Post-Modern Bookcases
POSTMODERN STYLE
Strictly speaking, postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects included hot-colored, loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. The fact that, decades later, postmodern design still has the power to provoke thoughts (along with other reactions) proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodernism 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. In the next decade in Milan, a cohort of designers led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass and Michele de Lucchi, in 1980, gathered a core group of young designers, which would come to include Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata and Matteo Thun, into a design collective they called Memphis. The Memphis Group saw design as a means of communication and they wanted it to shout. That it did: the first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 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. After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, postmodern design quickly took off in America. The architect Robert Venturi had 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 collection of postmodern furniture includes seating, decorative objects, lighting fixtures and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
'Biblos' Bookcase in Marble by Renato Polidori
By Skipper
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Renato Polidori for Skipper, 'Biblos' bookcase, two types of marble, Italy, 1976.
Postmodern cabinet in marble, designed by the Italian Renato Polidori in 1976. The bookcase consi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Marble
Eta & Beta Bookcases by Achille Castiglioni for BBB, 1980s
Located in Renens, CH
Set of 3 bookcases designed by Achille Castigliono, for BBB (Italy) by the end of the 1970s.
These bookcases (2x BETA, 1 x ETA) were originally purchased during the 1980s; they c...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Blash Small Pink Shelf by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Blash Small Pink Shelf by Pulpo
Dimensions: D30 x W20 x H11 cm
Materials: casted glass
Also available in different colours.
Like a hit of colour and transparency across your ...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Glass
Black DNA Rotating Bookcase by Kasadamo
By Kasadamo
Located in Geneve, CH
Black DNA rotating bookcase by Kasadamo
Dimensions: D 60 x W 70 x H 235 cm (Fixation basis W 90 cm)
Materials: steel, glass
Also available with static shelves. Other colors and ma...
Category
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Memphis Design 'Colonna Ollo' Cabinet by Alessandro Mendini, Italy 1980s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Memphis Design 'Colonna Ollo' Cabinet by Alessandro Mendini, Italy 1980s. This cabinet is impressive due to its shape, graphical design, and size. The cabinet consists of wood with a...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Reading Horse by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Reading horse, book stand by Made By Choice with Katrín Ólína
Dimensions: 33 x 20, H34 cm
Materials: Birch plywood
Also available: natural oak / painted black or custom colors o...
Category
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Plywood
Pivot Bookshelf Green by SEM
Located in Geneve, CH
Pivot bookshelf by SEM
Dimensions: W216 x D38 x H203 cm
Material: metallic tubolar structure, pivoting doors in surface in antique brass or patinas, Shelves in fossil elm or Canale...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Post Modern Travertine, Wood and Polished Stainless Steel Bookcase
Located in Weesp, NL
Stylish and sleek Italian made post modern bookcase / etagere with oversized Lamp shades.
This rare piece is in fantastic condition. It is made of a solid Travertine base and wooden...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Travertine, Stainless Steel
Blash Small Grey Shelf by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Blash Small Grey Shelf by Pulpo
Dimensions: D30 x W20 x H11 cm
Materials: casted glass
Also available in different colours. Please contact us.
Like a hit of colour and transparency...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Glass
Italian Shelving Unit in Walnut, Bespoke Vintage Architect Piece
Located in Antwerp, BE
Tall architectural library, walnut, Postmodern, Italy, 1980s
Superb piece in beautifully grained italian walnut.
The height of this piece makes it stand out from any other bookca...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Hug Bookcase by Rejo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Hug Bookcase by Rejo Studio
Dimensions: D 165 x W 35 x H 180 cm
Materials: Olivewood burl with Silver Metal
This bookcase was designed to resemble, to some extent, what stormed ...
Category
2010s Saudi Arabian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Italian Bookcase in Blue Lacquered Bamboo, Rattan and Brass
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant 80's Italian post modern bamboo bookcase.
The bookcase is excellently made with a bamboo structure painted or lacquered in teal or blue. In the lower part we find two door d...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Leather Tall Magazine Rack by Charlotte Besson-Oberlin
Located in Geneve, CH
Leather tall magazine rack by Charlotte Besson-Oberlin
Dimensions: 55 x 12 x H 104cm
Materials: Structure in black patinated brass and leather
Hand made in France
Four long...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Brut Parsol Grey Shelves by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Brut Parsol Grey Shelves by Pulpo
Dimensions: D80 x W35 x H100 cm
Materials: glass and marble
Also available in different finishes.
Art Brut: Ferréol Babin’s working method i...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Marble
Postmodern Metal and Glass Bookshelves from Tonin Casa, Italy, 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Italian postmodern bookshelves produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Tonin Casa, Italy
The stunning postmodern sculptural form of the bookshelves features a minimalist metal structu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Blash Medium Grey Shelf by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Blash medium grey shelf by Pulpo
Dimensions: D50 x W20 x H11 cm
Materials: casted glass
Also available in different colours.
