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Material: Plastic
Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Company Art Deco Dresser/Cabinet
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Company Art Deco dresser made mainly of steel, wood at the base and bakelite at the handles. It i...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

Large Lapis Lazuli Sphere from Afghanistan in Acrylic Base
Located in Polanco, CDMX
This beautiful large lapis lazuli sphere from Afghanistan features outstanding hues of blue, gold, and white.
Category

2010s Mexican Organic Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Soriana 3 seater sofa and chaise longue by Tobia & Afra Scarpa for Cassina NEW
Located in Stavenisse, NL
The Soriana Sofa was first designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1969. In 1970 the Soriana was awarded a Compasso d’Oro prize solidifying its standing as a style icon. Defined by its...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Chrome

Liquid Mirror, High Gloss, by Alexey Krupinin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The "Liquid" mirror series is a captivating collection inspired by fluid movements. With unique shapes and vibrant finishes, these mirrors create a mesmerizing visual experience. The...
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2010s American Organic Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Acrylic, Plaster

SLAMP Gemmy Pendant Light in Arlecchino by Spalletta, Croce, Ragnisco & Wijffels
Located in Pomezia, Rome
This versatile and dynamic collection was inspired by the polyhedric facets of desert gems. The lamp’s geometries create an intriguing contemporary and refined kaleidoscope effect th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Illuminated Letter D, 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage Industrial illuminated letter D was made in Italy during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal ...
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1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Metal

Contemporary Art Lighting Sculpture - Wonder Woman by Marco Lodola
Located in Pistoia, IT
Light sculpture Curved acrylic sheet, Lighting with light tubes "The intervention of an artist, citizen of the world, like Marco Lodola has created a climate of high cultural as well...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plexiglass

Pair of 2 Mid Century Italian Armchairs In Style of Zanuso 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Pair of 2 Mid Century Italian Armchairs, crafted in the style of Zanuso, exude timeless elegance. Their distinct design features fully brass legs that add a touch of luxury. Rece...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Brass

Op Art Plexiglas Vase, 1970's
Located in FERROL, ES
Op Art Plexiglas Vase, 1970's Transparent rectangle with blue foil inside that, depending on the position, changes the color of the entire rectangle. Measurements: 10x5x5 cm.
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plexiglass

Modern Black Green Gray White Orange Pink Red Purple or Blue Rabbit Accent Chair
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
Rabbit is a family of products with a strong media impact, one of Stefano Giovannoni's hat tricks, and immediately became a pop icon, a symbol of love and fertility, which brings goo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Modern Purple Green Orange Pink White Blue Black or Yellow Teddy Bear Table Lamp
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
The teddy bear, the emotional object par excellence, is reinterpreted by Stefano Giovannoni for Qeeboo and becomes a table lamp. The new pop icon, tender, and fun at the same time was designed in two versions, Boy & Girl. Teddy Girl, more timid and delicate, brings to light the feminine soul of the famous little bear, embracing a small luminous sphere. The luminous bear thus expands the large Qeeboo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Verner Panton 'Panthella 250' Table Lamp Grey Opaline Acrylic for Louis Poulsen
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton 'Panthella' Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen. Designed 1971, current production. Designed in 1971, Panthella stands out as one of Verner Panton’s design icons with its uni...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

“Silence” by Treerat Ngamsanit- contemporary Thai artist
Located in Fukuoka, JP
The artwork of famous Thai artist. Treerat Ngamsanit is a popular jewelry designer, who has been sought after for the last 20 years under the name Stu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Plastic Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fred Chair in Purple by Exit Ceren, Represented by Tuleste Factory
Located in New York, NY
Fred Chair in Purple by Ceren Arslan 2023 Suede Upholstery W 45" x D 40" x H 30" Item available for immediate delivery. Please contact us for shipping ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Suede, Acrylic

