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Post-Modern Chairs

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

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 Mendinia 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
Calligraphic Sculpted Bench With a Refined Matte Brass Top by Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Calligraphic Sculpted Bench With a Refined Matte Brass Top by Misaya Dimensions: W 158 x L 38 x H 40 cm Materials: Brass. Hand-sculpted brass bench. Misaya emulates Chinese ink pai...
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2010s Thai Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass

Flower Chair by Maria Zakioso
Located in Geneve, CH
Flower Chair by Maria Zakioso Dimensions: W 40 x D 55 x H 98 cm Materials: Wood, Papier-mâché, Acrylic, Silk. Maria Lysenko is a 28 year old contemporary artist born in Ufa, Russia...
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2010s Russian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood, Silk, Acrylic

Set of 8 Galta Ash Chairs by Kann Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 8 Galta Ash Chairs by Kann Design Dimensions: D 43 x W 51 x H 80 cm. Materials: Natural ash. Available in other finishes. With the Galta, SCMP Design Office rethinks the clas...
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Ash

Tabacco Croissant Sofa by Plyus Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Tabacco Croissant Sofa by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 120 x W 240 x H 80 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery. “Croissant” Sofa. Of course, for the d...
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2010s Emirian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Starck Boom Rang Chair, France 1992.
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Philippe Starck Boom Rang Chair, small edition by Aleph-Driade in 1992, France. Grey and pale pink polyurethan and fiberglass. Signed Aleph by Starck. Original good condition. D...
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1990s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Fiberglass

Root 3 Legs Chair by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Root 3 Legs Chair by DAaZ Dimensions: D 56.8 x W 46 x H 75 cm. Materials: Wood, fabric. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the e...
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2010s Chinese Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Institution Sculptural Chair, White Lamb Leather
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Uncannily challenging excessive symbolic power granted to scientific institutions, the “Institutional Chair” reveals a tension with the accepted desubjectivisation of the body into s...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel, Nickel

Set of Ten Post Modern Aluminum and Steel Dining Chairs by Cidue, Italy, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Set of ten Postmodern chairs rendered in black enameled steel frame and cold rolled aluminum seat by Cidue, Italy, circa 1980s.
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

set of 4 chairs armchairs chrome and leather "Locus Solis" by Gae Aulenti 1970s
Located in Milano, MI
Locus Solus chairs designed in the 1960s by Gae Aulenti for Poltronova. The chairs are in the curved tubular steel version with chrome finish with leather seat The chairs are in ver...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Silla Sol
Located in Mérida, MX
“Silla Sol” Silla Sol chair is not just a chair but a Mexican cookie-inspired chair, a happy face object that livens up any space it enters. You can sit on it, you can place your fav...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood

Benny Linden Modernist Teak Arm Chairs
Located in Clermont, FL
A pair of teak wood arm chairs by Benny Linden. Upholstery original to chairs, in parchment color in a cross hatch textured fabric.
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Late 20th Century Thai Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Teak

Set Of 4 Postmodern Chairs Modern Design
Located in Taranto, IT
Set Of 4 Postmodern Design Modern Chairs. Black metal frame, Back covered in leather, seat in teal fabric. The item is in excellent conservative condition. Only slight and obvious ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

IKEA ‘Vilbert’ Chair by Verner Panton, 1993, Post-Modern
Located in CULEMBORG, GE
Verner Panton was one of the most influential figures in design history, pushing the boundaries of form and materials in the 1960s and 1970s. Launched in 1993 by IKEA and only in pro...
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1990s Swedish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood

Timber Armchair by Onno Adriaanse
Located in Geneve, CH
Timber Armchair by Onno Adriaanse Signed and numbered. Dimensions: W 58 x D 82 x H 78 cm Materials: Elm wood, silk-matte oil Also available in color: i...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Coating, Elm

