Set of 3 Mirooo Mirrors by Moure Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 mirooo mirrors by Moure Studio Dimensions: D 140 x H 45 cm // D 100 x H 80.5 cm // D 60 x
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Steel
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Pink Mirror With Green Decor by Emilie Lemardeley
Located in Geneve, CH
Pink Mirror With Green Decor by Emilie Lemardeley Unique Piece. Dimensions: D 15 x W 60 x H 70 cm
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Set of 2 Wurstie Mirrors by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 wurstie mirrors by Tero Kuitunen Material: hand built ceramic, glass mirror, wood
Category
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Ceramic, Mirror, Wood
Dark Blue Eclipse Large Hand-Sculpted Mirror, Laurene Guarneri
By Laurene Guarneri
Located in Geneve, CH
Dark Blue Eclipse large hand-sculpted mirror, Laurene Guarneri Limited edition. Handmade
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Vesuvius 90 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Vesuvius 90 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: D 3/5 x Ø 90 cm. Materials: Black powder
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stone, Copper, Iron
Vesuvius 120 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Vesuvius 120 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: D 3/5 x Ø 120 cm. Materials: Black powder
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stone, Copper, Iron
Vesuvius 100 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Vesuvius 100 Wall Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: D 3/5 x Ø 100 cm. Materials: Black powder
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stone, Copper, Iron
Nouveau Design Colorful Mirror
By Reflections Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Nouveau design colorful mirror, NOUVEAU 90 Mirror 4mm faceted mirror on black painted mdf
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Crystal
Nouveau Design Colorful Mirror
By Reflections Copenhagen
Located in Geneve, CH
Nouveau design colorful mirror Nouveau 80 Mirror Measures : 4 mm faceted mirror on black painted
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Crystal
Set of 2 postmodern mirrors by Deknudt, 1980s Belgium.
By Deknudt
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Set of 2 postmodern mirrors by Deknudt, 1980s Belgium. Graphic mirrors with a chrome frame. The
Category
Vintage 1980s Belgian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Chrome
Morphed Mega Wall Mirror in Aluminum, Ash & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small
$2,174 / item
H 24.02 in W 24.02 in D 2.76 in
Morphed Mega Wall Mirror in Aluminum, Ash & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small
Located in Geneve, CH
Morphed Mega Wall Mirror in Aluminum, Ash & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small Dimensions: D 7 x W 61 x
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Aluminum
Morphed Mini Wall Mirror in Aluminum, Ash & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small
$1,314 / item
H 14.02 in W 14.02 in D 1.78 in
Morphed Mini Wall Mirror in Aluminum, Ash & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small
Located in Geneve, CH
Morphed Mini Wall Mirror in Aluminum, Ash & Mirrored Glass by Medium Small Dimensions: D 4.5 x W
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Aluminum
Set Of 3 Panorami Mirrors by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Panorami Mirrors by Secondome Edizioni Designer: ZAVEN. Dimensions: D 5 x W 45 x H 90 cm
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Set Of 3 Panorami Mirrors by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Panorami Mirrors by Secondome Edizioni Designer: ZAVEN. Dimensions: D 5 x W 45 x H 90 cm
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Mirror 'Rondo 75', Gradient, in Stainless Steel by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Rondo 75" contemporary mirror by Zieta Gradient collection: emerald + sapphire Original Zieta
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stainless Steel
Beio Unique Wall Mirror in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
$3,882 / item
H 55.12 in W 15.75 in D 1.97 in
Beio Unique Wall Mirror in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier
Located in Geneve, CH
Beio Unique Wall Mirror in Puebla Travertine Stone by Andres Monnier Unique Piece Dimensions: D 5 x
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stone
Gate Full Length Mirror by Lagu
Located in Geneve, CH
Gate full length mirror by Lagu Designed by Ufuk Ceylan Dimensions: W 112 D 20 x H 225 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Ovoid Mirror by Ebba Lindgren
Located in Geneve, CH
Ovoid Mirror by Ebba Lindgren Dimensions: D 14 x W 21 x H 67 cm. Materials: Ash wood with hard-wax
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Table Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Ash
Giotto 110 Lighted Wall Mirror by Roberto Paoli
Located in Geneve, CH
Giotto 110 Lighted Wall Mirror by Roberto Paoli Dimensions: D 8 x W 110 x H 110 cm. Materials
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Other, Metal
Mirror 'Rondo 75', Gradient, in Stainless Steel by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Rondo 75" contemporary mirror by Zieta Gradient collection Stainless steel Measures: 75 x 6 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stainless Steel
Flow Line III Contemporary Sculptural Silver and White Mirror by Homa
$4,205 / item
H 7.49 in W 16.93 in D 8.27 in
Flow Line III Contemporary Sculptural Silver and White Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Flow Line III Contemporary Sculptural Silver and White Mirror by Homa. Dimensions: W 43 x D 21 x H
