$755 / item
Lost Vase 8 by Studio Birtane
Located in Geneve, CH
Lost Vase 8 by Studio Birtane PHILIA Exclusive. Dimensions: W 12 x D 12 x H 27 cm Materials: Cast Aluminium Cast Bronze version and Polished or Patinated finishes are also available.
Aluminum
$2,013 / item
Lost Lamp 8 by Studio Birtane
Located in Geneve, CH
Lost Lamp 8 by Studio Birtane PHILIA Exclusive. Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 23 cm Materials: Cast Aluminium Cast Bronze version and Polished or Patinated finishes are also available.
Aluminum
$755 / item
Lost Vase 6 by Studio Birtane
Located in Geneve, CH
Lost Vase 6 by Studio Birtane Dimensions: W 8 x D 8 x H 22 cm Materials: Cast Aluminium Cast Bronze version and Polished or Patinated finishes are also available.
Aluminum
$2,390 / item
Lost Lamp 6 by Studio Birtane
Located in Geneve, CH
Lost Lamp 6 by Studio Birtane Dimensions: W 15 x D 15 x H 35 cm Materials: Cast Aluminium Cast Bronze version and Polished or Patinated finishes are also available.
Aluminum
$1,635 / item
Lost Pendant 6 Lamp by Studio Birtane
Located in Geneve, CH
Lost Pendant 6 Lamp by Studio Birtane Dimensions: W 13 x D 13 x H 20 cm Materials: Cast Aluminium Cast Bronze version and Polished or Patinated finishes are also available.
Aluminum
$1,510 / item
Lost Pendant 8 Lamp by Studio Birtane
Located in Geneve, CH
Lost Pendant 8 Lamp by Studio Birtane PHILIA Exclusive. Dimensions: W 22 x D 22 x H 12 cm Materials: Cast Aluminium Cast Bronze version and Polished or Patinated finishes are also a...
Aluminum
Crash Vase 1 by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Crash vase 1 by Zieta Dimensions: H 30 x W 13.5 x D 20 cm. Materials: polished stainless steel. Unobtrusive deformation Crash Vases reflect the “controlled loss of control” tech...
Stainless Steel
Tribù Vase by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Tribù vase by Imperfettolab Designer: Verter Turroni 2020 Dimensions: D 36 x H 95 cm Materials: Fibreglass Vases as works of ancient civilizations. Primordial and enigmatic f...
Fiberglass
Crash Vase 2 by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Crash vase 2 by Zieta Dimensions: H 25 x W 16 x D 18 cm. Materials: polished stainless steel. Unobtrusive deformation Crash Vases reflect the “controlled loss of control” techni...
Stainless Steel
Floor Lamp from the 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
The original floor lamp manufactured in Kamenicky Senov by Preciosa (Czech Rep.). The frame is made from brass and steel covered around with glass rods. Powered with a 100cm long t...
Brass, Steel
Lunar 15 Table Lamp by Studio Roso
Located in Geneve, CH
Lunar 15 table lamp by Studio Roso Dimensions: D15 x H29.5 cm Material: Stone (marble or sandstone), glass Weight: 3.5 kg All our lamps can be wired according to each country....
Stone
Sculptural Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An Italian circa 1950s nickel-plated sculptural table lamp with shade and marble base. Measurements Height: 24" total height.
Metal
Sculptural Nickeled Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
signed
Chrome
Zenith #2 Lamp by Elisa Uberti
Located in Geneve, CH
Zenith #2 Lamp by Elisa Uberti Limited series of 8 numbered copies + 1AP Dimensions: W 25 x D 15 x H 50 cm Materials: White Stoneware. This product is handmade, dimensions may va...
Stoneware
Italian Table Lamp by Brotto
By Angelo Brotto
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Italian Adjustable Table Lamp by Angelo Brotto
Stainless Steel Arm Connected to Leather and Metal Base
Volta Lamp by Marta Bonilla
Located in Geneve, CH
Volta lamp by Marta Bonilla Dimensions: D28 x H41 cm Materials: Brass, cotton, raffia. Piece modeled by hand. Enameled in matte white, with shades. Brass pieces, cotton wiring. ...
Brass
$2,800
Arredoluce Table Lamp
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great arredoluce table lamp. Shade pivots on a magnet.
Steel
Viga Table Lamp by Caio Superchi
Located in Geneve, CH
Viga table lamp by Caio Superchi Limited edition of 10 Dimensions: D15 x W7 x H28 cm Materials: metal, wood All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to th...
Metal
Leyki Vase 22 by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Leyki Vase 22 by Zieta Dimensions: D 13 x W 11 x H 22 cm. Materials: Polished stainless steel. Multifunctional subtlety Leyki is a functional object with an architectural twist. It ...
Stainless Steel
Crash 2 Vase by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Crash 2 vase by Zieta Dimensions: D 18 x W 16 x H 25 cm Materials: stainless steel. Zietas main goal is to deliver uniqueness and customization in design and constructions while ke...
