Travertino Rosso Contemporary Marble High Table M/H 110 by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Travertino Rosso Contemporary Marble High Table M/H 110 by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: D 110 x H 92 cm Materials: Marble Available in: GRAFITE / TRAVERTINO ROSSO / GREY SAINT LAURENT ...
Marble
Travertino Rosso Contemporary Marble High Table M/H 100 by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Travertino Rosso Contemporary Marble High Table M/H 100 by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: D 100 x H 92 cm Materials: Marble Available in: GRAFITE / TRAVERTINO ROSSO / GREY SAINT LAURENT ...
Marble
Travertino Rosso Contemporary Marble High Table M/H 90 by Angelo Alinea
Located in Geneve, CH
Travertino Rosso Contemporary Marble High Table M/H 90 by Angelo Alinea Dimensions: D 90 x H 92 cm Materials: Marble Available in: GRAFITE / TRAVERTINO ROSSO / GREY SAINT LAURENT / ...
Marble
Postmodern Leather Sofa in the style of Nicoletti Salotti Italian 2 Seat Sofa
Located in Rochester, NY
Iconic postmodern rich red leather 2 person sofa. Likely a Natuzzi version of the Nicoletti Salotti Italian leather sofa and chair line. A statement piece in your living room or anyw...
Leather
Gaetano Pesce Chair for Cassina 1980 80s
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Gaetano Pesce chair for Cassina. Model: Dalila Due Plastic painted in dark red. Rare chair in the style of Gaetano Pesce 's Radicale era. It's dark and decadent.
Plastic
Postmodern Leather Sofa in the style of Nicoletti Salotti Italian 2 Seat Sofa
Located in Rochester, NY
Iconic postmodern rich red leather 2 person sofa. Likely a Natuzzi version of the Nicoletti Salotti Italian leather sofa and chair line. A statement piece in your living room or anyw...
Leather
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Postmodern Contemporary Artist Abstract Oil on Canvas by Brian Murphy, 2014
Located in San Diego, CA
Well done pink abstract by Brian Murphy 2014, signed and dated great colors reminds me 1980s Memphis style piece.
Canvas
Vintage crossed legged lounge chair by Fabiaan Van Severen, 1990s
By Fabiaan Van Severen
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Late 1990s lounge chair designed by Fabiaan Van Severen consisting of a grey tubular metal crossed legged frame with a red canvas and rope upholstery. Beautiful design piece which w...
Metal
$2,346 / item
Gino Sweet Fuchsia Table by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Gino Sweet Fuchsia Table by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 75 x W 75 x H 72 cm. Materials: Polyethylene and tempered/satinated glass. Weight: 23,5 kg. Available in different color...
Other
'Back to the Future' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Hungarian, 1987
Located in Devon, GB
A beloved American blockbuster, Robert Zemeckis' 1985 sci-fi adventure 'Back to the Future' starred Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, blasted back to 1955 in the plutonium-powe...
Paper
Fluor Nude: Contemporary Hand-Painted Ceramic Sculpture
Located in MADRID, ES
Fluor Nude (2022) is a unique hand-painted ceramic sculpture that explores the expressive relationship between organic form, colour and contemporary art. Inspired by the human body a...
Ceramic
Custom Italian Postmodern Vico Magistretti Style Large 2-Piece Sectional Sofa
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom Italian Postmodern Vico Magistretti Style Large 2-Piece Sectional Sofa Striking custom Italian Postmodern two-piece sectional in the style of Vico Magistretti, featuring a bo...
Fabric
Pr. Italian Brown Leather and Black Metal Postmodern Arm Chairs by Cidue 1970s
By Cidue
Located in New York, NY
Chic pair of architecturally designed post modern arm chairs made in Italy by Cidue, circa 1970's. The chairs feature high quality brown leather seat and back rests, and enameled bl...
Steel
Andy Warhol x Rosenthal Porcelain Pop Art Portrait Framed Pop Art Wall Object
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in Apeldoorn, GE
This limited edition porcelain artwork (23/49) was produced by Rosenthal using one of Andy Warhol's iconic Pop Art portraits. Created with silkscreen enamel on high-quality porcelain...
Enamel
Sweet Fuchsia Duke Of Love Coffee Table by Moro, Pigatti
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Duke Of Love Coffee Table by Moro, Pigatti Dimensions: D 72 x W 72 x H 31,5 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Available in different color and finish options. This product...
