Post-Modern Lighting
POSTMODERN STYLE
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
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
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.
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Style: Post-Modern
Veneta Lumi Vintage table lamp
Located in Београд, RS
🎨 Veneta Lumi stolna lampa – prava poslastica za ljubitelje postmodernog dizajna!
Ova lampa u duhu Memphis grupe donosi eksploziju boja i hrabru geometriju – plava baza, žuto telo, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Ingo Maurer Cork Lamps for Design M, Germany 1974
By Design M, Ingo Maurer
Located in London, GB
The late Ingo Maurer (1932-2019), founder of design company Design M in Munich, designed intriguing lighting for over 40 years. His output is distinctive in form and concept. His des...
Category
1970s German Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Cork
Pair of Post-Modern Table Lamps Designed by Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Post-Modern table lamps designed by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce and manufactured by FLOS of Italy. With frosted glass shades and a tapered weighted enamel base. They can be lit using two bulbs to illuminate either low or full light. The original manufacturer's label is on the base. Created in Milan. CIRCA: 1980.
The lighting maker, Arteluce, was one of the companies at the heart of the creative explosion in postwar Italian design. The firm’s founder and guiding spirit, Gino Sarfatti (1912–85), was an incessant technical and stylistic innovator who almost single-handedly reinvented the chandelier as a modernist lighting...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pleated Shade, Beige Fabric Medium Pendant Lamp with Brass by Elsa Foulon
Located in Geneve, CH
Demoiselle Medium Decorative Pendant Lamp by Elsa Foulon
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 60 cm.
Materials: Taffetas fabric, ceramic, and brass.
Available in three different sizes. Dimen...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Red Travertine Small Roma 1 Square Table Lamp by NASSI
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Travertine Small Roma 1 Square Table Lamp by NASSI
Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 44 cm.
Materials: Fine cotton lining, pure linen fabric in blue.
Base: Red Travertine, nickel pla...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Salvador Dali Surrealist Fine Gold Leaf Bracelli Lamp Sculpture for BD Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Braceli lamp designed by Salvador Dali manufactured by BD furniture in Barcelona.
Bracelli
Panel structure covered with silver plated polyester painting (Fine gold leaf).
Lampshade ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Cotton
Single-Pendant Chainmail Droplet Sculptural Chandelier 80 cm
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Single Pendant Chainmail Droplet Sculptural Chandelier is a beautiful hand made light piece. A chainmail web hugs the lamp’s canopy, as the knit gets tighter the chainmail envelopes ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Vintage spiral twist Michael Taylor style textured plaster floor lamp, USA 1980s
Located in Hastings, GB
Spiral twist Michael Taylor style textured plaster floor lamp, USA 1980s.
Newly rewired with braided cord. Shade is a little dirty but still useable
Dimensions: height to top of bul...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Plaster
Villa Tosca Design Table lamp rainbow colors of sun, 'Heliopolis"
By Villa Tosca Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This lamp is an amazing post modern work that shows many colors ,tones and levels of brightness that you can achieve playing with all the nobes in both sides .Red , green, purple ,...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Lotek Artemide Javier Mariscal Desk Lamp Postmodern Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Desk lamp designed by Javier Mariscal for Artemide. Postmodern style desk lamp. Structural lamp having partially eye catching colors
Working with 10...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
Small Oval Pendant Lamp by Rock and Soar
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Oval Pendant Lamp by Rock and Soar
Dimensions: W 135 x D 65 x H 75 cm
Materials: Gold Plated, SS.
20 Small Storm, 5 Large Storm, 3 Raindrop Lights
About:
Founded by creatives...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate
Monumental Postmodern Shogun Floor Lamp by Mario Botta for Artemide Italy 1980s
By Mario Botta, Artemide
Located in Munich, DE
Monumental postmodern "Shogun Terra" Floor Lamp. Designed by Mario Botta for Artemide, Italy, 1980s. Marked on the top of the shaft.
Two curved and per...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Iron, Metal
Postmodern "Aurora" Pendant Halogen Lamp by Perry King for Arteluce, Italy 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
The postmodern halogen 'Aurora' chandelier light was designed by Perry King and Santiago Miranda for Arteluce in the 1980s.
