$600Sale Price|25% Off
Post modern white Gloss Laminate waterfall 2 Drawer nightstand
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beautiful post modern white gloss laminate waterfall front 2 drawer nightstand, circa 1980. Very
Laminate, Plywood
Post Modern Plaster Headboard w/Nightstands, 1970
By John Dickinson
Located in Chicago, IL
Postmodern Plaster Headboard w/Nightstands, 1970. Dresser and bar cabinet are sold in separate
Plaster
$1,837Sale Price|25% Off
Pair Post Modern taupe white laminate 3 Drawer chrome nightstands
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
little use. Post Modern. Located In Brooklyn NYC Sold as a pair (2) nightstands Each 3 Drawer unit
Chrome
Pair of Post Modern Metal & Wood Sculptural Nightstands by Blu Dot
Located in San Diego, CA
Great pair of single drawer nightstands by Blu Dot in like new condition. Beautiful modern lines
Metal
Pair of Post Modern Metal & Wood Sculptural Nightstands by Blu Dot
Located in San Diego, CA
Great pair of single drawer nightstands by Blu Dot in like new condition. Beautiful modern lines
Metal
Post Modern clear curved Lucite Lacquer Blue wood Single Drawer nightstand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Post Modern clear curved Lucite with a Lacquer Blue wood Single Drawer nightstand. Shows normal
Lucite, Wood, Lacquer
Post modern mahogany Gloss faux wood Laminate waterfall 2 Drawer nightstand
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful post modern faux mahogany wood grain gloss laminate waterfall front 2 drawer nightstand
Laminate, Plywood
$3,150Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of Travertine Square Cube Post Modern side end tables nightstands
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Travertine Square Post Modern Cube side or end tables. Beautiful Stone cube table all
Travertine
Pair of Nightstands by Cain Modern Made in Solid Oak and Bronzed Lucite
By Cain Modern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of nightstands made of solid white oak with bronzed lucite legs and tops. The
Lucite, Oak
Pair of post modern white gloss Lacquer Nightstands 2 Drawer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Post modern white Gloss Lacquer Nightstand 2 Drawers. Beautiful condition inside and out
Lacquer, Wood
Pair of Post Modern Mid Century Pace Burl wood & Chrome 2 drawer Nightstands
By Pace Collection, Leon Rosen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Post Modern Mid Century Pace Burl wood & Chrome 2 drawer Nightstands. Designed by Leon
Chrome
Pair of post modern white Lacquer Nightstands 2 Drawer on casters
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Post modern white Gloss Lacquer Nightstands with 2 Drawers. Beautiful condition inside and
Brass
Bespoke Italian Post-Modern Pink Gray Glass 3-Drawer Nickel Chest Nightstand
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques
Located in New York, NY
sizes) but the artistic post-modern impact, in Memphis style, of the different tints, the choice of
Nickel
$1,864 / item
Grazi Nightstand by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Grazi nightstand by Domkapa Dimensions: W 60 x D 50 x H 53 cm. Materials: Natural oak matte
Metal
$1,489 / item
Capricorn Nightstand by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
of modern quality with the classic style of the 1960s. This is why I designed and created a unique
Wood
Gray Mica Queen Headboard & Nightstands
Located in Highland, IN
Strikingly spare, almost minimalist with a touch of post-modern, this terrific queen size headboard
Formica
Postmodern Walnut Nightstand, Italy 1970s
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s. This nightstand features a walnut frame. It might show slight traces of use
Walnut
Metamorphic Nightstand by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Metamorphic nightstand by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 45 x D 50 x H 36 cm. Materials
Wood
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Postmodern Bullnose Nightstands, End Tables or Buffet
Located in Southampton, NJ
Stunning pair of authentic 1980s postmodern nightstands / end tables featuring a dramatic bullnose
Wood
$8,741 / item
Yan Walnut Nightstand by Bowen Liu
Located in Geneve, CH
Yan Walnut Nightstand by Bowen Liu Dimensions: D 15.5 x W 20 x H 19 Materials: brass, walnut
Brass, Other
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Eclipse Olo Sculptural Nightstand / Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of white onyx tower in a light gradient descent to create Olo Eclipse Nightstand. This
Stone, Onyx, Marble
Eclipse Olo Sculptural Nightstand / Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of white onyx tower in a light gradient descent to create Olo Eclipse Nightstand. This
Stone, Onyx, Marble
Olo Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of blue calcite, pink marble, black marble and green onyx tower to create Olo Nightstand
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Eclipse Olo Sculptural Nightstand / Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of white onyx tower in a light gradient descent to create Olo Eclipse Nightstand. This
Stone, Marble, Onyx
Eclipse Olo Sculptural Nightstand / Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Rings of white onyx tower in a light gradient descent to create Olo Eclipse Nightstand. This
Stone, Onyx, Marble
Night Log / Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
Night Log / Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
Night Log / Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
Night Log / Nightstand Sculptural Side Table
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Night Log Formed from a reclaimed tree trunk, Night Log preserves the natural silhouette of the wood its knots, cracks, and irregular contours that trace the memory of growth. After ...