Pr. Mid-Century Modern Cube Form Lounge Chairs by Patrician After Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Chic pair of black and chrome cube form lounge chairs, by the Patrician Furniture Company circa 1970's. The chairs feature angular chrome legs, with a cube form seat, of black vinyl ...
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Sanguine Bellini 1340 Bench by Coco Flip
Located in Geneve, CH
Sanguine Bellini 1340 Bench by Coco Flip Dimensions: D 134 x W 54 x H 52.5 cm Materials: Timber / Upholstered tops, Powder-coated steel frame. Weight: 20 kg Frame Finishes: Textura ...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Set of 6 Green Residence Chairs by Kann Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 6 Green Residence Chairs by Kann Design Dimensions: D 43 x W 50 x H 77 cm. Materials: Steel tube, HR foam, fabric upholstery Kvadrat canvas 996 (90% wool, 10% nylon). Availabl...
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Terracota Salvador Chair by Nelson Araujo
Located in Geneve, CH
Terracota Salvador Chair by Nelson Araujo Dimensions: D 47 x H 75 cm Materials: Wood, Kvadrat Gentle II and Foam. Also Available: Misty Beige colour available, Nelson de Araújo, gr...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Foam, Wood

Pair of Wendy Wright chairs by Phillippe Starck for Disform
Located in London, GB
Wendy Wright steel chairs in matt black, by Philippe Starck. Influenced by Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel 'Ubik', with a simple curved form and distinctive diamond base, this...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Poul Volther Corona Red Lounge Swivel Chrome Chair and Ottoman Erik Jorgensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Poul M. Volther Corona chair for Erik Jørgensen in 1960s. Four padded cushions, in a vibrant red, ascend a stainless-steel frame that swivels at chair base, creating a lounge chair that is both comfortable and visually appealing. Poul Volther (Danish, 1923-2001) Corona Lounge Chair...
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20th Century Danish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Set of 4 Classe Burgundy Chairs by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 classe burgundy chairs by MOWEE Dimensions: D52 x W52 x H77 cm (Seat Height 45 cm) Material: Polypropylene resin with fiberglass. Weight: 4.6 kg Also available in differ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Other

Set of 5 Tulip chairs by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1970s
Located in Renens, CH
The Tulip chair, designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956 for Knoll International, is a key piece of mid-century modern design. Saarinen aimed to create a chair that removed the clutter of ...
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Matteo Grassi Set of Ten Dining Chairs in Leather and Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Matteo Grassi, set of ten dining chairs, leather and steel, Italy, 1980s. Sophisticated set of ten dining chairs designed by Italian designer Matteo Grassi in the 1980s. These chair...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Txt.02 Stool by Txt.Ure
Located in Geneve, CH
Txt.02 stool by Txt. Ure Dimensions: Ø 64 x H 40 cm. Materials: Tulle natural fiber with natural finish. For interior and exterior use (under covered spaces). Txt. ure was the first design project to reintroduce the Mexican weaving...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Other

Frank Gehry Power Play Chair and Ottoman for Knoll, Signed, Great Condition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Power play chair and ottoman designed by Frank Gehry for Knoll in very close to new condition. There are no chips, cracks or repairs to the wood slats...
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1990s American Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Maple

Chair D
Located in Mérida, MX
The handwoven technique of the 'Petatillo' in Yucatan has been practiced for more than 50 years. Usually, it is woven with natural cane. This is one hundred percent artisan work, whi...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Nylon, Wood

Boucle Small Oscar Chair by Duistt
Located in Geneve, CH
Boucle Small Oscar Chair by Duistt Dimensions: W 60 x D 58 x H 77 cm Materials: Special Boucle Fabric Nobilis SF.DE.21.006 Swivel version available upon request. Please contact us. ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Bouclé

P. Starck for Kartell 4 Chairs Model La Marie in Transparent Polycarbonate Italy
Located in Palermo, IT
PHILIPPE STARCK Production Kartell, Italy 2000 ca. Four chairs model “La Marie” in transparent polycarbonate colored in different shades, orange, yellow, purple and red. Production b...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Plastic

A Set of 4 MEMPHIS POST-MODERN CHAIRS by EMILIO NANNI for FLY-LINE, Italy 1980
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 4 stackable chairs, Post-Modernist, Constructivist, Memphis, complex geometric structures in metallic gray square section metal, seats in dark blue leather, backrest and per...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Eros Armchairs by Philippe Starck for Kartell, Set of 6
Located in Nashville, TN
This listing is for a set of 6 Eros Armchairs by Philippe Starck for Kartell. Each chair is in excellent condition with minor age-consistent wear. These chairs like a hug and comfort...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

