra Madirazza
Located in Geneve, CH
Sculptural Mirror E by Alexandra Madirazza Dimensions: D 5 x W 90 x H 190 cm. Materials: Marble, mirror. The sculptural mirrors are made from leftover marble - no two stones will ev...
Marble
Dark Grey Dune 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Grey Dune 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 120 x H 2.5 cm Materials: dark grey, mirror / grigio scuro, specchio. Weight: 13 kg. Code: DS1043 Round frameless mir...
Mirror
Geometric Gold Eclisse 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometric Gold Eclisse 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 120 x H 2.5 cm Materials: gold, bronze, mirror / oro, bronzo, specchio. Weight: 25 kg. Code: DS1023 Round fra...
Mirror
Orbis Mirror with Marble Frame by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Orbis Mirror with Marble Frame by Homa. Dimensions: W 82 x D 2 x H 120 cm. Materials: Bronze mirror, Green, Burgundy and Cream Marble. HOMA is a contemporary design atelier based i...
Marble, Bronze
Purdah Large Mirror by INDO-
Located in Geneve, CH
Purdah Large Mirror by INDO- Dimensions: D 10.2 x W 121.9 x H 76.2 cm. Materials: Satin brass, mirrored glass and gold leaf. Each piece is carefully handcrafted by our team using na...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Puddle Large Wall Mirror by Studionudo
Located in Geneve, CH
Puddle Large Wall Mirror by Studionudo Dimensions: Ø 63 x H 138,5 cm. Materials: Leather and mirror. Different materials and sizes are available. Dimensions may vary. Please contact...
Leather, Mirror
Puddle Regular Wall Mirror by Studionudo
Located in Geneve, CH
Puddle Regular Wall Mirror by Studionudo Dimensions: Ø 75 x H 93,5 cm. Materials: Leather and mirror. Different materials and sizes are available. Dimensions may vary. Please contac...
Leather, Mirror
Norah Mirror "90" by Arturo Erbsman
By Arturo Erbsman
Located in Geneve, CH
Norah Mirror "90" by Arturo Erbsman Handmade with precision in Paris. Each piece is one of a kind. Materials: Grey tinted mural mirror, resin drops Dimensions: D 90 cm Also availabl...
Mirror, Resin
Fissura Wall Mirror by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Fissura Wall Mirror by Andres Monnier Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 6 x W 40 x H 140 cm. Materials: Black volcanic stone and mirror. Treko Concrete is a Mexican studio based in Ensena...
Stone
Daisy Mirror by Lagu
Located in Geneve, CH
Daisy mirror by Lagu. Designed by Ufuk Ceylan. Dimensions: D 70 x H 70 cm. Materials: brass, mirror. Daisy mirror that reflects you in its simplest form... LAGU Istanbul, T...
Brass
Marrakesh Small Table Mirror by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Marrakesh small table Mirror by Tero Kuitunen Material: slip cast terracotta, Mdf, chalk paint, mirror, brass. Dimensions: D20 x H40 cm Edition of 8 Also Available: different col...
Brass
Marrakesh Large Table Mirror by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Marrakesh large table mirror by Tero Kuitunen Material: slip cast terracotta, Mdf, chalk paint, mirror, brass. Dimensions: D 30 x H 58 cm Edition of 8 Also available: different c...
Brass
Marrakesh Medium Table Mirror by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Marrakesh medium table mirror by Tero Kuitunen Material: slip cast terracotta, Mdf, chalk paint, mirror, brass. Dimensions: D20 x H53 cm Edition of 8 Also Available : different c...
Brass
Raw Mirror by Atelier V&F
Located in Geneve, CH
Raw Mirror by Atelier V&F Limited Edition Of 8+2AP Pieces. Dimensions: D 16 x W 180 x H 50.5 cm. Materials: Goatskin offcuts and mirror. Inspired by the earth goddess Gaia,「Revelati...
Goatskin, Mirror
Mirooo Medium Mirror by Moure Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirooo medium mirror by Moure Studio. Dimensions: d 100 x h 80.5 cm. Materials: smoked glass and steel. 3 mirrors in grey smoked glass and coloured steel in different colours. ...
Steel
Mirooo Large Mirror by Moure Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirooo large mirror by Moure Studio Dimensions: D 140 x H 45 cm Materials: Smoked glass and steel. 3 mirrors in grey smoked glass and coloured steel in different colours. Toget...
Steel
John Richard Faux Tortoise Beveled Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Chic faux tortoise and ebonized wood wall mirror having beveled mirror by John Richard can be hung either way
Mirror, Wood
Illusion Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Illusion Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 18 x W 250 x H 150 cm. Materials: Lacquer and aged mirror. Memoir Essence Interiors has been writing its memoirs day by day, ins...
Mirror, Lacquer
Mirooo Small Mirror by Moure Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirooo small mirror by Moure Studio Dimensions: D 60 x W 57 x H 57 cm Materials: Smoked glass and steel. 3 mirrors in grey smoked glass and coloured steel in different colours. ...