Carlo Chair in Purple by Exit Ceren, Represented by Tuleste Factory
Located in New York, NY
Carlo Chair in Purple by Ceren Arslan 2023 Upholstered Suede W 33" x L 31.5" x H 31" Item available for immediate delivery. Lead time for this item is 4-6 weeks. Please contact u...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Suede, Acrylic

Fantastic 6 Piece Milo Baughman Style Sectional Sofa Carson's Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fantastic deep blue velvet 2 piece angled sofa with 2 light-up tables and 2 ottomans, so this is a total of 6 pieces. This sofa sectional was made By Carsons and is the style of Milo...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plexiglass

Chromed Steel Revolving Pedestals
Located in Rochester, NY
A matched pair of grid design chrome steel revolving pedestals. Each pedestal has four inset rectangular mylar acrylic panels ( one side is blue an...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Huge Blue, Yellow & Lavender Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas by John Link
Located in Greensboro, NC
Dynamic blue, yellow & Lavender abstract acrylic painting on canvas by the Late Midwestern Artist John Link. This work, entitled "Vickie's Cut", is one of se...
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Late 20th Century North American Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

1980s Postmodern Black and Blue Rexite Zero 980 Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Raul Barbieri and Giorgio Marianelli for Rexite in 1981, this Zero 980 wall clock has a striking black and blue combination. Blue plastic case, blue hands, and raised blu...
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Maximalist 'Flying Saucer' Coffee Table in Recycled Plastics
Located in London, GB
Ever playful, innovative design studio Duffy London exclusively unveils its latest conversational art-as-furniture piece, the retro-candy inspired Flying Saucer coffee table, brought to life using 100% recycled plastics in a series of pop colour finishes. Be transported back into the sweet shop as a child, surrounded by large glass jars overflowing with bright-coloured gobstoppers, love-hearts, flying saucers, licorice all-sorts, and marshmallows. The Flying Saucer table embraces nostalgia and unapologetically combines vibrant pop colours and patterns in a true maximalist fashion. An eye-catching, evocative design that refuses to follow convention and serves as a constant reminder to live one’s life to the fullest – to go bigger, go bolder, to be adventurous, and not to take life too seriously. Following on from Duffy’s first foray 3D printed sand furniture...
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2010s British Space Age Plastic Furniture

Materials

Glass, Plastic

20th Century Guarnacci, Padovano and Vagnoni for 1p Attributed, Modular Sofa 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
1P - INDUSTRIA CHIMICA PER L'ARREDAMENTO is an Italian manufacturer, active between 1967 and 1986, based in Florence. Thanks to the collaboration with several italian designer (such as Emilio Guarnacci, Felix Padovano...
Category

1970s Italian Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Plastic

Mid-Century Violet Purple Kangaroo Chair Designed by Ernst Moeckl, Germany, 1968
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The z.stuhl chair, designed by Ernst Moeckl (1931-2013) in the 1970s, is a cantilever chair made of polyurethane, which is available with and without armrests. In the vernacular, the...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fiberglass

Infiny Medium Mirror
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror infiny medium wall decoration mirror made with led lights with mirrored glass and plexiglass creating an infiny mirrored effect. Exceptional pie...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plexiglass, Glass

BT01 Contemporary Coffee Table in Aluminium and PMMA
Located in London, GB
BT01 is a coffee table characterised by simple and pure shapes. A sculptural/functional object realized by a unique shaped-by-hand aluminum base and a r...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Coat Rack Pink, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Coat rack by Studio Gert Wessels, pink. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands. In his daily practice he investigates the relationship between...
Category

2010s Dutch Other Plastic Furniture

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Polyester

Tripple socket pink, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Tripple socket object 23. Rosa SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, pink. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands. In his ...
Category

2010s Dutch Other Plastic Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

Quadruple Socket Pink, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Quadruple socket object 23. Rosa SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, pink. handcrafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands. In his daily practice he investiga...
Category