The chandelier is made of tempered glass with two acrylic transparent...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pleated Shade, Beige Fabric Medium Wall Sconce with Brass by Elsa Foulon
Located in Geneve, CH
Demoiselle Medium Decorative Wall Sconce by Elsa Foulon
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 60 x H 60 cm.
Materials: Taffetas fabric, ceramic, and brass.
Available in three different sizes....
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Set of Two Salvador Dali Surrealist Fine Gold Leaf Bracelli Lamp Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two Braceli lamps designed by Salvador Dali manufactured by BD furniture in Barcelona.
Bracelli
Panel structure covered with silver plated polyester painting (Fine gold leaf)...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Cotton
Ceiba Lamp
Located in Mérida, MX
The Ceiba lamp is a clay lamp handmade by artisans from Yucatan and designed by Chuch Estudio. The large scale clay as an ancestral tradition allowed the pr...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Clay
Single Corrugation Sconce / Wall Light in Natural Ash and Brushed Aluminium
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Single sconce made from natural ash veneered plywood (clear coated) and brushed aluminium tube.
Technical information:
- Comes with dimmable bulb (Class A60, 8W, 720 Lumen, 3000° Ke...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Postmodern Geometric Sculptural Aluminum Floor Lamp, USA, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern geometric sculptural floor lamp rendered in spun aluminum base comprised of two intersecting cones with a suspended fabric shade, USA, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Art Glass Murano Pendant Dome Chandelier, C 1960 / 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Chic and stylish art glass hanging dome with transparent ground and white stripes. The glass body is dome form, with a large opening on the bottom ( 9.5 in. Dia. ). It accepts a stan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Postmodern Optical Neon Floor Lamp Sculpture after Rudi Stern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and impressive 1980s neon sculpture designed by Zimmerman Studios and produced by Archigraphics LA in 1987. Comes complete with pedestal as shown. Signed and numbered.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Ezio Didone “Mira S” UFO Pendant Light for Arteluce / Flos, Italy, 1990s
By Arteluce, Ezio Didone
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Postmodern UFO or flying saucer pendant light giving diffused upward and downward light. A real eye-catcher even unlit. Gem from the time. Designed in the 1990s by Ezio Didone and ma...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Chrome
A BIG Red Lacquered SHABBY-CHIC POST-MODERN Geometric TABLE LAMP, France 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A very large and decorative table lamp (can be used as a floor lamp too), Art-Déco, Neo-Classical, Post-Modernist, with a square section base in golden metal, the body of the lamp be...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Robert Sonneman Post Modern Floor Lamp for George Kovacs, 1990s
Located in Miami, FL
Post modern floor lamp with dimmable LED bulb designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs circa 1990.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Swedish Designer, Floor Lamp, Pine, Paper, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine and paper floor lamp, designed and produced in Sweden, 1970s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 59" H x 15" Diameter
Bulb Specifications: E-26 Bulb
Number of Sockets: 1
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Pine, Paper
Ron Arad Aerial Light for One Off, UK 1982
Located in Chicago, IL
Ron Arad Aerial Light for One Off, UK (1982)
Rare, robotic lamp designed by Ron Arad, adjustable via a wireless controller. The controller features a printed manufacturer’s mark: "On...
Category
1980s English Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Wire
Skymning (Twilight) Lamp by Ehlén Johansson, 1990s
By IKEA
Located in Hanover, MA
Skymning (Twilight) lamp by Ehlén Johansson, 1990s for Ikea, Sweden.
Chrome, brass, and opaline glass shade.
Single Edison screw socket takes a 60 watt lightbulb.
Category
1990s Swedish Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Post-Modern Molecule Table Lamp in Chrome by Robert Sonneman
Located in San Diego, CA
A fantastic post-modern molecule table lamp in chrome by Robert Sonneman, circa 1970s. The three bulb lamp is in very good vintage condition and measure...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Postmodern Iron Torchiere Floor Lamp
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Great period Post Modern Torchiere floor lamp. Textured iron frame set atop a travertine base. Wonderful geometrics with an aesthetic movement vibe. Great uplighting.