1980s Post Modern Segis Italia Black Plastic & Chrome Charlie Side Chairs Set 4
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome Post Modern Memphis Style Segis Italia black plastic & chrome Charlie Collection cantilever chairs by Carlo Bimbi & Nilo Gioacchini, made in Italy, imported by Loewenstein Oggo...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Beige Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 90 x W 110 x H 80 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery “Memory” chair. Collection "Memory" inspired...
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2010s Emirian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Original Thonet Freischwinger S64V Marcel Breuer Design Stuhl
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Thonet S64V Freischwinger mit Armlehnen zum Verkauf an. Der Stuhl wurde in den Anfängen des 20. Jahrhunderts von Marcel Breuer entworfen und gilt bis h...
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1990s German Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Bone Air Chair by Memphis Milano Designer Peter Shire
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Shire bone chair designed and made in the Studio of Peter Shire, 1983. Only two of these chairs were ever made. The other reside in a private collection in Germany. Very large ...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Laminate, Wood

Gesture Chair Teak Oiled Oak by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture chair teak oiled oak by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D56 x W53 x H 80 cm Material: Teak or white oiled solid oak, Black lacquered solid beech, Solid wood base, Veneer seat and b...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood, Beech, Oak, Teak

Philippe Starck Mickville chair for Driade - Italy, 1985
Located in London, GB
A design of deceptive simplicity, Starck’s Mickville chair plays a deft trick. A rotating segment in the tubular back enables movement in one leg, thus allowing the circular seat to ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Lacquer