Other
Sweet Fuchsia Queen Of Love Armchair by Moro, Pigatti
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Queen Of Love Armchair by Moro, Pigatti Dimensions: D 98 x W 103,5 x H 112,5 cm. SH: 38 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Available in different color and finish options. T...
Other
Sweet Fuchsia Little Queen Of Love Kids Armchair by Moro, Pigatti
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Little Queen Of Love Kids Armchair by Moro, Pigatti Dimensions: D 70 x W 76 x H 83 cm. SH: 32 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Available in different color and finish opti...
Other
$31,041 / item
Man Cabinet in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Man Cabinet in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Dimensions: D 45 x W 156 x H 177 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Cabinet, tribute to Man Ray and to his Violon d’Ingres. ...
Aluminum, Other
Osvaldo White And Fuchsia Rectangular Table by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Osvaldo White And Fuchsia Rectangular Table by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 80 x W 180 x H 73 cm. Materials: Polyethylene and tempered glass. Weight: 47 kg. Available in differe...
Other
Large, Blue, Red, Abstract Painting by Late American Artist John Link
By John Link
Located in Greensboro, NC
Dynamic layered blue & red abstract acrylic painting on canvas by the Late Midwestern Artist John Link, mounted in a wood frame. This work, entitled "Temporary Ephedrine", is one of ...
Resin, Acrylic
Two Tier Sculptural Dichroic Glass Coffee Table by ODA LIK Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Two Tier Sculptural Dichroic Glass Coffee Table by ODA LIK Studio. Limited Edition. Dimensions: W 121 x D 189 x H 36 cm. Materials: Dichroic glass composition with custom chromatic p...
Stainless Steel
Sweet Fuchsia Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Together Side Table by Favaretto&Partners Dimensions: D 40 x W 66 x H 68 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 7 kg. Available in a standard version and lacquered versi...
Other
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
“Untitled”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.. Signed top left by the artist and dated 1975. Condition is very good. Presently unfr...
Canvas, Oil
Bubblegum Oort Resin Side Table by Creators Of Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Bubblegum Oort resin side table by creators of objects Materials: Resin, pigment DImensions: W 56 x D 36 x H 36 cm Also Available: Tourmaline, Bordeaux, Spice, Ochre, Forest, Ocea...
Aluminum, Other
Mosquito Magenta Green of the Neo Habitat Sculptural Object By Caspi Ceramics NL
Located in Geneve, CH
Mosquito Magenta Green of the Neo Habitat Sculptural Object By Caspi Ceramics NL Dimensions: W 71 x D 81 x H 71 cm. Materials: Ceramic, Arabian luster glaze, reduction firing. About...
Ceramic
Set of 6 Stackable Chairs Paolo Favaretto & Airborne Assisa Italy 1980s
By Favaretto & Partners
Located in Almelo, NL
Set of 6 Stackable chairs Paolo Favaretto & Airborne Assisa Italy 1980s Beautiful design chairs with a black coated tubular steel structure and a polypropylene seat and seatback. ...
Steel
Astrapia Magenta Green of the Neo Habitat Sculptural Object By Caspi Ceramics NL
Located in Geneve, CH
Astrapia Magenta Green of the Neo Habitat Sculptural Object By Caspi Ceramics NL Dimensions: W 61 x D 86 x H 79 cm. Materials: Ceramic, Arabian luster glaze, reduction firing. About...
Ceramic
Original Giorgio Soressi Sofa Design Couch 1990 Leder Zweisitzer2
By Giorgio Soressi
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eins von zwei wunderschönen und extrem seltenen Zweisitzer Sofas aus den 1990er Jahren an. Der Entwurf stammt von Giorgio Soressi, dessen Werke sich international einer gr...
Leather, Fabric
Original Giorgio Soressi Sofa Design Couch 1990 Leder Zweisitzer
By Giorgio Soressi
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eins von zwei wunderschönen und extrem seltenen Zweisitzer Sofas aus den 1990er Jahren an. Der Entwurf stammt von Giorgio Soressi, dessen Werke sich international einer gr...
Fabric, Leather
$1,750 / item
Large Salmon Vase by Doa Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Large salmon vase by Doa Ceramics. Dimensions: D 30.48 x H 30.48 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Technique: Hand-crafted. Freeform. Glazed.
Ceramic
$1,533 / item
Ribbons Salmon 70 Side Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Salmon 70 side table by MOWEE Dimensions: D70 x W70 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminum, HPL top. Weight: 12 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge...