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Ettore Sottsass Memphis Milano Diva Vintage Wall Mirror, Italy, 1984
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
A post-modern wall-mounted mirror, Model „Diva" designed in 1984 by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Laminate, Wood
Set of 3 Small Scena Elemento Murano Mirrors by Nikolai Kotlarczyk
$2,851 / set
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 1.19 in
Set of 3 Small Scena Elemento Murano Mirrors by Nikolai Kotlarczyk
By Nikolai Kotlarczyk
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 3 Small Scena Elemento Murano mirrors by Nikolai Kotlarczyk Dimensions: D 3 x W 30 x H 30
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Atlas Via Wall Standing Mirror by Atlas Project
Located in Geneve, CH
Atlas Via Wall Standing Mirror by Atlas Project Dimensions: D 3 x W 55 x H 170 cm. Materials
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Iron
Scena Elemento Tre Murano Mirror by Nikolai Kotlarczyk
By Nikolai Kotlarczyk
Located in Geneve, CH
Scena elemento tre murano mirror by Nikolai Kotlarczyk Dimensions: D 3 x W 30 x H 30 cm
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Scena Elemento Due Murano Mirror by Nikolai Kotlarczyk
By Nikolai Kotlarczyk
Located in Geneve, CH
Scena Elemento Due Murano mirror by Nikolai Kotlarczyk Dimensions: D 3 x W 30 x H 30 cm
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Set of 4 Boudoir Wall Mirrors by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Boudoir wall mirrors by Tero Kuitunen. Small (2), medium and large mirrors. Material
Category
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Textile, Mirror
Vanity Large Foldable Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Vanity Large Foldable Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 18 x W 46 x H 75 cm. Materials
Category
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vanity Small Foldable Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Vanity Small Foldable Wall Mirror by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 12 x W 35 x H 50 cm. Materials
Category
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Stainless Steel
Drift #02 Mirror by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
Drift #02 Mirror by Vetralia Designed by Anna Resei Dimensions: W 100 x D 3.5 x H 160 cm Materials
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood
Drift #01 Mirror by Vetralia
Located in Geneve, CH
Drift #01 Mirror by Vetralia Designed by Anna Resei Dimensions: W 142 x D 3.5 x H 149 cm Materials
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Patinated Metal Ribbon Mirror
By Paul Kiss, Edgar Brandt, Gilbert Poillerat, Michel Zadounaïsky, Raymond Subes
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Patinated Metal Ribbon Mirror. This chic mid century modern patinated metal mirror has a
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Lapis 2 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.36 in W 13.78 in D 5.91 in
Lapis 2 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 2 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 35 x D 15 x H 39 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 15 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.75 in W 15.36 in D 5.91 in
Lapis 15 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 15 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 39 x D 15 x H 40 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 9 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,891 / item
H 18.9 in W 9.85 in D 5.12 in
Lapis 9 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 9 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 25 x D 13 x H 48 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 17 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,891 / item
H 17.72 in W 9.85 in D 5.12 in
Lapis 17 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 17 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 25 x D 13 x H 45 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 4 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 14.97 in W 11.82 in D 7.09 in
Lapis 4 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 4 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 30 x D 18 x H 38 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 13 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.75 in W 13.78 in D 6.7 in
Lapis 13 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 13 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 35 x D 17 x H 40 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 14 Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 13.39 in W 12.6 in D 6.7 in
Lapis 14 Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 14 Sculptural Smoke Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 32 x D 17 x H 34 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 3 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 14.57 in W 14.18 in D 5.12 in
Lapis 3 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 3 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 36 x D 13 x H 37 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 6 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,891 / item
H 19.69 in W 7.88 in D 7.09 in
Lapis 6 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 6 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 20 x D 18 x H 50 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 8 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,891 / item
H 16.93 in W 16.15 in D 6.7 in