Sahara Sofa by Noé Duchaufour Lawrance
Located in Geneve, CH
Sahara sofa by Noé Duchaufour Lawrance Sofa 3 seats + 2 tops Dimensions: W 416.3 x D 158.5 x H 83.8 cm Materials: Leather or fabric, black aluminium powder, coat structure, wood base, leather back panels. The design of the ‘Sahara’ sofa evokes the gorgeous interior of a desert nomad’s tent opening onto the starry sky. Leather, fabric and wood blend together into a warm combination. The seat and back cushions look like independent elements casually arranged on the supporting platform. The appealing base extends to one end to create a convenient side table available in a range of sophisticated finishes, from glossy marble to cool terrazzo. The platform and seat are joined only by a vertical element with rounded edges inspired by the curved lines of the Sahara nomad’s traditional khaima tents. Sahara is available in several configurations — three-seater, four-seater, daybed, etc. Designed for hospitality. Biography: Not wishing to simply produce or be rational about a product, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance prefers that each of his projects has its own unique scenario, nourished without distinction between uses, forms, materials or aesthetics. For him, curves and straight lines, sensuality and strictness interact in confrontations that are conducive to create meaning and awaken our senses. Through his desire to breath life into both the objects and spaces he designs, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance views each project as an organic form that will grow over time with its user, almost like a natural element that can Challenge human order or disorder. Originally, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance was a sculptor, preoccupied with each work he created by a story and intimate link with nature that he felt the need to retranscribe by using his hands. But soon the IDEA of stirring emotions in others by creating useful forms became an evident path for someone who loves the beautiful as much as the functional and harmony as much as social responsibility. So he turned to design. Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance often compares his approach to tsubo niwa, the tiny garden at the centre of a traditional Japanese house. Like an organic pulse in a profession dedicated to meeting the demands of an industry, a market or a specific client, he is as ready to design objects with inspired lines for manufacturers (Bernhardt Design, Ceccotti Collezioni, Cinna, Ligne Roset, La Chance, Petite Friture, Tacchini, Zanotta.) as he is to imagine harmonious living areas (Senderens, Air France Lounges, Ciel de Paris, Meurice Oenotheque, Transumance Chalet, #Cloud Paris lounge) or even to define a product image or showcase for a famous brand (Paco Rabanne, YSL Beauty, Perrier-Jouët,). Thus in 2015 Montblanc associated its name with Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, entrusting him with the architectural plans of the company’s 500 boutiques worldwide. His unique approach has led him to conceive exceptional objects that have been presented in the Pierre bergere gallery in Brussels and the BSL gallery in Paris. He has participated in prestigious events like the AD Interiors exhibition at Paris’ Musée des Arts Decoratifs in 2013 and more recently, the AD collections exhibition, also in Paris. His creative meanderings have led him to initiate a collaboration with the Neal Feay workshop in the United States and also to work with two royal factories in France: Mobilier National (National Furniture) and the Manufacture de Sevres (ceramics). The latter two endeavors combine his contemporary vision of design with the finely-honed skills of master craftsmen that were used in the 18th century. His approach has been acclaimed by the French and international press and he has received many prizes including NeoCon Silver 2016 for his Modern Family collection for Bernhardt Design, the 2015 Via Label, the 2014 Janus business prize for the Air France Salons, the GQ Best Designer prize in 2012, the prestigious Red Dot prize for Best Product in 2011 and both the Elle Decoration International Design Prize and Wallpaper Design Award in 2009. With his innate fondness for Art Nouveau, he relies not only on the universal character of nature to impose shapes that make sense but believes that the IDEA of a total, multidisciplinary art is vital for contemporary creation. Education: 1992-1997 École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Furniture Department, Paris École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués, Metal Sculpture DMA, Paris Interior design Currently Lobby and amenity spaces areas for two 50 story apartment buildings in Jersey City / New York for Ironstate development, delivery 2018 Private appartment in Soho NYC, in collaboration with Selldorf Architects, delivery may 2017 Study for a site layout of a 13 ha private space in the Hamptons. Project's direction, land art, landscape design in collaboration with Bas Smets Architecture