Small Sideboard by Tomasz Omachel
$2,983 / item
Small Sideboard by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Sideboard by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 40 x W 60 x H 80 cm.
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
$2,983 / item
Small Sideboard by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Sideboard by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 40 x W 60 x H 80 cm.
Brass
$9,744 / item
Bed with Nighstand by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Bed with Nighstand by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 215 x W 275 x H 90 cm.
Brass
$4,335 / item
Mirror With Shelf by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror With Shelf by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 17 x W 110 x H 76 cm.
Glass, Ash
$1,981 / item
Small Coffee Table by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Coffee Table by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 49 x W 72 x H 45 cm.
Brass
$4,872 / item
Bench SB 01 by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Bench SB 01 by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 48 x W 106 x H 74 cm.
Brass
$2,214 / set
Cabinet With A Drawer by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Cabinet With A Drawer by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 40 x W 60 x H 35 cm.
Brass
$2,121 / item
Shelf with Brass Back by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Shelf with Brass Back by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 33 x W 80 x H 34 cm.
Brass
Sculptural Sirene Console in Wood by Tomasz Omachel Studio & Palucki Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Coffee Table by Tomasz Omachel Studio & Palucki Studio Dimensions: L 125 × W 39 × H 92.5 cm Materials: Solid ash, natural goat parchment, bronze (foot) Colours: Smoked wood...
Bronze
$2,540 / item
NSS 02 Elm and Brass Nightstand by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
NSS 02 Nightstand by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 35 x W 45 x H 55 cm.
Brass
Mirror With Shelf by Tomasz Omachel
Located in Geneve, CH
Mirror With Shelf by Tomasz Omachel Dimensions: D 17 x W 110 x H 76 cm.
Ash, Glass
Post Modern Low Profile Square Coffee Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Big on style but not on size, this petite low profile, Post Modern coffee table is perfect for that small space that needs a unique piece. The rounded square corners and bullet shape...
Wood
Italian Post-Modern Sideboard with Geometric Front
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Sideboard, cherry, mahogany, ebonized wood, Italy 1970s This stunning sideboard, made from a luxurious combination of cherry, ebonized wood, and mahogany, is a true statement piece ...
Cherry, Mahogany
Gaelle Mirror by Philippe Colette
Located in Geneve, CH
Gaelle mirror by Philippe Colette Dimensions: D 60 x H 90 cm Materials: mineral lime plaster. With or without indirect lighting. All shapes and sizes can be customized. Wide range of...
Plaster
$3,496
H 20.08 in W 21.66 in D 1.58 in
Mirror by unknown designer and maker, USA, second half of the 20th century
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Asymmetrical mirror made from solid cherry wood. Sculptural and decorative form with softly rounded contours and visible grain throughout the frame. Branded on the reverse with an ...
Cherry
$8,159 / item
H 35.44 in W 19.69 in D 7.88 in
Customizable Organic Shaped Wall Mirror by Alexander Knysch
By Alexander Knysch
Located in Waiblingen, BW
The frame of the mirror is shaped using various hand tools, making each piece unique with its own distinctive wood grain. The mirror is made from high-quality walnut and finished wit...
Mirror, Walnut
Gaelle Mirror by Philippe Colette
Located in Geneve, CH
Gaelle mirror by Philippe Colette Dimensions: D 60 x H 90 cm Materials: mineral lime plaster. With or without indirect lighting. All shapes and sizes can be customized. Wide range of...
Plaster
Nomon Unut Oval by Goula Figuera Design Studio
By Nomon, ANDRÉS MARTÍNEZ
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The singularity of this mirror is based on its caring proportions. Two options with floor-standing mirror or wall-mirror; a hand-made natural walnut shelf combines the softness line...
Mirror
Luca Coffee Table Small by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Luca coffee table small by Umberto Bellardi Ricci Dimensions: W 71.1 x D 109.24 x H 22.9 cm Materials: Travertine, bronze legs. Umberto Bellardi Ricci is an Italian sculptor and...
Travertine, Bronze
SigRe Bed by Dale Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
SigRe Bed by Dale Italia Dimensions: D 213 x W 170 x H 100 cm. Materials: Walnut and upholstery. Bed with solid walnut frame and upholstered headboard. Slats (160 x 200 cm) are not ...
Upholstery, Walnut
Tulis Medium Sideboard by Pastform
Located in Geneve, CH
Tulis Medium Sideboard by Pastform Dimensions: D 40 x W 180 x H 85 cm. Materials: Stained and varnished wood. Available in different wood color finishes: Whiskey, Rum, BPA, Nobel, B...
Wood
Una Coffee Table by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Una Coffee Table by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio Dimensions: W 110 x D 110 x H 25 cm Materials: Wood. ABOUT Giácomo Tomazzi graduated in architecture and urban planning from the Federal U...
Wood
Mid Century Rhythm Bedframe By André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
an artfully designed bed-frame created to bring an elevated level of luxury to all bedrooms. inspired by the organic profiles of intertwining floral branches, its distinctly fluid fo...