Lapis 8 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 8 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 41 x D 17 x H 43 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 12 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 12.6 in W 12.6 in D 4.73 in
Lapis 12 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 12 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 32 x D 12 x H 32 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 18 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.75 in W 14.18 in D 7.09 in
Lapis 18 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 18 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 36 x D 18 x H 40 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 11 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.75 in W 13.78 in D 5.91 in
Lapis 11 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 11 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 35 x D 15 x H 40 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 26 Sculptural Gold Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.27 in
Lapis 26 Sculptural Gold Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 26 Sculptural Gold Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 40 x D 21 x H 40 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Lapis 5 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
$2,568 / item
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 7.88 in
Lapis 5 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Lapis 5 Sculptural Silver Mirror with Handblown Glass by Homa Dimensions: W 40 x D 20 x H 40 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Limited Edition Carina Nebula Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
$11,301 / item
H 2.76 in Dm 38.19 in
Limited Edition Carina Nebula Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Carina Nebula Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Limited Edition Nebula V Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
$11,301 / item
H 2.76 in Dm 38.19 in
Limited Edition Nebula V Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Nebula V Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Limited Edition Blue Nebula Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
$11,301 / item
H 2.76 in Dm 38.19 in
Limited Edition Blue Nebula Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Blue Nebula Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Limited Edition Nebula I Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
$11,301 / item
H 2.76 in Dm 38.19 in
Limited Edition Nebula I Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Nebula I Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Limited Edition Nebula IV Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
$11,301 / item
H 2.76 in Dm 38.19 in
Limited Edition Nebula IV Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Limited Edition Nebula IV Concave Multicolor Oxidized Mirror by Homa Dimensions: D 97 x H 7 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Mod Op Art Plywood, Glass and Fiberglass Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Black and silver circles and dots alternate with mirror to form a checkerboard mirror surface. Very
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Fiberglass, Plywood
Sandstorm Silver Mirror with Copper Pigment Sculptural Design by Homa
$5,913 / item
H 0.16 in Dm 31.5 in
Sandstorm Silver Mirror with Copper Pigment Sculptural Design by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Sandstorm Silver Mirror with Copper Pigment Sculptural Design by Homa Dimensions: D 80 x H 0.4 cm
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Copper
Eryn Burnt Brass Contemporary Art Mirror by Samuel Costantini
By Samuel Costantini
Located in Geneve, CH
Eryn brass mirror by Samuel Costantini Dimensions: D30 x H3 cm Materials: brass, mirror A
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Fortuny Camouflage Style Fabric Over a Large Rectangular Mirror
Located in North Miami, FL
An amazing custom wall mirror in Fortuny cotton fabric and beveled mirror. This cotton fabric is a
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Cotton, Mirror
MikusGlass Mitika Wave Mirror, Hand-Silvered Finish, Op-Art Design
$1,528Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 39.38 in
MikusGlass Mitika Wave Mirror, Hand-Silvered Finish, Op-Art Design
By MikusGlass
Located in Skalica, SK
Some objects merely reflect a space. Others transform it. The "Mitika" mirror by MikusGlass belongs
Category
2010s Slovak Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
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Post Modern Mirror For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic post modern mirror available at 1stDibs. A post modern mirror — often made from glass, mirror and metal — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a post modern mirror, we have 640 options in-stock, while there are 986 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the post modern mirror you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A post modern mirror, designed in the mid-century modern, Hollywood Regency or modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made post modern mirror has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Reflections Copenhagen, Laurene Guarneri and Ettore Sottsass are consistently popular.
How Much is a Post Modern Mirror?
The average selling price for a post modern mirror at 1stDibs is $2,880, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $2,250,000 for the highest priced.
A Close Look at Post-modern Furniture
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
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
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.
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