of 4 residential units, delivery 2018/2019 2016 An e-lounge space located in a building of high standing offices (Paris) New retail concept for Montblanc stores including Hamburg's flagship 2014 "Le Cabinet Onirique", AD Intérieurs exhibition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Galerie Nef (Paris) 2012 A private dining room for Château d’Yquem in the Parisian hotel “Le Meurice“ The “Megu” Japanese restaurant in the Alpina Grand Hotel (Gstaad, Switzerland) “Le Ciel de Paris” restaurant on the 56th floor of the Montparnasse Tower (Paris) Air France Lounge business class, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Terminal S4 (in partnership with Brandimage) 2011 Interior design of a chalet, St Martin de Belleville (French Alps) 2010 BSL Gallery, Paris 3rd district 2009-2010 Conception of the visual identity of the Yves Saint Laurent Beauté store Stand 2008 Hotel W, Marrakech, project cancelled, up to the Design Development Phase 2007 Air France Lounge business class, Tokyo Airport Maya Bar, Monaco Brasserie Sénequier, Saint-Tropez 2006 Déli-cieux, the terrace restaurant of the ‘Printemps maison’ department store, Paris 2005 TAD concept Store, Via statuto Milan, Italy Senderens, Restaurant, ex-Lucas Carton for Alain Senderens, 9, place de la madeleine, Paris 2004 Layout design for a 11,000 sq. ft. private home 3rd Culture, fashion and accessory store, Imperial Hotel Guinza, Tokyo 2003 Libresens, Cognac Bar for the Bertrand Group and Remy Martin, Paris 2002 Sketch, Restaurant, Design and Interior Layout for the ‘West Bar -Gallery – East Bar - Eggs Toilets,’ London 2000 Maoh, restaurant- ‘noodles’ Bar for the Bertrand Group, Neuilly-sur-Seine Scenography Currently Scenography for Café Scène and Scènes d'Intérieur Gallery, Maison & Objet, Halls 7 and 8, Paris-Nord Villepinte, january 2017 2016 Scenography l'Eden for Perrier-Jouët during London Design Festival, Londres Scenography for Café Elle Déco and Scènes d'Intérieur Gallery, Maison & Objet, Hall 7, Paris-Nord Villepinte, january and september 2015 Scenography for Scènes d'Intérieur et éditeurs, Maison & Objet, Hall 7, Paris-Nord Villepinte, january and september 2014 Scenography Les Miroirs d'Eau, Scènes d'Intérieur, Maison & Objet, Hall 7, Paris-Nord Villepinte 2012 Scenography for the Designers Days, theme ‘Identité(s)’ Showroom Poltrona Frau, Paris 2008 Scenography for the Crystallized Stand – Swarovski Elements during the Maison et Objet fair, Paris-Nord Villepinte Layout and scenography of Hall 5B, Scènes d’Intérieur, Paris-Nord Villepinte 2007 Scenography for the Designers Days, theme ‘desire,’ Showroom Cassina, Paris 2006 Stand for L’Oréal International Professional Hairdressing Products, Paris 2003 Scenography for Designers Days, Galerie Moderno for Zanotta, 2003, Paris Scenography of the exhibition "Evanescence", Showroom Zanotta, Milan Design Currently Creation of a table lamp for Kundalini (launch Euroluce Milan, april 2017) Creation of a rechargeable lamp for Dior Maison Creation of furnitures and lights for Zaozuo editor 2017 Collection transversale "Folia" for the crystal manufacture Saint-Louis 2016 "My Mia" Chair for Habitat "Modern Family" collection for Bernhardt Design "Cupidon" Side Table for Cinna "Sellier" Sofa for Hermes Maison, presented at Milan Salon "Mediterranea" Lamps for Petite Friture "Transmissions" collection made with l'ARC of Mobilier National 2015 "Colors" collection for Bernhardt Design "Market" collection for Petite Friture 2014 "Market" Chair for Petite Friture "Estampe" collection for Cinna "Harper" rocking Chair for Bernhardt Design "Cinema" Sofa for Bernhardt Design "Shelter" parlour Side Chair for Tacchini "Arom" Armchair for Zanotta "Le Noé" Knife for Perceval "Ciel" Armchair for Tabisso " Kiji" Side Table for Cinna "Calanques" Low Tables for Cinna "Inside World" Desk for Cinna 2013 “Torii” armchair for Cinna “Hybride” table for Cinna “Aoyama” table for Cinna “Market” chair for Petite Friture “Fluid” lamp for Forestier 2012 'Catherine’ armchair for Bernhardt Design 'Ammonite' shelf for Meta 'Naturoscopie' collection for Galerie Bsl: a shelf, four wall lamps, three ceiling fixtures, two coffee tables, a mirror, a table light “Borghese” sofa for La Chance, new French editor “Hybride” sofa for Cinna “Bamby” chair for Marcel by “Monk” coffee table for PleyeL “Nuvola” armchair for Zanotta “Baladeuse,” “East,” “Gloriette” lighting for Forestier 2011 “Duales” tables for ST LUC “Plis” rug for Chevalier Editions “Omaggio” desk, “Niwa” coffee table and “Deriva” table for Ceccotti Collezioni “Air Lux” chairs, “Mut” chair, “Benz” chairs, “Sign” table for Fasem Participation in the Guzzini Food Design France event 2010 ‘Otto’ chair and ‘Quadro’ table for Ceccotti Collezioni Armchair “Calla” for Zanotta “Corvo” chair for Bernhardt Design “Ottoman” sofa and armchair collection for Cinna “Salam”, “Meida” and “Interstice” tables for Cinna “Suite 207” rug for Chevalier Editions Creation of the new women’s fragrance...
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

