1980s Design
’80s to the Max
Channel the decade's exuberant maximalism with a brash use of color, playful materials and geometric forms.
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Trio of Mid Century Italian Modern Poufs or Ottomans, Set of 3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage 1980's set of three poufs. All in very good original condition. Price includes set of 3.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Fabric
Nathalie du Pasquier Royal Chaise for Memphis Srl
By Memphis Group
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Famed MEMPHIS Chaise/Couch by the brilliant Nathalie Du Pasquier (France) from the amazing 1983 MEMPHIS Collection.
Upholstered in her revered "CERCHIO" ("Circles") textile w/ armre...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Lacquer, Laminate, Fabric
Post Modern Yellow and Black Artifort Sofa
By Michael McCoy
Located in Weesp, NL
Four Quadrio seating elements from the 1980s, the Memphis period as can be seen from the style. Michael McCoy designed these playful seating elements in 1985 and they can be arranged...
Category
1980s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Metal
Two-Seat Sofa by Zanotta, "Onda, Italy
By Zanotta
Located in Paris, FR
Two-seat leather sofa model "Onda" edited by Zanotta in Italy. Design by Jonathan De Pas (1932-1991), Donato D'Urbino (born 1935) and Paolo Lomazzi (born 1936), dating from the 80s. ...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Metal
Italian Post Modern Alessandro Mendini Multi Color Leather Lounge Chair
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the ultimate in luxury and style: the limited edition San Leonardo lounge chair designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1986 for Matteo Grassi Italy. Numbered 14/100 and comple...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Leather
Modernist Rattan Pencil Reed Longe Chair, 1985
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful 1980s modernist lounge chair. The aerodynamic frame is covered in pencil reed. Tropical modernism at its best.
Category
1980s American Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Reed
Saporiti Chaise Lounge in Missoni Fabric by Giovanni Offredi, 1980, Italy
By Saporiti
Located in Chicago, IL
Saporiti chaise lounge in Missoni Fabric by Giovanni Offredi, 1980 Italy. Chaise Lounge is original.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Steel
Post Modern Studio Chair Sculpture Valet in Ebonized Oak
Located in Miami, FL
A post modern chair or valet. Spectacular design that elevates a practical piece of furniture to the realm of art. Colorful accents that accentuate the purpose, like the 2 open compa...
Category
1980s American Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Oak
Tom Bruinsma Glazed Chair and Table for Mobach Ceramics, the Netherlands
By Mobach, Tom Bruinsma 1
Located in Utrecht, NL
This elemental chair and table are a beautiful example of the collaboration between Dutch designer Tom Bruinsma and Mobach ceramics. These fully glazed ceramic pieces appear in a var...
Category
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vladimir Attributed Lounge Chairs and Ottomans
By Directional, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Vladimir attributed lounge chairs and ottomans, reupholstered with Italian Boucle.
Preview Label on underside
Measures: Ottoman
H 17"
W 24.75"
D 22.5".
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Bouclé, Upholstery
Pair of Waterfall Ottomans by Thayer Coggin, Attributed to Milo Baughman
By Thayer Coggin
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Pair of upholstered waterfall ottomans/ stools/ petite benches by Thayer Coggin and likely designed by Milo Baughman. What makes these unique is the chrome stretcher which runs under...
Category
1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Chrome
1980s Ron Arad Fauteuil Rubber Crust Beech & Black Armchair
By Ron Arad
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
London based Israeli designer Ron Arad Fauteuil Crust Armchair Rubber Crust Contemporary
Modern 1980s
Contemporary Modern by Ron Arad Associates
29.5 H x 34.25 D x ...
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Faux Leather, Rubber, Beech, Plywood
Exeter Spindle Armchairs 'Set of 8'
By Davis Allen
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Classic meet modern in these chairs by Davis Allen for Knoll, 1983. Davis Allen was an American designer and architect for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. These chairs were manufactured and sold through Knoll Studio. A Stunning and sculptural black enameled wood spindle chair...