2010s Dutch Other Plastic Furniture

Materials

Acrylic, Epoxy Resin, Polyester

Single Socket Pink, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Single socket object 16.5. Rosa SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, pink. handcrafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands. In his ...
Category

2010s Dutch Other Plastic Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

20th Century Guarnacci, Padovano and Vagnoni for 1P Attr. Pair of Armchairs, 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
1P - INDUSTRIA CHIMICA PER L'ARREDAMENTO is an italian manufacturer, active between 1967 and 1986, based in Florence. Thanks to the collaboration with several italian designer (such as Emilio Guarnacci, Felix Padovano...
Category

1970s Italian Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Plastic

Two Mid-Century Lavender and Blue Kangaroo Chairs Ernst Moeckl, Germany, 1968
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The z.stuhl chair, designed by Ernst Moeckl (1931-2013) in the 1970s, is a cantilever chair made of polyurethane, which is available with and without armrests. In the vernacular, the chair is known by its geometry-related names such as "squatting man...
Category

20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fiberglass

Two Mid-Century Purple and Blue Kangaroo Chairs, Ernst Moeckl, Germany, 1968
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The z.stuhl chair, designed by Ernst Moeckl (1931-2013) in the 1970s, is a cantilever chair made of polyurethane, which is available with and without armrests. In the vernacular, the chair is known by its geometry-related names such as "squatting man...
Category

20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fiberglass

Set of Twelve Mid-Century Purple Kangaroo Chairs, by Ernst Moeckl, Germany, 1968
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The z.stuhl chair, designed by Ernst Moeckl (1931-2013) in the 1970s, is a cantilever chair made of polyurethane, which is available with and without armrests. In the vernacular, the...
Category

20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fiberglass

Kartell Colonna Stool in Violet by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Colonna stool is included in the Kartell goes Sottsass - A Tribute to Memphis collection, launched in 2015 in homage to the movement founded by desig...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Kartell Prince Aha Stool in Lavender Grey by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Thought up as a colourful game of building blocks, the Prince Aha stool is composed of two cones to resemble the shape of an hourglass. An entertaining and c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Chair Post Steltman by Alessandro Guerriero for Alchimia Redesign Collection
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 Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plexiglass

Modern Outdoor Suspended Sofa Stainless Steel Water-Resistant Fabric
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Fable Outdoor Swing The Fable swing is completely customizable, which offers you the possibility of turning it in the main attraction and star of any p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Stainless Steel

American Mid Century Atomic Age Rare Spaghetti Fiberglass Pendant Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare color and great condition on this beautiful groove purple pendant spaghetti lamp, circa 1950s with a white chain 10-foot cord in perfect condition.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fiberglass