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Aluminum

Miura Daybed by SNOC
Located in Geneve, CH
Miura Daybed by SNOC Dimensions: W 205.5 x D 166 x H 22.5 cm. Materials: Acrylic Rope, Aluminium. The Miura outdoor collection is an invitation to comfort and elegance. The softly...
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2010s Turkish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

1990s Postmodern Folding Chair in the Rodney Kinsman'd Style
Located in Miami, FL
1990s Postmodern Folding Accent Chair in the Rodney Kinsman'd Style. Features a Memphis Group inspired design with a bent chromed frame with what seems to be faux leather seat and b...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

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Chrome

Vintage Chair Louis XX by Philippe Starck for Vitra, 1990s, Set of 4
Located in Radomsko, Województwo łódzkie
Indulge in the iconic design and rich history of Philippe Starck's Louis XX chairs. Inspired by the opulence of 18th-century French furniture, these chairs bo...
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1990s Swiss Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Afra & Tobia Scarpa ‘Benetton’ Chair, Italy, 1980s
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Rare, Afra, Scarpa, italian, 1980s, leather, patina, collector's item Designed in 1985 for the Benetton office by the iconic Italian architects Afra & Tobia Scarpa, this chair is a ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass, Steel

Stainless Steel Poodle Armchair by Mati Sipiora
Located in Geneve, CH
Stainless Steel Poodle Armchair by Mati Sipiora Dimensions: D 53 x W 66 x H 70 cm Materials: Polished Stainless Steel. Finish: Finish: Polished Stainles...
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2010s Polish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

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Glass, PVC

Set of 5 Red Swedish Postmodern 80s Vintage Nils Gammelgaard Ikea "Ted" Chairs
Located in Basel, BS
Great opportunity to have a complete set of 5 of these wonderful 1980s Nils Gaamelgaard for Ikea chairs as a perfect set of 5 in red! Sold here as a set. Note: Red cushions will be...
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1980s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Object 01 Marron Seating by Volta
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 01 marron seating by Volta Dimensions: D 45 x W 40 x H 50 cm Materials: Cork and Velvet Also available in diffentent colours. Please contact us. MEÏ COLLECTION The Meï ...
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Cork

Blue "Scheletro" Chair by Kari Asikainen for P. O. Korhonen Oy, Finland, 1980s
Located in Karis, Nyland
This “Scheletro” chair by Finnish designer Kari Asikainen could not be mistaken for any other model thanks to their unique, anthropomorphic design. Very...
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1980s Finnish Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Iron

Sol Chair by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Sol Chair by Giacomo Tomazzi Studio Dimensions: W 60 x D 48 x H 90 cm Materials: Main structure in polished stainless steel tube, Spheres in solid sucupira wood, Seat in curved lamin...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Chairs

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Stainless Steel

Blondie Chair by Maria Zakioso
Located in Geneve, CH
Blondie Chair by Maria Zakioso Dimensions: W 40 x D 53 x H 98 cm Materials: Wood, Artificial Hair. Maria Lysenko is a 28 year old contemporary artist born in Ufa, Russia. She start...
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2010s Russian Post-Modern Chairs

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Wood

Surrealist Post Modern Three Legged Chair in Ivory Bouclé, circa 1980s
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stylish and sculptural Surrealist Postmodern style 1980s lounge chair newly reupholstered in super soft ivory white bouclé. The look of high art. Whimsical. Unexpected. Killer profil...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Chairs

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Bouclé, Upholstery, Wood

Cidue Set of Four Dining Chairs in Dark Brown Leather and Chrome
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cidue, set of four chairs, chrome, leather, Italy 1970s. Cantilevered dining room chairs with chromed flat tubular steel frame. The seating and back are from thick dark brown colore...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

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Chrome

Set of four Cassina Cab Chairs Designed by Mario Bellini 1978 in Natural Leather
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Beautiful set of four Cab Chairs in natural leather hide designed by Mario Bellini in 1976 Manufactured by Cassina in circa 1990. This set consists of two cab412 dining chairs an...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

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Metal

Space Rainbow, Kolho Dining Chair by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Space rainbow, Kolho dining chair by Made By Choice with Matthew Day Jackson Kolho Collection Dimensions: 54 x 54 x 77 cm Materials: Oak "Ko...
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Chairs

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Laminate, Birch, Plywood

Ball Foot Sculptural Chair, Vegan Cactus Leather, Gray
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
The “Ball-Foot Chair” is upholstered with a subtle beige cactus leather, a vegan textile infused with natural cacti fibers, which is produced in Mexico. The chair’s comfortable and r...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Chairs

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Steel

Set of Four Post Modern Dining Chair, 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

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Chrome

Tao Armchair by Guillaume Alan
Located in Geneve, CH
Tao armchair by Guillaume Alan. Dimensions: D 66 x W 50 cm x H 103 cm. Materials: ash-wood, brushed finish, leather. Also available in different colors. French interior des...
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

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Leather, Ash

Gaetano Pesce Broadway Chairs 543 Made in Italy by Bernini 1993 Green
Located in Vancouver, BC
A set of 4 extremely uncommon Broadway Chairs produced by Bernini. Each chair is unique and both seat and back are casted in a green/yellow resin. A frozen fluidity - portrait of a...
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Providence Project, Rose Chair by Lauren Goodman
Located in Geneve, CH
Providence Project, Rose Chair by Lauren Goodman One of a Kind Dimensions: W 66 x D 48.2 x H 83.8 cm. Materials: Found object, steel, urethane paint. The Providence Project central...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Dhira Chair by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
Dhira Chair by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 63 x D 60 x H 74 cm Materials: Metal and fiberglass chair with upholstered seat.. With the intention of providing good taste and personal...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of 1980s Brown Leather Swivel Glider Postmodern Lounge Chairs
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A pair of 1980s brown leather swivel glider lounge chairs. These lovely accent chairs are made by Glenn Furniture Company in the mid 1980s. They ha...
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1980s Unknown Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Leather