Fabric, Ash
Dobra Double Bed by Wentz
By Guilherme Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Dobra Double Bed by Wentz Dimensions: D 250 x W 172 x H 70 cm Materials: Upholstered bed with wooden structure, elastic straps, hypersoft foam and WE—KNIT covering. Wooden feet with ...
Upholstery, Wood
Bold Double Bed - Elitis Frammento - Vague à l'âme
By Mohdern
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Step into the realm of unparalleled luxury with the Bold Bed, where comfort meets opulence to craft a haven dedicated to serenity and relaxation. A seamless fusion of superior comfor...
Bouclé
Large Organic Modern Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fresh contemporary form comes together to create this cocktail table. Crafted from Ofram and Beech, the striking organic tabletop design is finished in Tiber and the tapering base ...
Wood
Rene Gabriel Sideboard
By Rene Gabriel
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Gorgeous sideboard by Rene Gabriel with great angled lines and wood patina Cabinet has 2 swinging doors with 5 center drawers and thick wood handles. Original locking hardware.
Oak
$6,620 / set
H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Park Night Stands in Noir Oxblood Lacquer by Yaniv Chen for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Park nightstand is the epitome of exquisite craftsmanship, featuring meticulously proportioned dimensions and exceptional detailing that make it an ideal bedside companion. Our f...
Lacquer
$6,904 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$5,007 / item
H 44 in W 92 in D 93 in
King Size Bed in Light Beige Fabric with Shell-Inspired Headboard – Musa Line
By Uultis Design
Located in Miami, FL
A Musa king size bed designed by Sérgio Batista for Uultis, in white fabric. The Musa king bed offers a harmonious blend of comfort and modern elegance, designed to become a centerpi...
Fabric, Wood
$2,098 / item
H 17.72 in W 15.75 in D 11.82 in
Brass Cabinet Modern Floating Brass Side Table Nightstand
By Renats Kotlevs
Located in Riga, LV
Exquisite custom nightstand, a masterpiece crafted from engineered wood and adorned with a polished, slightly brushed, burnished, varnished brass finish. This exceptional piece is de...
Brass
$3,550 / item
H 30 in W 36 in D 36 in
IDE ROUND TABLE - 36" Travertine Beige Stone Bistro - Dine Table by HaandCraft
Located in St Petersburg, US
Elegant IDE Round Travertine Stone Table – 36 inc Diameter, 30 inc Height A masterpiece of natural elegance and sophisticated design. Measuring 36 inches in diameter and standing 30...
Stone, Travertine, Iron
$4,959 / item
H 56.11 in W 25.6 in D 19.1 in
Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum
By Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Il settimanale Arcate fa parte di una collezione esclusiva che include comodini e comò, ideata dal rinomato studio milanese Accardi Buccheri per il brand MEDULUM. La scocca, realizza...
Walnut
Handmade Cocktail Side Table by J.M. Szymanski, Blackened Steel
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
TABLE NO. 3 - LARGE J.M. Szymanski D. 2017 Playfully imagined, this sculpted bottom-frame supports a smooth top-surface that is ideal for drinks and small items--some might say it’s...
Steel, Iron
$9,091 / item
H 21.66 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Pair Various Positions Nightstand in Walnut and Oak by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Inspired by his fascination with the aesthetic allure of interiors depicted in films and literature, Yaniv Chen endeavors to capture the essence of captivating spaces. Reflecting upo...
Oak, Walnut
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
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new oyster linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes one E12 base bulb, up to 25 W or highe...
Iron
$1,300 / item
H 14 in W 9 in D 9 in
Brutalist, Handmade Ceramic Table Lamp, Double Decker Lamp by Streicher Goods
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Double Decker lamp is a tall, brutalist-inspired table lamp, perfect for lighting in larger living spaces, created by Streicher Goods in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp is composed of a...
Brass
$8,275 / set
H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Park Night Stands in Poplar Burl by Yaniv Chen for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Structure: Made from Poplar Burl veneer with solid oak edging, the Park Nightstand is finished with matching veneer on both the exterior and interior. The inside includes an adjustab...
Wood, Poplar, Burl
$560 / item
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
Peter Glassford Natural Parota Reclaimed Wood Collage, Set of 2 Brutalist tiles
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
A sculptural Natural Parota collage tiles part of the Brutal Nature collection by Peter Glassford, handcrafted from reclaimed wood fragments and assembled into a richly textured, one...
Wood
$8,625 / item
H 39.38 in Dm 45.01 in
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect union and balance. A study of form...
Brass
$12,763 / set
H 33.08 in W 55.12 in D 19.69 in
Contemporary Pair of Italian Sideboards Made of Solid Wood and Travertine
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Contemporary Sideboards in Oak, Birch and Travertine Pair of contemporary sideboards crafted from solid oak and birch wood, designed with clean lines and a refined balance o...
Travertine
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.