Mixed Media Painting by Steven Colucci
By Jackson Pollock
Located in New York City, NY
Steven Colucci’s iconoclastic approach to performance and the visual arts have not only long blurred the boundaries between these disciplines, but have challenged its most basic assumptions. The title of this show references a most rudimentary dance move --the plié --and our assumptions of what to expect in relation to this. Also the suggestion that we can simply press a button and a preconceived outcome will be courteously delivered --a form of prefabricated belief in itself. Steven Colucci’s artwork turns such basic assumptions on their heads. Finding early inspiration in the New York school of abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock with his action painting, and then further by his professor --a then young Vito Acconci while studying at the School of Visual Arts, Steven Colucci went from exploring the raw existentialist experimentation of New York’s early painting and performance scenes, to investigating the other end of the spectrum --the rigorously measured and controlled disciplines of pantomime and ballet; studying in Paris under the tutelage of world-famous Marcelle Marceau, and engaging with the concepts of dramatic movement pioneer and intellectual Etienne Decroux. Colucci has explained the difference between the extremes of pantomime and dance as being that pantomime forces movement via an internal capacity --movement directed inward to the core of one’s self --a source requiring extreme mental and physical control. Dance by contrast is an external expression; likewise requiring great precision, although instead an extension of self or sentiment that projects outwardly. While such historical ‘movement’ disciplines serve as foundation blocks for Steven’s artistic explorations, it is the realm in between that he is best known for his contributions --an experimental movement and performance art that simultaneously honors, yet defiantly refutes tradition; rejecting a compartmentalization regarding art and movement, yet incorporating its elements into his own brand of experimental pastiche. Colucci’s performance works manifest as eerily candy-coated and familiar, yet incorporate unexpected jags of the uncanny throughout, exploiting a sort of coulrophobia in the viewer; an exploration of a cumulative artifice that binds human nature against its darker tendencies; highlighting traditions of artifice itself - the fabricated systemologies that necessitate compartmentalization in the first place. It is evident in Steven Colucci’s paintings that he has established a uniquely distinctive pictorial vocabulary; a strong allusion to --or moreso an extension of --his performance works. Colucci’s paintings depict a sort of kinetic spectrum, or as he refers to them “a technical expression of physicality and movement”. Whereas the French performance and visual artist Yves Klein used the human body as a “paint brush” to demarcate his paintings and thereby signify a residue of performance, Colucci’s utilization of nonsensical numbers and number sequences taken from dance scores, as well as heat- induced image abstraction depicting traces of movement likewise inform his vocabulary. In the strand of the choreographed, yet incorporating moments of chance, Colucci’s paintings represent an over arching structure; a rhythm of being and state, yet detail erratic moments --moments that denote a certain frailty --the edge of human stamina. Colucci’s paintings dually represent a form of gestural abstraction --and also the reverse of this --a unique anthropomorphization of varying states of movement – that sometimes present as a temperature induced color field, at others are juxtapositions of movement and depictions of physical gestural images themselves. Colucci’s use of vernacular and found materials such as cardboard evoke his mastery of set design, and also reference a sort of collective experience of urbanity and the ephemeral. Such contradictions seem to permeate not only Steven Colucci’s artwork, but also are reflected in his person – one who grew up in New York’s Bronx during a zeitgeist moment in visual and performing arts in the 1960s – one who shifts with ease from happenings and experiments in New York City, to his meticulously choreographed megaproductions at Lincoln Center or starring in the Paris ballet...
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2010s Plastic Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

Arthur Secunda Acrylic Sculpture Title "Life" Signed, Numbered, 12/20
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful sculpture celebrating " Life" by the well known artist Arthur Second. This piece has a dedication under base as shown .Is signed and numbe...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

Table Lamp, 1960, Attributed to Verner Panton, Denmark
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamp Country: Denmark To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wiring has been done. If you want to live in the golden years, this is the table l...
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1950s Danish Space Age Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

German Circo Post Modern, Desk Lamp, 1980s
Located in Den Haag, NL
German postmodern desk lamp, designed by Linke Plewa for Brilliant Leuchten in the 1980s. Halogen. Revolving base. Works perfect.
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1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Maharam Pillow, Shake by Bertjan Pot
Located in New York, NY
Shake by Bertjan Pot 006 Sway Bertjan Pot (b. 1975, the Netherlands) is an industrial designer who embraces the discoveries that result from material experimentation. Guided by a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Polyester, Cotton, Nylon

Interactive Cloud, Large
Located in Porirua, WGN
One of a series of Lighting systems inspired by the magic of clouds coupled with advances in technology, the Interactive Cloud is an LED lamp incorporating advanced sound-reactive an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

Lightness 1.0 Violet
Located in Beijing, CN
Lightness vases are inspired by an accidental scene. When light is projected into the space which is layered , the wonderful imagination is beginning. The vases feature gradations of...
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2010s Chinese Arts and Crafts Plastic Furniture