Curbside to NYC...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Travertine, Iron
Postmodern Italian Set of Four White Flush Mounts by Targetti Sankey, 1980s
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Cool Postmodern Set of Four White Flush Mounts or Wall Sconces by Targetti Sankey. Model: 376 Blanco. These fixtures were designed and manufactured in Italy during 1980s
These fixtur...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Vintage Black Floor Lamp by Carlo Forcolini 1989 for Artemide Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A Postmodern vintage black floor lamp, which was designed by Carlo Forcolini 1989 for Artemide, Italy.
It is labeled underneath the base: Art...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Modern Industrial Table Lamp with Burnished Aluminum Shade and Brass Hardware
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Disc lamp in burnished aluminum.
Available in a matte black or softly burnished finish, the shade of the disc lamp can either fade into its surroundings or catch lig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Afra & Tobia Scarpa Katia floor lamp for Flos - Italy, 1974 - Two availabe
Located in London, GB
Formidable husband and wife team Tobia and Afra Scarpa met while studying architecture at the University luav di Venezia in the 1950s. Their distinctive oeuvre, produced over half a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Linen
Vintage French Wave Floor Lamp from SCE, 1980s
By SCE France 1
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage French Wave Floor Lamp from SCE, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
European Plug (up to 250V).The wiring of this item ...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
A MINIMAL RADICAL "Privat" FLOOR LAMP by FRANZ WEST, META-MEMPHIS, Italy 1990
By Franz West
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular and iconique floor lamp in steel; Modern, Bauhaus, Constructivist, Forme-Libre; called "Privat lamp", by the Austrian artist Franz West (1947-2012), ed. Memphis, Italy ...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
DESIGN LAMP: NATURAL LINES
With its organic shapes borrowed from the plant world, the eclectic style of the eye-catching F...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Glass
Chainmail Cobweb Sculptural Chandelier
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A fusion of medieval craftsmanship and modern gothic elegance, the Chainmail Cobweb Chandelier evokes the ethereal beauty of a spider’s web. Meticulously handcrafted from interwoven ...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Italian Polished Brass Orgue Wall Sconce 1 of 5
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite and sophisticated, this Italian 'orgue' wall sconce boasts a polished brass finish. The interconnected pipes, crafted from polished brass metal, emit four radiant beams of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Bronze And Alabaster Fungotto Table Lamp by MATLIGHT Milano
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze And Alabaster Fungotto Table Lamp by MATLIGHT Milano
Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 55 cm.
Materials: Bronze and Alabaster.
Handmade In Italy. All our lamps can be wired accordi...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Asymmetrical Satin Glass Post Modern Light Fixture Made in Italy by Foscarini
By Foscarini
Located in New York, NY
Chic Post Modern Italian design frosted glass pendant chandelier by noted and respected maker, Foscarini, circa 2000 -2010. The fixture is in very fine, original, clean and working c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
1 of the 5 Pairs Postmodern Filicudara Sconces by S. Lombardi for Artemide, 1980
By Artemide
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 5 impressive pairs of Postmodern style wall sconces designed by Steve Lombardi for Artemide Italy. Model Filicudara designed in the 1980s. A wonderful shape. Real statement ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Salvador Dali Sculpture Lamp Drawers, Black Label Limited Edition
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Drawers lamp designed by Dali manufactured by BD.
Carved structure in black varnished limewood.
Lampshade in black linen.
The black label collection came to market in a limited edi...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Linen
Post Modern Black Standing Floor Reading Lamp by Ron Rezek, USA, circa 1980s
By Ron Rezek
Located in Miami, FL
Black postmodern floor lamp designed by Ron Rezek, perfect as a reading lamp, next to a chair, sofa, or chaise.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Ron Rezek Verdigris Table Lamp
By Ron Rezek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Postmodern table lamp by Los Angeles lighting designer Ron Rezek, c.1980s. The lamp features a verdigris copper frame and removable shade with polished brass ring accent that sits at...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Copper
White Fabric, Metal & Plastic 1970s wall/ceiling lamp Sanka by Takahama Sirrah
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Rare wall or ceiling lamp Mod. Sanka designed by K. Takahama for Sirrah in the 1970s. This series of lamps was conceived by the Japanese designer as a tribute to the paintings of Luc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Fabric
Post-Modern Brass Table Lamp with Brass Shade
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and unique Post-Modern brass table lamp with brass shade, circa 1980s. The lamp has heavy solid brass construction with a beaut...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Richard Sapper Flex Arm Counterweigh Angle Poise Desk Lamp by Artimide c. 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Post Modern angle poise desk lamp, made in Italy, designed by Richard Sapper for Artimide circa 1970's.