Like a hit of colour and transparency across you...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Glass
Bo Concepts Copenhagen Wall System Freestanding Bookcase Cupboard
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Bo Concepts Copenhagen wall unit bookcase RRP £7000
A very well made piece that offers huge amounts of storage, this unit has 14 s...
Category
20th Century Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Luigi Saccardo ´Topline´ Wall Unit in Laminated Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Saccardo, 'Topline' wall unit, laminated wood, metal, Italy, circa 1976.
This eccentric wall unit is designed by the Italian designer Luigi Saccardo as part of the ´Topline´ ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Bookcase Freestanding Teak Ebonized Charlotte Perriand after H 6ft 10.5" L 3ft1"
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
After Charlotte Perriand, freestanding teak and ebonized bookcase on a plinth base. Measures: L 3t 1" H 6ft 10.5.
Deeply inspired by Japanese architecture when she lived in Tokyo in...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Teak, Ebony
Pivot Bookshelf Blue by SEM
Located in Geneve, CH
Pivot bookshelf by SEM
Dimensions: W156 x D38 x H203 cm
Material:Metallic tubolar structure, Pivoting doors in surface in antique brass or patinas, Shelves in fossil elm or Canalet...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal, Brass
Portici Bookcase, Calacatta Gold by Sissy Daniele
Located in Geneve, CH
Portici bookcase, Calacatta gold by Sissy Daniele
Dimensions: W 170 x D 30 x H 215 cm
Materials: Calacatta gold, bronze
Also available: Marquinia and Fumigated wooden case packi...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Memphis 'Cappello' Library by Susana Solano
Located in Antwerp, BE
Metal shelving piece, by artist Susana Solano, Meta Memphis, Italy, 1989
This was a limited edition of 25 pieces for Memphis Milano.
The book case shelving is adjustable in heigh...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Iron
Object 009 Shelves by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 009 shelves by NG Design
Dimensions: D160 x W40 x H190 cm
Materials: Powder coated steel.
Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on de...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Library or Book Shelve Postmodern, Italy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Postmodern bookcase, Italy 1980s, style Enzo Mari
The piece is free standing and could also serve as a room divider.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pierre Sala Pencil Shelf, circa 1980s
By Pierre Sala
Located in Hastings, GB
Fantastic Postmodern shelving unit in the design of oversized pencils
Attributed to Pierre Sala, France, 1980s (Model Claire Fontaine)
Great strong primary colors
There are some a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Portici Bookcase, Marquinia with F. Wooden Case by Sissy Daniele
Located in Geneve, CH
Portici Bookcase, Marquinia with F. Wooden Case by Sissy Daniele
Dimensions: W170 x D30 x H215 cm
Materials: Marquinia, Bronze
Also Available: Calacatta Gold and Fumigated Woode...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Transversal Shelves by FOAM
By FOAM
Located in Geneve, CH
Transversal shelves by FOAM
Dimensions: D 125 x W 45 x H 200 cm
Materials: maple wood.
Available in other woods.
Bookshelf made of maple, walnut or tzalam wood.
Foam is a de...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Maple
Spectator Shelf by Freia Achenbach
Located in Geneve, CH
Spectator shelf by Freia Achenbach
Limited Edition of 50
Dimensions: D 110 x W 33 cm x H 200 cm
Materials: resin, sand, foam
If a sensory stimulus is offered to our perception,...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Resin, Foam
Original "Carlton" Cabinet/ Sculpture, designed by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Original "Carlton" bookcase/ room divider/ sculpture, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981, Italy.
Wood construction with a coloured laminate surface, handmade in Italy. The cabinet ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Laminate
Marianne Bookshelf by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Marianne bookshelf by Mingardo
Dimensions: D62 x W30 x H240 cm
Materials: Matte nickel structure, tempered glass shelves. Natural brass details with spheres.
Weight: 60 kg
Also ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Post-Modern Italian Shelve System Orezero
By Bieffeplast
Located in Antwerp, BE
Memphis, industrial, post-modern shelving unit, by Orezero, Italy, 1980s
Orezero is a palindrome.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Blash Small Amber Shelf by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Blash Amber shelf by Pulpo.
Dimensions: D30 x W20 x H11 cm.
Materials: casted glass.
Also available in different colours.
Like a hit of colour and transparency across your w...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Glass
'Carlton' Room Divider and Bookcase by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, Italy
Located in London, GB
Probably the most iconic of all Ettore Sottsass' designs, the colourful Carlton is half room divider, half bookcase and full size sculptural marvel. Designed in 1981, the Carlton for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Laminate, Wood
1973 Brazil Post Modern Wooden Bookcase by Edival Ramosa Blue Lacquered
Located in Brescia, IT
A dark Blue is the color of the lacquered modular bookcase designed by Edival Ramosa (brazilian artist born 1940). He was young when Ramosa met Arnaldo Pomodoro in Brazil: Pomodoro s...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Plywood
Blash Medium Transparent Shelf by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Blash medium transparent shelf by Pulpo
Dimensions: D 50 x W 20 x H 11 cm
Materials: casted glass
Also available in different colours.
