$4,904 / item
Booky 4 Sweet Fuchsia Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Sweet Fuchsia Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may var...
Other
Booky 4 Saffron Yellow Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Saffron Yellow Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may va...
Other
$4,926 / item
Booky 4 Flame Red Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Flame Red Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. T...
Other
$4,904 / item
Booky 4 Powder Blue Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Powder Blue Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary....
Other
$4,904 / item
Booky 4 Milky White Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Milky White Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary....
Other
$4,926 / item
Booky 4 Jet Black Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Jet Black Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. T...
Other
Booky 4 Pumpkin Orange Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Pumpkin Orange Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may va...
Other
$4,904 / item
Booky 4 Argil Grey Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Argil Grey Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. ...
Other
Booky 4 Chocolate Brown Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Chocolate Brown Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may v...
Other
$4,904 / item
Booky 4 Elephant Grey Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Elephant Grey Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may var...
Other
$4,904 / item
Booky 4 Dove Grey Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 4 Dove Grey Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 184 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 40 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary. T...
Other
Booky 3 Pumpkin Orange Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky 3 Pumpkin Orange Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 138 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 30 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may va...
Other
Booky Mini Pumpkin Orange Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky Mini Pumpkin Orange Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 70 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 21 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may ...
Other
Booky Mini Milky White Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky Mini Milky White Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 70 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 21 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may var...
Other
$2,600 / item
Booky Mini Lime Green Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano
Located in Geneve, CH
Booky Mini Lime Green Bookcase by Giò Colonna Romano Dimensions: D 40 x W 70 x H 70 cm. Materials: Polyethylene. Weight: 21 kg. Available in different color options. Prices may vary...
Other
$3,344 / item
Cosette 110 Shelf by GIROTTI ENRICO
Located in Geneve, CH
Cosette 110 Shelf by GIROTTI ENRICO Dimensions: D 40 x H 110 cm Materials: Galvanic Structure, Metal. Weight: 14 Kg. Enrico Girotti is an industrial designer who has found in the w...
Metal
$3,380 / item
Join Bookshelves by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Join Bookshelves by DAaZ Dimensions: D 42.7 x W 107.3 x H 180 cm. Materials: Ash wood. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and reve...
Wood
Postmodern German Metal Wall Shelf from Radius Design, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Metal wall shelf from Radius Design. A design with an industrial design language. The materiality and workmanship are particularly eye-catching. Galvanized sheet steel that is folde...
Metal
Postmodern Italian Graffiti Shelf by Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast, 1980s
By Rodney Kinsman
Located in Hamburg, DE
Metal shelf from the Italian manufacturer Biefeplast according to a draft from Rodney Kinsman from the 80s. A design classic of the 80s in postmodern formal language. This modular s...
Metal
$69,683 / item
Calacatta Meet Bookcase by Andrea Giomi
Located in Geneve, CH
Calacatta Meet bookcase by Andrea Giomi Dimensions: D 45 x W 90 x H 200 cm Materials: Calacatta marble. Also available in Carrara marble. Andrea Giomi, was born in Castelfiorentino ...
Marble
$3,120 / item
Free Bookshelves by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Free Bookshelves by DAaZ Dimensions: D 35 x W 95 x H 170 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and reve...
Wood
$4,928 / item
Tunis Shelves by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Tunis Shelves by DAaZ Dimensions: D 37 x W 85 x H 170 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel i...
Wood
$4,325 / item
Sintesi Extralight Bookcase by VUUN ITALIA
Located in Geneve, CH
Sintesi Extralight Bookcase by VUUN ITALIA Dimensions: D 4 x W 90 x H 190 cm. Materials: Extralight glass. Available in different sizes and finishes. Please contact us. VUUN Itali...
Glass
$1,863 / item
Free Shelves by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Free Shelves by DAaZ Dimensions: D 45 x W 80 x H 83 cm. Materials: Albizzia wood. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel in ...
Wood
Marble And Ebony Natura Sculptural Library by Atelier Terrai
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble And Ebony Natura Sculptural Library by Atelier Terrai Dimensions: D 35 x W 360 x H 175 cm. Materials: Marble and ebony. A celebration of the sinuous shapes found in nature, t...