The lamp features a flex arm composted of two elements ( Lower 20 in....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Linear Corrugation Pendant Light '5 Bulbs' in Natural Ash and Vermilion Red
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
Linear corrugation pendant light (5 bulbs) made from ash veneered plywood (clear coated) and Vermilion red (RAL 2002) powder-coated aluminium tubes.
Created in collaboration with Th...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Gjlla Giani for Nucleo Sormani ‘Radar’ Table Lamp
By Nucleo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gjlla Giani for the Nucleo Division of Sormani, 'Radar' table lamp, pewter and glass, Italy, 1971
This rare table lamp is designed by the Italian architect Gjlla Giani for the Nucle...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Pewter
Gianfranco Frattini "Veronica" Floor Lamp for Luci Italia, Italy 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Postmodern white floor lamp designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Luci Italia. Italy 1980s
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Biomorphic Post-Modern Freeform Ribbon Motif Plaster Table Lamp by Jaru, 1980's
By Jaru
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Very unique Post Modern biomorphic table lamp by Jaru. This sculptural abstract form lamp features a neutral tone finish with metallic gold accen...
Category
1980s Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Plaster
Harvey Guzzini Post-Modern Striped Op-Art Globe Pendant Lamp by Meblo, 1970s
By Meblo, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Vienna, AT
A large, striped postmodern Op-Art pendant lamp from the 1970s, designed by Harvey Guzzini for Meblo. The lamp features a very large round globe lampshade (diameter 15"), made of glo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Wire
Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide 'Sintesi Faretto' Wall Light in Green
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide, wall light, model 'Sintesi Faretto', first edition, Cornalux bulb included, coated iron, coated steel, aluminum, rubber, plastic, Italy, 1976
The foun...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Light Pink Molly Floor Lamp by SLIDE Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Light Pink Molly Floor Lamp by SLIDE Studio
Dimensions: Ø 52 x H 41 cm.
Materials: Polyethylene.
Available in different colors. This product is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Other
Giotto Large Hanging Lamp by Roberto Paoli
Located in Geneve, CH
Giotto Large Hanging Lamp by Roberto Paoli
Dimensions: Ø 140 x H 7 cm.
Materials: Metal and polyethylene.
This product is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Available in three di...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Other
PAF Studio Italian Postmodern Duna Terra Luna Floor Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of Italian designer Duna Terra Luna floor lamps produced circa 1980s by PAF Studio (Milan) with design by Mario Barbaglia (born 1950) and Marco Colombo (born 1965). Black lacq...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
Vico Magistretti Kuta Table Lamp for Oluce, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Minimalistic Kuta table lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy, 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Italian Post Modern Floor Lamp design by Perry A. King & S. Mirand for Arteluce
Located in Roma, IT
A Post Modern floor lamp of great charm, made in Italy by the historic lighting company Arteluce founded in 1939 by Gino Sarfatti.
Designed and produced during the 80s, this floor la...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Ettore Sottsass for Design Centre/Poltronova ‘Bruco’ Wall Lights
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ettore Sottsass for Design Centre/Poltronova, ‘Bruco’ wall light from the Mobili Grigi series, chrome-plated brass, methacrylate (translucent Perspex), enameled aluminum, Italy, 1970
This ‘Bruco’ wall light is created by Ettore Sottsass as part of the Mobili Grigi collection for Poltronova and produced by Design Centre in 1970. The advancements in lamp technology have influenced the design of lighting fixtures. The Bruco light was created as a result of the use of breakthrough materials and technologies of the seventies. Designer...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass, Chrome
French Post Modern Bronzed 'Mushroom' Lamp, circa 1980s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Post Modern Bronzed 'Mushroom' Lamp, circa 1980s
European, wired for the US
Of good size, and proportions, fitted with two standard bulbs, th...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Post-Modern Sculptural Mood Lighting Tower Blue Glass Floor Lamp by Curvet USA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the Post-Modern Memphis style, made iconic by luminaries such as Ettore Sottsass, for your consideration is a signed Curvet USA sculptural floor lamp. Made of blue glass with a gray enameled steel base. Uniform lighting from a flourescent bulb. Perfect mood lighting...