Steel
Piero Mirror by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Piero Mirror by Fred and Juul Dimensions: D 14 x W 60 x H 180 cm. Materials: Aluminum and mirror. Custom sizes, materials or finishes are available. Please contact us. Fred&Juul, s...
Aluminum
Orizzonte 70160 Long Silver Oval Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Orizzonte 70160 Long Silver Oval Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 120 x D 70 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, mirror / argento, specchio. Weight: 9 kg. Code: DS1017 Oval mirror wit...
Silver
Orizzonte 70160 Short Silver Oval Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Orizzonte 70160 Short Silver Oval Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 160 x D 70 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, mirror / argento, specchio. Weight: 5 kg. Code: DS1017S Oval mirror w...
Silver
Orizzonte 70160 Long Gold Oval Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Orizzonte 70160 Long Gold Oval Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: W 160 x D 70 x H 2.5 cm Materials: Gold, mirror / oro, specchio. Weight: 9 kg. Code: DS1007 Oval mirror with positiv...
Gold
Stone Silver Eclisse 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometric Silver Eclisse 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 120 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, graphite, mirror / argento, grafite, specchio. Weight: 25 kg. Code: DS1024S...
Silver
Geometric Silver Eclisse 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971
Located in Geneve, CH
Geometric Silver Eclisse 1200 Round Mirror by Disain1971 Dimensions: D 120 x H 2.5 cm Materials: silver, graphite, mirror / argento, grafite, specchio. Weight: 25 kg. Code: DS1024 ...
Silver
Karl Springer Brass and Nickel Vanity Mirror
By Karl Springer
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Karl Springer brass and Nickel Vanity mirror.
Brass, Nickel
BD 02 Mirror by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
BD 02 Mirror by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 100 x D 5 x H 200 cm Materials: Rosewood with Maxima Carving. Rectangular Mirror with Maxima carved wooden frame and frontal panel in rose...
Wood
Target Wall Mirror by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Target Wall Mirror by Ruda Studio Dimensions: Ø 100 x H 100 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye straw and mirror. Weight: 10 kg. Dimensions are customizable. Please contact us. We cre...
Other
Cluster Round 62 Mirror by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Cluster Round 62 Mirror by DUISTT Dimensions: W 62 x D 4 x H 62 cm Materials: Black Iron Structure with Brushed Brass Details Cluster round mirror features a mate black lacquered i...
Brass, Iron
Cluster Round 80 Mirror by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Cluster Round 80 Mirror by DUISTT Dimensions: W 80 x D 4 x H 80 cm Materials: Black Iron Structure with Brushed Brass Details Cluster round mirror features a mate black lacquered i...
Brass, Iron
Vintage Coastal Cerused Pencil Reed Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fantastic vintage cerused pencil reed mirror. Chic arched shape with Postmodern elements. A great spa edition to any decor. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Reed, Mirror
Fringe Mirror Green by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringe mirror green by Tero Kuitunen Material: oak, glass mirror, textile fringes. Dimensions: ⌀ 53 x H 3 cm Also available: different colors. Do you remember the old fabric lamp sh...
Textile, Mirror, Oak
Fringe Mirror Orange by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringe mirror orange by Tero Kuitunen Material: oak, glass mirror, textile fringes. Dimensions: ⌀ 53 x H 3 cm Also available : different colors. Do you remember the old fabric lamp ...
Textile, Mirror, Oak
Espejx S.3 Mirror by Jimena Montemayor
Located in Geneve, CH
Espejx S.3 Mirror by Jimena Montemayor Dimensions: D 86 x W 196 x H 11 cm. Materials: CNC MDF, laquer, acrylic mirror. Available in Jamaica, Terracotta, Deep Red, Mulberry, Sky, an...
Wood, Mirror
Lunar Small Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Lunar small hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: Sky blue colored mirror, dark blue colored mirror, dark colored mirror. Dimensions: 45 x ...
Glass, Mirror
Lunar Large Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Lunar large hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri. Limited edition. Handmade. Materials: Sky blue colored mirror, dark blue colored mirror, dark colored mirror. Dimensions: 90 x...
Glass, Mirror
Round Black Metal + Brass Wall Mirror, 1980s
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage round wall mirror featuring a minimalistic black metal frame. Patinated brass notches secure the frame to the glass, giving this piece an elegant floating effect. 1980s. C...
Metal
Drip Wall Mirror by Studio Super Sunday
Located in Geneve, CH
Drip Wall Mirror by Studio Super Sunday Dimensions: D 2,9 x W 46,4 x H 101,6 cm. Materials: Wood and mirror. Available in three different colors. Please contact us. We are a Canadi...
Mirror, Wood
Medium Walnut Wood Eye Mirror by Morica Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Walnut Wood Eye Mirrors by Morica Design Dimensions: D 4 x W 104 x H 68 cm Materials: Mirror, Canaletto walnut. Available in Canaletto Walnut, Laguna Oak, or Oak wood. Please...
Mirror, Wood
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.