Marble
BALI verde matte modular totem shelf by MOĆI Collective
By MOĆI Collective
Located in Como, Italy
BALI shelf evokes the form of a tropical plant, transforming storage into an elegant sculptural element. Featuring a chrome-plated steel frame combined with a matte ceramic finish, i...
Aluminum, Steel
$36,402 / item
Stair Shelf Installation Shelf by Haus Otto
Located in Geneve, CH
shelf is part of the Office Z series. A collection of objects exploring the future of the workplace and
Wood
$16,120 / item
Orbis Shelf in Marble with Reflected Core by Homa
Located in Geneve, CH
Orbis Shelf in Marble with Reflected Core by Homa. Dimensions: W 110 x D 42 x H 105 cm Marble Thickness: 2 cm. Materials: Green Marble and Cream-Honey Onyx, Mirror Polished Stainles...
Onyx, Marble, Stainless Steel
Input Organiser by Anne Holm and Sigrid Smetana
Located in Geneve, CH
solution to organise small everyday essentials in the hallway, office or bedroom. Anne Holm and Sigrid
Oak
$30,468 / item
VII Octava Shelves by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Geneve, CH
VIII Octava shelves by Joel Escalona Dimensions: D 160 x W 40 x H 170 cm Materials: oak wood. White oak bookshelf. Joel Escalona He was born in Mexico City and studied Industrial ...
Oak
$685 / item
Coupé Vertical Shelf by Poiat
Located in Geneve, CH
is an established architecture and design office based in Helsinki. founded by Antti Rouhunkoski and
Metal
$344 / item
Coupé Horizontal Shelf by Poiat
Located in Geneve, CH
is an established architecture and design office based in Helsinki. founded by Antti Rouhunkoski and
Metal
Malabar Bookshop by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milan
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Milano
Located in Ravenna, IT
connessi tra loro da elementi in metallo verniciato, ed elemento chiuso ad anta che funge da cabinet
Metal
$1,808 / item
Cherry, Walnut Onda Floating Shelf by David Tragen
Located in Geneve, CH
Cherry, Walnut Onda Floating Shelf by David Tragen Dimensions: W 119 x D 13 x H 2.5 cm Materials: Cherry, Walnut. Weight: 2 kg. Onda, is a gently flowing wave-like creation, desig...
Cherry, Walnut
$6,500 / item
Mett Bookcase by Andrea Giomi
Located in Geneve, CH
Mett bookcase by Andrea Giomi Dimensions: D 45 x W 90 x H 200 cm Materials: various types of recycled wood o material on request. Andrea Giomi, was born in Castelfiorentino in t...
Wood
$18,839 / item
Flora Bookcase by Ginger & Jagger
Located in Geneve, CH
Flora Bookcase by Ginger & Jagger Dimensions: D 50 x W 145 x H 220 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Finish: Structure in cast Brass in Brass finishing; shelves in Glass in Clear fini...
Brass
$2,326 / item
Classy Medium Bookshelf by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
their apartment or office. The presented model is stable and capacious, and its shelves can take on a
Wood
$2,493 / item
Classy Extra Large Bookshelf by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
furniture for their apartment or office. The presented model is stable and capacious, and its shelves can
Wood
Italian Vintage Bookcase in green Bamboo, Rattan and Brass
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, IT
green to the room. The highest part of the cabinet is embellished with a semi-circle made of bamboo and
Brass
$15,600 / item
Bonheur Du Jour Drawer by MOB
Located in Geneve, CH
Bonheur Du Jour drawer by MOB Limited editions of 15 + 1 prototype Designer: Fala Atelier (Portugal) Dimensions: H 200 x D 30 x W 65 cm Material: Ash wood, walnut wood, lackered...
Marble
$7,020 / item
Book Table by MOB
Located in Geneve, CH
Book table by MOB Limited editions of 15 + 1 prototype Designer: Fernanda Fragateiro (Portugal) Dimensions: H 100 x D 57 x W 70 cm Material: 10mm steel sheet, black and white po...
Steel
$9,360 / item
Existence Wall Mounted Bookcase by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Existence Wall Mounted Bookcase by De Castelli Dimensions: W 123 x D 41 x H 39 cm Materials: Orbitale DeLabré Brass Stainless Steel version available. Two, Three, Four and Five floor...