Aluminum, Other
$755 / item
Ribbons Salmon 50 Coffee Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Salmon Coffee Table 50 by MOWEE Dimensions: D50 x W50 x H29 cm. Material: Aluminum and HPL top. Weight: 8 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black ...
Aluminum, Other
$1,900 / item
Ribbons Salmon 90 Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Salmon 90 table by MOWEE. Dimensions: D90 x W90 x H75 cm. Material: Aluminium and HPL top. Weight: 16 kg. Also available in different colors and finishes. (HPL Black Edge...
Aluminum, Other
$5,036 / item
Eye Candy Armchair by Amber Dewaele
Located in Geneve, CH
Eye Candy armchair by Amber Dewaele Dimensions: D 95 x W 70 x H 70 cm. Materials: Anodised aluminum, coated foam. EYE CANDY CHAIRS Concept A chair for every eye. As every int...
Aluminum
$5,162 / item
Embrace Lago Tamaris Armchair by Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Embrace Lago Tamaris armchair by Royal Stranger Dimensions: W 96 x D 85 x H 68 cm. Different upholstery colors and finishes are available. Please contact us. Materials: Upholstery...
Upholstery
$1,716 / set
Sinus Dining Chairs from KFF, 1990s, Set of 6
By Karl Friedrich Förster
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage 'Sinus' dining chairs by KFF Germany with a metal frame and a new red fabric upholstery. Timeless design, very good condition 1990s - Germany Dimensions: Height: 80cm Seat...
Metal
B & B Italia Armchair Set by Paolo Piva (2 pieces)
By B&B Italia, Paolo Piva
Located in Nagykovácsi, Central Hungary
B&B Italia armchair set of 2, desiged by Paolo Piva. The leather is in poor condition.
Metal
$938 / item
Sweet Fuchsia Threebù Pot by Marcantonio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Threebù Pot by Marcantonio Dimensions: D 45 x W 45 x H 45 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. This product is suitable ...
Other
$22,433Sale Price|20% Off
Roche Bobois Mah Jong Sectional Sofa by Hans Hopfer, Multicolor
By Roche Bobois
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Roche Bobois "Mah Jong" – Modular corner sofa, designed by Hans Hopfer, 2000s A modular arrangement consisting of 12 seats and 6 backrests, configured in a corner layout. Designed by...
Cotton, Satin, Velvet
$1,259 / item
Sweet Fuchsia Voilà High Stool by Marc Sadler
Located in Geneve, CH
Sweet Fuchsia Voilà High Stool by Marc Sadler Dimensions: D 38 x W 35 x H 84 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 6 kg. Available in different different color options. This product ...
Other
Weiman Barrel Lounge Swivel Chair + Swivel Ottoman
By Weiman
Located in Dallas, TX
A stylish Vladimir Kagan-inspired Weiman barrel lounge swivel chair and ottoman from the 1980s, refinished by the Selby House in a resilient Yarn Collective boucle upholstery, enhanc...
Wool, Cotton
$2,243 / item
Chouchou Rose Stool by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Chouchou rose stool by Pulpo Dimensions: D35 x W30 x H43 cm Materials: ceramic Also available in different colours. Whether stool or storage table, piece of column or inspir...
Ceramic
Ceramic vase Memphis, “ILIOS” by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, Milan, 1990’s.
By Memphis Milano
Located in Milan, IT
Memphis Milano painted ceramic vase by Luciano Florio Paccagnella, “ILIOS” in pink. Florio was a key member of the Memphis group when he created his series of unique handmade vases. ...
Ceramic
$1,030 / item
Bunny Sweet Fuchsia Decorative Object by Aki Kuroda
Located in Geneve, CH
Bunny Sweet Fuchsia Decorative Object by Aki Kuroda Dimensions: D 22 x W 29 x H 60 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 2 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. ...
Other
$2,872 / item
Lune V Stool by Duistt
Located in Geneve, CH
Lune V Stool by Duistt Dimensions: D 40 x H 45 cm Materials: Duistt Fabric, Brass LUNE V stool, crafted with great attention to detail, is a gorgeous and versatile piece. It is pres...
Brass
Raw & Rainbow Mrs Rainbow Sculpture in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Raw & Rainbow Mrs Rainbow Sculpture in Powder-Coated Aluminum by altreforme Limited Edition Of 10 Pieces. Dimensions: Ø 23 x H 41 cm. Materials: Powder-coated aluminum. Slender form...