Baixo Sofa Chaise by Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Baixo Sofa Chaise by Wentz Dimensions: D 110 x W 300 x H 59 cm Materials: Wood, Upholstery. Upholstered sofa with wooden structure, multi-laminate, elastic straps and foam. Exclusi...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti 'Sail' Chairs
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of four 'Sail' chairs by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, black lacquered wood, fabric, Italy, 1973 Designed by the well-known Italian designer Giovanni Offredi and crafted by Sap...
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1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

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Fabric

Mandarin Chairs by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll (up to 30)
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Iconic Postmodern Mandarin chairs designed by Ettore Sottsass for Knoll in amazing period Uphostery original and in good condition. Black enamel steel legs and sculptural undulating ...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Postmodern Leather BOBO Easy Chair by Dietmar Sharping
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Postmodern black leather Bobo easy chair. Bobo was designed by German architect Dietmar Scharping in the early 1990s to fill the need for sculptural seating program that would look ...
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1990s American Post-Modern Chairs

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Leather

Oleander Bellini 1340 Bench by Coco Flip
Located in Geneve, CH
Oleander Bellini 1340 Bench by Coco Flip Dimensions: D 134 x W 54 x H 52.5 cm Materials: Timber / Upholstered tops, Powder-coated steel frame. Weight: 20 kg Frame Finishes: Textura ...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Mikado Bellini 1340 Bench by Coco Flip
Located in Geneve, CH
Mikado Bellini 1340 Bench by Coco Flip Dimensions: D 134 x W 54 x H 52.5 cm Materials: Timber / Upholstered tops, Powder-coated steel frame. Weight: 20 kg Frame Finishes: Textura Bl...
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2010s Australian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Beige Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 90 x W 110 x H 80 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery “Memory” chair. Collection "Memory" inspired...
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2010s Emirian Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Moia Fireside Chair by RALPH M
Located in Geneve, CH
Moia Fireside Chair by RALPH M Dimensions: W 104.5 x D 106 x H 86 cm. Materials: Solid beech, Fabric. Details: Frame: Solid beech. Seat springing: Interlaced elastic webbing. Seat...
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech

Moss Green Memento Chair, Jesse Sanderson
Located in Geneve, CH
Moss green Memento chair, Jesse Sanderson Original signed chair by Jesse Sanderson Materials: Leather, steel Dimensions: W 43 x D 50 x H 80 cm Seating height 47 cm Frame finis...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Object 048 Armchair by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 048 armchair by NG Design Dimensions: D 100 x W 100 x H 78 cm Materials: Boucle upholstery, solid oak Also available: All ...
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2010s Polish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

White Acapulco Chair by OK Design
Located in Geneve, CH
White Acapulco Chair by OK Design Dimensions: D 110 x W 79 x H 72 cm. Materials: Powder-coated metal, PVC cord. Available with black frame, white frame, or stainless steel frame. Av...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Mm Stool by Goons
Located in Geneve, CH
MM stool by Goons Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 54 cm. Materials: Wood. Dimensions can be adjusted +/- 10 cm. Goons is located in Paris, France....
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2010s French Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood

Outdoor Throne Chair – Sculptural Brutalist Handcrafted Modern Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Form is everything- Enzo Mari The groundbreaking Italian modernist artist and furniture designer,Enzo Mari, serves as the inspiration behind our Throne Chair. We channeled his sign...
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2010s American Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Cement

Borek Sipek, a set of 8 chairs mod. Jansky for Driade, 1989
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Rare set of eight Jansky chairs, designed by Borek Sipek for Driade. A solid construction made of steel and wood. The steel construction is in a dark purple. Brass finishes. Labeled ...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass, Iron

Post-modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, decorative objects, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Denmark pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Pepe Albargues, LapiegaWD, Philippe Starck, and ATRA. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $243,184 while the average work can sell for $3,171.

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