Category
1980s North American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Wood
Pair of Modern Three-Legged Sculptural Armchairs by Preview Furniture Co.
By Preview
Located in Dallas, TX
Eye-catching, three-legged sculptural chairs manufactured by Weiman-Preview. Expertly restored, these chairs are compact nicely padded upholstered in a plush pink colored velvet. Ver...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Design Chrome Armchairs by Viliam Chlebo, Czechoslovakia/up to 16 pieces
By Viliam Chlebo
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1980s
- Made of chrome, fabric
- Chrome parts re-polished
- Good original condition
- maker: Kodreta Myjava
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Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Chrome
Design Chrome Coffee/Side Table by Viliam Chlebo, Czechoslovakia, 1980s
By Viliam Chlebo
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1980s
- Made of chrome, smoked glass
- Chrome parts re-polished
- Good original condition
- maker: Kodreta Myjava
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Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Chrome Sofa Designed by Viliam Chlebo, 1980s
By Viliam Chlebo
Located in Praha, CZ
- Designed by Viliam Chlebo
- Czechoslovakia, around 1980s
- maker: Kodreta Myjava
- very good original condition
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Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Metal
"Moka" Asnago & Vender for Flexform Italian Design 1980s Chiars, Set of 4
By Flexform, Mario Asnago
Located in Brescia, IT
Black leather seat and metal frame.
Rationalist design 1939.
1985 by Flexform production.
Excellent condition.
Measures: H seat: 47 cm.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Leather
Lucrezia Armchair by Marco Zanini for Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Marco Zanini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An aluminum arm chair designed by Marco Zanini for Memphis Milano in 1984 and upholstered in Letraset, a cotton fabric designed by Ettore Sottsass.
Signed on underside of the sea...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Aluminum
Postmodern Italian 1980s Sofa, Two-Seat
By Memphis Milano
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage 1980s Postmodern two-seat sofa. Sculpted beech frame with aluminum accents. Original warm yellow cream leather cushions. Very good condition, comfortable seat.
Dimensions: 1...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Leather, Plywood
Palace Wood Chair, by George Sowden for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Memphis Group, George Sowden
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Palace chair in colored lacquered wood, designed in 1983, by George Sowden.
George Sowden was born in Leeds, UK in 1942. He studied architecture at Glou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Wood
Big Sur Wooden Couch, by Peter Shire for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Peter Shire, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Big Sur couch is made out of 100% wool, and the structure is in lacquered wood. The couch was originally designed in 1986 by Peter Shire for Memphis M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Wool, Wood
First Wood and Metal Chair, by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The First chair in enameled wood and metal, was originally designed in 1983 by Michele De Lucchi.
Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara and graduated in architecture in Florence. During the period of radical and experimental architecture he was a prominent figure in movements like Cavart, Alchymia and Memphis. His architectural designs have been mainly for office buildings in Japan, in Germany, in Switzerland and in Italy. He has taken care of numerous art and design exhibitions and has planned buildings for museums as Triennale di Milano, Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma and Neues Museum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Metal
HAL2 Chair Shiro Kuramata
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
HAL2 chair designed by Shiro Kuramata for Cassina Inderdecor in 1987.
Vinyl seat and expand metal back.
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Metal, Steel
Shiro Kuramata 1985 Sing Sing Sing Armchair
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the Sing Sing Sing armchair, a stunning and iconic piece of furniture designed by Shiro Kuramata in 1985 and produced by xO in France. This ...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Steel
Customizable Upholstered Wave Bench in Corduroy by Objects for Objects
By Objects for Objects
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural yet comfortable, the Wave Bench by Los Angeles–based design studio Objects for Objects is a fun piece for the end of the bed, or in any ...
Category
2010s American Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Baker Cinnabar and Black Patent Leather Armchairs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking pair of two open armchairs by Baker, finished in a cinnabar red lacquer. Seats and back upholstered in black patent leather.