Resin, Wood
1970’s French Elm Nightstands by Maison Regain
By Maison Regain
Located in Chicago, IL
1970’s French Elm nightstands designed by Maison Regain
Elm
Green Soft Nightstand by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Green soft beige nightstand by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 24 x D 47 x H 27 cm. Materials
Wood, Pine, Lacquer
$2,978 / set
Set Of 2 Capricorn Nightstands by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Capricorn Nightstands by Pastform Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 60 cm. Materials: Stained
Wood
1980s Rounded Brass Mirrored Front Nightstand Side Tables
By Ello Furniture, Karl Springer
Located in Bensalem, PA
This listing is for a pair of Ello Furniture rounded brass nightstands with tinted mirrored front
Brass
White Suzon Floating Nightstand Natural Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
White Suzon Floating Nightstand Natural Oak by HARTO Dimensions: W 36 x D 22.6 x H 39.7 cm
Wood, Leather
Italian Postmodern Nightstands or Side Tables, 80s Pair
Located in Lucija, SI
Pair of Italian Postmodern bedside or side tables. Made in Italy in the 80s Perfect condition
Wood
American Designer, Sizeable Nightstands, Oak, Mirror, USA, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of sizeable bleached oak and mirror nightstands or side tables, designed and custom-built
Mirror, Oak
$2,058 / 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
Oak
Eternal Graphite Pattern of Water Nightstand by Majbele
Located in Geneve, CH
Eternal Graphite Pattern of Water Nightstand by Majbele Dimensions: D 35 x W 50 x H 70 cm
Stone
$1,586 / item
Subtle Ecru Pattern of Water Nightstand by Majbele
Located in Geneve, CH
Subtle Ecru Pattern of Water Nightstand by Majbele Dimensions: D 35 x W 50 x H 70 cm. Materials
Stone
$4,527 / item
Il Pezzo 2 Comodino Nightstand by Il Pezzo Mancante
Located in Geneve, CH
Il Pezzo 2 Comodino Nightstand by Il Pezzo Mancante Dimensions: W 50 x D 50 x H 49 cm Materials
Marble
1970s Postmodern Italian Sculptural Queen Size Bed with Nightstands
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful 1970s Italian postmodern, queen-size bed that features nightstands and a headboard with
Wood, Lacquer
Brushed Brass Suzon Floating Nightstand Natural Oak by HARTO
Located in Geneve, CH
Brushed Brass Suzon Floating Nightstand Natural Oak by HARTO Dimensions: W 36 x D 22.6 x H 39.7 cm
Leather, Wood
Anna Castelli For Kartell Stacking Storage Shelf Nightstand
By Kartell, Anna Castelli Ferrieri
Located in San Diego, CA
Anna Castelli Kartell Mate silver plastic stacking storage nightstand or end table These can also
Plastic
Karl Springer Grasscloth Nightstand/Side/End Table, 1980
By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Karl Springer Black Grasscloth Nightstand/Side/End Table, 1980s. Original. Measures 24.25” tall 20
Grasscloth
Pair of Tommy Bahama Walnut Ocean Club Coral 3 Drawer Nightstands
By Tommy Bahama
Located in Pasadena, TX
These nightstands were made by Tommy Bahama furniture. They're made of walnut and have 3 drawers
Walnut
Luciano Frigerio Pair of Nightstands in Walnut and Brass
By Luciano Frigerio
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luciano Frigerio, pair of nightstands, walnut and brass, Italy, 1970s This elegant pair of
Brass
Pair of Handcrafted Walnut Nightstands / End Tables
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
A Larger version of our architectural American black walnut pillar nightstands / end tables
Walnut
Large Bespoke Pair of Blue Robot Nightstands Bedside Tables
By Jo Wilton and Mirka Grohn
Located in Leicester, GB
, powder-coated in Blueberry. The clean lines look great against period details as well as in modern spaces
Steel
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.