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Space Age Food Scale by Marco Zanuso for Terraillon
Located in San Diego, CA
Great design on this beautiful scale design by Marco Zanuso for Terraillon, circa 1970's, very light use and perfect working condition.
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Late 20th Century French Space Age Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Interactive Cloud, Medium
Located in Porirua, WGN
One of a series of Lighting systems inspired by the magic of clouds coupled with advances in technology, the Interactive Cloud is an LED lamp incorporating advanced sound-reactive an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

PK18 Impermeable Armchair, Blue Seat & Black Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK18 armchair is handcrafted in tubular carbon steel and is finished in black micro-textured electrostatic painting. Seat and backrest are upholstered in nautical anti-mold leatheret...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

Domo Stool Geometric Accent Chair
Located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
A decorative chair featuring a geometric design. Larissa Batista began designing the Jolly Seats Collection as an artistic depiction of early-20th-century’s Cubism movement. Eventually evolving into its own language, the Jolly Seats Collection came into fruition after gaining its own individually cheerful styling. The collection, currently composed of three pieces, marks the beginning of a new chapter in artistic upholstered furniture. "The Domo stool is an emblem of geometric expression in furniture design", says the designer Larissa Batista. Allowing the piece to achieve such an iconic profile, beautifully balanced and simple shapes provide the item a unique aura while still granting the use a contemporary and wide mix of fabric and color options— novelties that offer a new and contemporary...
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Foam

PK17 Impermeable Loveseat, Blue Seat & Black Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK17 loveseat is handcrafted in tubular carbon steel and is finished in black micro-textured electrostatic painting. Seat and backrest are upholstered in nautical anti-mold leatheret...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

Hand Tufted Shag Rug 01
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand Tufted Shag rug By Madeline Tavernier 2022 Materials: acrylic & wool yarns Dimensions: 19" x 31".
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2010s American Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Wool, Acrylic

Contemporary Stool by Objects of Common Interest, Metamorphic Rock, Purple
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A solid rock formation sitting upon a tray on casters as an elemental gesture for creating a resting element. The rock is a familiar yet surprising material mass, semitransparent, so...
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2010s Greek Post-Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

Contemporary Faceted Multicolour Acrylic Cube Block
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning contemporary multicoloured acrylic block. A perfect riser for a small sculpture or a statement on its own on the table or desk, this beautiful block will reveal different ...
Category

2010s American Plastic Furniture

Materials

Acrylic

Moooi Large Quiet Collection Horizon Bay Round Rug in Low Pile Polyamide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi Large Quiet Collection Horizon Bay Round rug in Low Pile Polyamide "The people working for Moooi are the largest asset of the company - Casper Vissers."Moooi WorksMoooi Work...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Plastic Furniture

Materials

Polyester

Fried Egg Three Tone Chair, by Hans Olsen from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A unique asymmetrical lounge chair, designed by the highly acclaimed Danish architect, Hans Olsen in the 1950s. Fried egg is also available in an exclusive anniversary edition with s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Foam

Acropolis, Purple Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
Located in Livorno, LI
Vase-sculpture by DygoDesign Sculpture inspired by the most famous classical forms, it transposes a millenary tradition in a modern key. The characteristic profile refers to th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Resin, Plastic

Kartell Bookworm in Cobalt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bookworm, the flexible bookcase, is the result of the encounter between the creativity of an artist such as Ron Arad, combined with Kartell's technology, giving life to a revolutiona...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

Giovannetti, 2011 G.Zema Anemone Armchair Multicolor Purple Pink Elasticated
Located in Casalguidi, IT
A comfortable swivel armchair that reminds us soft shapes of Anemone from sea. Swimming like happy fishes in the warm shapes of sea, feeling comfortable and protected within the big...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Steel

Kartell Calice Stool in Violet by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Calice vase is included in the "Kartell goes Sottsass - A Tribute to Memphis" collection, launched in homage to the movement founded by design guru Ettore...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Plastic Furniture

Materials

Plastic

New and Vintage Plastic Furniture and Decor

Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.

From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.

When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.

Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.

Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.

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