Stainless Steel
Gaia Vase by Arturo Erbsman
By Arturo Erbsman
Located in Geneve, CH
Gaia vase by Arturo Erbsman The name GAIA expresses its origin - 'from the earth' and is inspired by the earliest form of Japanese Ikebana style called Tatehana, or “standing flowers...
Onyx, Marble
Single Metal Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single Italian circa 1960's two-tone metal rectangular lamp. Measurements: Height: 18" Width: 6" Depth: 4"
Metal
$2,534 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$1,900 / item
H 14 in W 9 in D 9 in
CADEN Small Ceramic Dome Table Lamp, Highly Textured Black Glaze, Kalin Asenov
By Kalin Asenov
Located in Savannah, GA
Obsidian Reef A deeply textured black lava glaze, reminiscent of coral and natural stone, with captivating shades that come alive when illuminated In Kalin Asenov's studio locat...
Ceramic
Modern Bowl Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern bowl chandelier with a textured white composite canopy above a bronze-finished steel bowl. With a painted chain and ceiling canopy. Dimensions: 43" W x 43" D x 31" H 108" c...
Metal
$2,708 / item
H 30 in W 29 in D 32 in
Walnut Finish Cane Back Armchair with Oatmeal Fabric Upholstery, Soho Collection
By Uultis Design
Located in Hialeah, FL
A Soho armchair designed by Sérgio Batista for Uultis, with walnut finish, natural color cane and oatmeal fabric. The Soho armchair perfectly blends vintage elegance with modern craf...
Walnut, Leather, Fabric, Cane, Wood
"Bold" Pink Marble Bold Side Table
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
The BOLD pink marble Side Table is built from solid stone with clean lines and a simple structure. Its surface highlights the natural tones and patterns of pink marble. This minimal...
Marble
$421 / item
H 17.33 in Dm 20.48 in
Kugge 52 Flower Pot from Ringvide, Pine, Natural or Pigmented Oil, Scandinavian
By Lukas Dahlén
Located in Visby, SE
Kugge flower pot We are all a cog in the machinery of life, let us strive to be a force that lifts and does not lower. The top of the pot resembles the shape of a gear wheel a...
Pine
Curve Table by Paige Schlosser
Located in Chicago, IL
A contemporary ceramic side table designed by Chicago ceramicist, Paige Schlosser. Models shown in Brown and Ivory are available and both In Stock. The Curve table is also availabl...
Ceramic
$995 / item
H 32.29 in W 20.87 in D 21.26 in
Contemporary Chair in Solid Wood, Upholstered in Leather or Textiles with Arms
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Dry chair collection. The Dry chair concept is to work in a mixture of distinct references resulting in a modern classic in a dance between the retro and the modern. A heavy and i...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Laminate, Hardwood
$642Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 33.47 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Dining Chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, Model Razorblade, Denmark, Oak
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Set of striking dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, made of oak and original Dragør fabric as they were made originally with. Provided by Danish Art Weavery. Refreshing design with b...
Oak
$686 / item
H 19.69 in W 12.21 in D 12.21 in
Gervasoni KIRA 43 Side Table in Cast aluminum Chrome by Marta Giardini
By Gervasoni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Kira table stands out for its striking geometric language—an interplay of solid and void—the cubic base supporting a square top softened by rounded corners. Crafted in die-cast a...
Aluminum
$2,827 / item
H 16.54 in W 12.6 in D 12.6 in
Acerbis LOKUM Coffee Table in smoked grey by Sabine Marcelis
By Sabine Marcelis, Acerbis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
$1,086 / item
H 26.38 in W 20.08 in D 17.33 in
Kazuhide Takahama Gaja Chair by Cassina, Metal & Leather, Italy
By Kazuhide Takahama, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Price is dependent on the chosen material/ color. Base is available in chrome, matt white painted, matt black painted, chrome gun barrel or gold chrome. Seat is available in leather ...
Metal
$3,200
H 27.5 in W 25 in D 25.5 in
Poul Kjaerholm PK22 Lounge Chair in Black Leather E Kold Christensen PK 22
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural PK22 Model Lounge Chair, designed by Poul Kjaerholm for E Kold Christensen, signed, Denmark, circa 1960s. According to the estate where we purchased this chair, the leathe...
Steel
$6,890 / item
H 33 in W 84 in D 38 in
Custom Made White Linen English Arm Rolled Back Sofa with Casters
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
White linen English arm rolled back sofa with casters. Custom made to order, upholstered in a heavy weight Belgian linen, with down feather seats. Very comfortable to sit in, with ...
Linen
Philippe Starck Dr. Sonderbar Chair for XO- France, 1980
By Philippe Starck, XO Design
Located in London, GB
Exaggerated curves of tubular steel and perforated sheet metal define The Dr Sonderbar Chair by French architect and designer Philippe Starck (b. 1949). Influenced by his childhood s...
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.
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.