Brass
$6,866 / item
Babele Bookcase by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Babele Bookcase by De Castelli Dimensions: D 36 x H 263 cm Materials: Orbitale DeLabré Copper Other versions are available, please contact us for any request. Aspirations of higher ...
Copper
$7,479 / item
Babele Bookcase by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Babele Bookcase by De Castelli Dimensions: D 28 x H 263 cm Materials: DeSalt Brass Other versions are available, please contact us for any request. Aspirations of higher knowledge f...
Brass
$46,802 / item
Airframe Bookcase by De Castelli
Located in Geneve, CH
Airframe Bookcase by De Castelli Dimensions: W 220 x D 55 x H 180 cm Materials: Brushed Brass The Airframe bookcase celebrates the art of hammered metal, highlighting the savoir-fai...
Brass
$11,322 / item
Tonton Shelf by Studio Uwe Gaertner
Located in Geneve, CH
Tonton Shelf by Studio Uwe Gaertner Dimensions: D 38 x W 500 x H 73 cm. Materials: Oak. DESIGN BY STUDIO UWE GAERTNER The furniture collection from Studio Uwe Gaertner is a harmoni...
Oak
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Michael Graves Unique Burl Maple Pedestal Vitrine Desk, 1990c.
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Chicago, IL
Michael Graves Unique Burl Maple Pedestal Vitrine Desk, 1990c. One-of-a-kind vitrine desk by architect and designer Michael Graves. The piece features a rectangular burl maple veneer...
Steel
$31,899 / item
Labyrinth Screen by Kana Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Labyrinth screen by Kana Objects Dimensions: D 45 x W 291 x H 211 cm Materials: Natural oak. Also available in smoked oak. Other modules available. Labyrinth both dominates a...
Oak
$30,988 / item
Labyrinth Wall Bookcase by Kana Objects
Located in Geneve, CH
Labyrinth wall bookshelf by Kana Objects. Dimensions: D 40 x W 291 x H 211 cm. Materials: natural oak. Also available in smoked oak. Other modules available. Labyrinth is a gr...
Oak
W1264 Wall Hanging Shelf in Poplar Burl Wood by Jörg Pietschmann
By Jörg Pietschmann
Located in Geneve, CH
W1264 Wall Hanging Shelf in Poplar Burl Wood by Jörg Pietschmann Dimensions: D 27 x W 208 x H 4 cm. Materials: Poplar burl wood. All wall shelves include steel pin holders for discr...
Poplar, Burl
Magnolia bookcase by Andrea Branzi, 1983
By Andrea Branzi
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Bibliothèque dite magnolia par Andréa Branzi vers 1983. Les deux montants evidés permettent d’insérer des plantes vertes.
Stainless Steel
$24,346 / set
Set of 2 Shelves by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Shelves by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: W 210 x D 15 x H 20 cm Materials: Ceramic. Module of 3 parts. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot...
Ceramic
$12,173 / item
Shelf by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Shelf by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: W 210 x D 15 x H 20 cm Materials: Ceramic. Module of 3 parts. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a preci...
Ceramic
$12,173 / item
Shelf by Olivia Cognet
By Olivia Cognet
Located in Geneve, CH
Shelf by Olivia Cognet Dimensions: W 210 x D 15 x H 20 cm Materials: Ceramic. Module of 3 parts. Each of Olivia’s handmade creations is a unique work of art, the snapshot of a preci...
Ceramic
$2,221 / item
Frame Bookcase by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Frame Bookcase by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 100 x D 30 x H 200 cm Materials: Structure: Aged steel, Shelf: Veneer or lacquer. With the intention of providing good taste and pe...
Steel
$2,316 / item
Wall Bookcase by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Wall Bookcase by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 100 x D 30 x H 200 cm Materials: Structure: Aged steel, Shelf: Veneer or lacquer. With the intention of providing good taste and per...
Steel
$1,685 / item
Low Frame Bookcase by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Low Frame Bookcase by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 150 x D 30 x H 65 cm Materials: Structure: painted metal, Top: leather, Shelf: venner. With the intention of providing good tas...
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.
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.