Aluminum
Vintage French Floor Lamp from Olivier Villatte, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern floor lamp from France by Olivier Villatte. A playful design with a rich variety of colors and shapes. The foot and shaft forms a rotary body with a wide variety of outdo...
Metal
$21,506 / item
CF Te16 Terre by Caturegli Formica
Located in Geneve, CH
CF Te16 Terre by Caturegli Formica Dimensions: W 45 x H 36 cm Materials: Ceramic Terres, Dakar, Senegal, 1987-1991 TERRES is a series of symbolic ceramics sculpures produced...
Ceramic
$2,060 / item
FUWA FUWA, No. 15 Bottle by Yusuké Y. Offhause
Located in Geneve, CH
FUWA FUWA, No 15 bottle by Yusuke´ Y. Offhause One of a Kind, the work is in two parts (ceramic and glass). Dimensions: D 7 x W 7 x H 20.5 cm. Materials: stoneware, porcelain, gla...
Porcelain, Stoneware, Glass
Murano Sommerso ashtray from the 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Murano Sommerso Ashtray from the 1960s This Murano ashtray features an organic, asymmetrical shape, with a circular base and a wraparound design that rises at one end to create a fun...
Art Glass
Shirley Schuimlampen Floor Lamp by Sven Jansse
Located in Geneve, CH
Shirley Schuimlampen Floor Lamp by Sven Jansse Dimensions: D 27 x H 130 cm Materials: Treated Polyether Foam Available in different colour schemes. The practice of Sven Jansse (Rott...
Foam
Michael Graves Enameled Rolled Steel Mailbox, Postmodern Design, 1990
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
MICHAEL GRAVES (AMERICAN, 1934-2015), ENAMELED ROLLED STEEL MAILBOX, C.1990, H 14", L 23 3/4":An enameled and rolled steel mailbox. By Michael Graves and the Markuse Corporation. The...
Aluminum, Enamel, Steel
Bindoo Kama Triangular Wall Mirror in Aluminum & Glass Mirror by altreforme
Located in Geneve, CH
Bindoo Kama Triangular Wall Mirror in Aluminum & Glass Mirror by altreforme Design by Kumar La Noce Studio Dimensions: D 4 x W 60 x H 60 cm. Materials: Aluminum, paint, and glass mir...
Aluminum
Meritalia Big Surprise 1, Small / Red and Orange by Gaetano Pesce
By Gaetano Pesce, Meritalia
Located in Toronto, ON
Each vase by Edizioni del Pesce embodies a singular and unrepeatable identity, telling a different story through innovative shapes, intricate details and a varied chromatic range. Th...
Resin
Monumental Sergio Bustamante 'Sol Eclipse' Papier Mâché Wall Sculpture, 1997
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Monumental wall-mounted sculpture executed in painted papier-mâché by Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante (b. 1949). Titled "Sol Eclipse" (Solar Eclipse), this large-scale composition f...
Paper
$9,065 / set
Handmade Sassi Ceramics by Le Meduse
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Sassi ceramics by Le Meduse Unique pieces Dimensions: W 25, D 15, H 18 cm Materials: Glazed ceramics bicolor. Each model is unique because it is handmade, it can be re...
Other
$2,014 / item
In Alto Colori Wall Vase by Maxime Louis-Courcier
Located in Geneve, CH
In Alto Colori Wall Vase by Maxime Louis-Courcier Dimensions: W 6 x D 22 x H 28 cm Materials : Earthenware / Glossy Glaze Other variations of this item are available. Please contact...
Earthenware
$3,582 / set
Helle Fuchsia Cast Glass Sculpture by Bowen Liu
Located in Geneve, CH
Helle Fuchsia Cast Glass Sculpture by Bowen Liu Dimensions: D 2.25 x W 5 x H 7 cm Materials: Cast Glass Based in, produced and shipped from the US. Bowen Liu founded her award-win...
Other
$1,797 / item
King Violet Vase by Purho
Located in Geneve, CH
King violet vase by Purho Dimensions: D20 x H40 cm Materials: Glass Other colours and dimensions are available. Purho is a new protagonist of made in Italy design, a work of sy...
Glass
$1,797 / item
Coppa Vase by Purho
Located in Geneve, CH
Coppa vase by Purho Dimensions: D22 x H17 cm Materials: Glass Purho is a new protagonist of made in Italy design , a work of synthesis, a research that has lasted for years, an ...
Glass
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.