Category
1980s American Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Wood
Chair Post Steltman by Alessandro Guerriero for Alchimia Redesign Collection
By Alessandro Guerriero
Located in Milan, Italy
Chair re-designed by Alessandro Guerriero for the Alchimia Redesign Collection. The piece is a tribute to the famous Steltman chair design...
Category
2010s Italian Modern 1980s Design
Materials
Plexiglass
Ruud-Jan Kokke Slat Chair, the Netherlands, 1986
By Ruud-Jan Kokke, 't Spectrum Bergeijk
Located in Utrecht, NL
Designed by Ruud-Jan Kokke, this slat chair was produced by the Dutch manufactory Spectrum, in 1986 as part of their series called “Kokke-Chairs”.
The frame is manually assembled ...
Category
1980s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Oak
Contemporary Art The Butterfly Sofa in Silk Velvet by Carla Tolomeo
By Carla Tolomeo, Mirabili
Located in Pistoia, IT
Sculpture. Unique piece hand made by the artist.
The silk velvet fabric and the embroideries are made expressly for the artist, Carla Tolomeo.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Silk
Set of 6 Metaform "Cirkel 1" Dining Chairs by Karel Boonzaaijer&Pierre Mazairac
By Metaform Holland
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Set of six "Cirkel 1" dining chairs by Karel Boonzaaijer & Pierre Mazairac for Metaform, The Netherlands 1980's
Black metal frame and new cognac faux leather upholstery.
Some scrat...
Category
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Metal
Four Postmodern Italian Swivel Chairs Curved Wood and Chromed Metal, 1980s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Four postmodern style swivel chairs in curved plywood and chromed metal, covered in eco-leather.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Danish Modern Ebony & Leather Swivel Lounge Chair & Ottoman Set
By Takashi Okamura and Erik Marquardsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nelo Sweden swivel lounge chair by Takashi Okamura & Erik Marquardsen, in black leather with matching ottoman. Heavy well-made set with bla...
Category
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Leather, Wood
Palace Chair by George Sowden for Memphis, Milano, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black
By Memphis Milano, George Sowden
Located in Kansas City, MO
George Sowden for Memphis "Palace Chair", 1983. Multicolor form with arms. Completely original with very few signs of use.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Post Modern Lounge Chairs by Donghia for Kroehler After Parsons
By Donghia, Kroehler Mfg. Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome matching pair of armchairs designed by Donghia for Koehler. These feature their original grey flanel upholstery and ready for use. Manufacture labels
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Fabric
Leather Armchair by Ugo La Pietra, 1985
By Busnelli, Ugo La Pietra
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare leather armchair from the Flessuosa series by Ugo La Pietra for Busnelli, Italy, 1985. Comfortable smooth leather seater with a blueish grey leather inset from one of the former...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Leather
Robert Venturi Grandma Sofa in the Original Tan / Taupe Leather for Knoll.
By Knoll, Robert Venturi
Located in Kansas City, MO
A single Robert Venturi matching leather Grandma Sofa manufactured by Knoll, 1980s. Very good original condition. No tears or scuffs to the leather. Light signs of use. Minimal hone...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Leather
Extremely Rare Adjustable Sofa "Trio" by Jochen Hoffmann for Franz Fertig, 1985
By Franz Fertig
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
What more can you say to this wonderful sofa?
Adjustable "thousand" times. Great leather, very sculptural, various positions possible.
An eyecatcher par excellence. The seat ...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Metal
Extraordinary Set of 8 Trompe L'oiel Dining Chairs by Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980
By Betty Cobonpue
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent dining chairs are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and installation ready. Expert...
Category
1980s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Bamboo, Mahogany
Navy Blue Mohair Executive Swivel Chair by Ward Bennett
By Ward Bennett
Located in Danville, CA
Stunning reclining Executive swivel chair by Ward Bennett for Brickel. The chair is in beautiful original condition. The chrome base and slimline casters are also in excellent condit...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Design
Materials
Steel
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