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Steel
TRN Ceramic Light, Model B3
By Pani Jurek
Located in Grojec, PL
The lighting fixture is part of TRN collection. Three dimensional objects inspired by Tarasin painting have a simple calligraphic form so they can play and talk together as if they were letters from a non-existent alphabet.
The hand crafted process of glazing ceramic...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Black Ceiba Lamp
Located in Mérida, MX
The Ceiba lamp is a clay lamp handmade by artisans from Yucatan and designed by Chuch Estudio. The large scale clay as an ancestral tradition allowed the pr...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Clay
Ron Rezek Table Lamp Orbit by for Bieffeplast, circa 1980
By Bieffeplast, Ron Rezek
Located in Vienna, AT
Wonderful Minimalist black metal desk lamp by American designer Ron Rezek for Bieffeplast, Italy. The counter balance arm allows to pivot and mov...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Fabio Lenci for I Guzzini 'Lampione' Floor Lamp in Black
By iGuzzini, Fabio Lenci
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Fabio Lenci for iGuzzini, floor lamp, model 'Lampione', polyurethane foam, perspex, chrome, Italy, design 1968
Fabio Lenci, an acclaimed designer renowned for his innovative lighti...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Located in Geneve, CH
Malva Contemporary Parota Wood Floor Lamp with Linen Shade by Isabel Moncada
Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 160 cm.
Materials: Turned parota wood, fiberglass and linen.
The cone is a balanced...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Linen, Wood, Fiberglass
Vintage YUKI Floor Lamp by Paolo Piva for Stefano Cevoli, Italy 1980's
Located in Zagreb, HR
Vintage post modern halogen floor lamp model Yuki produced in the 1980s by Stefano Cevoli.
Design by Paolo Francesco Piva.
Heavy hemisp...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Martine Bedin Super White Memphis Milano Postmodern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Famous super lamp designed by Martine Bedin. Six-light bulb along with its back. With wheel and movable.
All white color model.
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Rougier Style Acrylic Flower Brass Floor Lamp
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Spectacular brass floor lamp in trumpet form with a beautiful acrylic floral shade. Striking to say the least. Beautiful brass base offset with a warm pink/violet multi-petal acrylic...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Brass
Post-Modern Missoni Table Lamp by Massimo Valloto, Italy, 1980s
By Missoni Home, Missoni
Located in Vienna, AT
An amazing colorful postmodern Missoni table or side lamp from the 1980s, designed by Massimo Valloto, executed by Ceramiche Viba, Bassano, Italy. This light has a conical unusual ce...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
French 1980s Perforated Matégot Style White Metal Cone Pendant
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French vintage perforated metal wide cone pendant from the 1980s. Post-modern atomic age piece in the style of Mathieu Matégot and the Memphis group. Crisp white shade with bright re...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Arteluce "Pao" Table Lamp by Matteo Thun
By Ron Rezek
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage mushroom table lamp designed by Matteo Thun for Arteluce, Made in Italy.
Category
1980s North American Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
Glass & Chrome “Lightbulb” Pendant Lamp Attributed to Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oversized pendant lightbulb with ribbed chrome detail, attributed to Ingo Maurer, the "poet of light". Hardwire, can be rewired at your discretion. Cord is approx 18”.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Metalarte Zen Table Lamp by Sergi & Oscar Devesa, 1984, Spain.
Located in Brussels, BE
Sergi & Oscar Devesa Zen model table lamp for Metalarte, 1984, Spain.
Round radial ribbed conical chromed metal, polycarbonate screen inside.
Dimensions: 17 cm H, 11 cm diameter.
Mar...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Post-Modern Lighting
Materials
Metal
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