Like a hit of colour and transparency a...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Glass
Cotta Shelves by Decio Studio made at alfa.brussels for Everyday Gallery
By Studio Decio
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cotta Shelves book case by Decio Studio made at alfa.brussels for Everyday Gallery, unique piece, 2019??The piece belongs to categories: collectible design, functional art & art furn...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Clay
Portici Bookcase, Calacatta Gold with F. Wooden Case by Sissy Daniele
Located in Geneve, CH
Portici bookcase, Calacatta Gold with F. Wooden Case by Sissy Daniele
Dimensions: W 170 x D 30 x H 215 cm
Materials: Calacatta Gold, Bronze
Also available: Marquinia and Fumigat...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1980s, Vintage Hollywood Regency Gold Etagere with Glass Shelves
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible Hollywood regency Etagere. Features a gold finish with glass shelves.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Pearl Screw Shelf Bookcase by Soft Baroque
By Soft Baroque
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pearl screw shelf by Soft Baroque is a series constructed using unusual hardware items. Walnut and engineering plastic are cut and arranged graphically, situated between a 2D world a...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Wood Zuel Bookcase by Un’common
Located in Geneve, CH
Wood Zuel bookcase by Un’common
Dimensions: W 42 x D 38 x H 170 cm
Materials: Oak
Also Available: Smoky Oak and Dark Oak materials also available.
Edge Collection
In the new p...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Innocent Bookshelf Four Modules by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Innocent Bookshelf Four Modules by Mingardo
Dimensions: D166 x W39 x H76cm
Materials: RAL 9005 black varnished iron structure, shelf in black stained oak
Weight: 85 kg
Also Av...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Iron
Parade 3 Shelves Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 3 shelves Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D100 x W30 x H104 cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 12 kg
Also available in different colours and dimensions.
Ele...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Parade 3 Shelves Green Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 3 shelves Green Olive by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D100 x W30 x H104 cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 12 kg
Also available in different colours and dimensions.
E...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Set of 2 Parade Shelf Extentions Warm White by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Parade shelf extentions Warm White by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D30 x W2 x H39cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 0.7 kg
Also available in different colors and dimens...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Set of 2 Parade Shelf Extentions Green Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Parade shelf extentions green olive by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D 30 x W 2 x H 39cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 0.7 kg
Also available in different colours and d...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Parade 1 Shelf Top Warm White by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 1 shelf Top Warm White by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D100 x W30 x H19cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 4 kg
Also available in different colors and dimensions.
Eleg...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Repeat Shelf Rusty Red Right by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Repeat Shelf Rusty Red Right by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D60 x W23 x H26cm
Material: Powder coated aluminium
Weight: 5 kg
Also available in different colours. Please contact us.
Flex...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Parade 1 Shelf Extention Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 1 shelf extention oxide red by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D 100 x W 30 x H 39cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 4 kg
Also available in different colours and dimensions....
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Parade 3 Shelves Warm White by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 3 shelves warm white by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D 100 x W 30 x H 104 cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 12 kg
Also available in different colours and dimensions.
...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Parade 1 Shelf Extention Green Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 1 shelf extention green Olive by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D100 x W30 x H39cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 4 kg
Also available in different colors and dimensions.
...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Repeat Shelf Warm White Right by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Repeat shelf warm white right by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D60 x W23 x H26cm
Material: Powder coated aluminum
Weight: 5 kg
Also available in different colors.
Flexible shelf un...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Repeat Shelf Black Noir Right by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Repeat Shelf Black Noir Right by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D60 x W23 x H26cm
Material: Powder coated aluminium
Weight: 5 kg
Also available in different colours. Please contact us.
Fle...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Repeat Shelf Warm White Left by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Repeat Shelf Warm White Left by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D60 x W23 x H26cm
Material: Powder coated aluminium
Weight: 5 kg
Also available in different colours. Please contact us.
Flex...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Parade 1 Shelf Extention Warm White by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 1 shelf extention warm white by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D 100 x W 30 x H 39cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 4 kg
Also available in different colours and dimensions...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Parade 1 Shelf Top Green Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 1 shelf Top Green Olive by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D100 x W30 x H19cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 4 kg
Also available in different colors and dimensions.
Ele...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Repeat Shelf Green Olive Left by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Repeat shelf green olive left by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D 60 x W 23 x H 26cm
Material: Powder coated aluminium
Weight: 5 kg
Also available in different colours.
Flexible shel...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Aluminum
Parade 1 Shelf Top Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Parade 1 shelf Top Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D100 x W30 x H19cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 4 kg
Also available in different colors and dimensions.
Elega...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
Set of 2 Parade Shelf Extentions Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Parade Shelf Extentions Oxide Red by Warm Nordic
Dimensions: D30 x W2 x H39cm
Material: Powder coated steel
Weight: 0.7 kg
Also available in different colours and dimensions...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Bookcases
Materials
Steel
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