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Post-Modern Tables

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
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Simple Coffee Table 100 4 Legs by Contain
Located in Geneve, CH
Simple coffee table 100 4 legs by Contain Dimensions: D 100 x H 51 cm Materials: Iron, brass, Terrazzo, marble, stone. Available in different f...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Tables

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Stone, Marble, Brass, Iron

Redemption Coffee Table by Albert Potgieter Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Redemption coffee table by Albert Potgieter Designs. Dimensions: L 120 x W 60x H 40 cm. Materials: oak wood. Product is customizable. “Look and Feel designs”, this is the Tag...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Tables

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Oak

Set Of 3 Doris Tables by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 3 Doris Tables by Fred and Juul Dimensions: Low Coffee Table: Ø 84 x H 30 cm. Coffee Table: Ø 60 x H 42 cm. Side Table: Ø 36 x H 60 cm. Materials: Bronze and aluminum. Availa...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Aluminum, Bronze

S3 Table by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
S3 Table by Secondome Edizioni Designer: Claudia Pignatale + Giovanni Casellato. Dimensions: D 90 x W 220 x H 75 cm. Materials: Lacquered iron. Colo...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Iron

Maré Coffee Table by Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Maré Coffee Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 80 x W 160 x H 25 cm Materials: Granite, Steel. Also available in Black Brazilian Granite, White Brazilian Quartzite. The Mesa Centro...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Tables

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Granite, Steel

Ribbons Burgundy 50 Coffee Table by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Ribbons Burgundy coffee table 50 by MOWEE Dimensions: D50 x W50 x H29 cm Material: Aluminum and HPL top. Weight: 8 kg. Also available in different ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Tables

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Aluminum, Other

Medium Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Piedra Pedestal by Algo Studio Designed by Diego Garza Dimensions:  D 37 x W 30 x  H 48 cm Materials: Formica, paper paste coating, plywood structure. These side tables ...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Tables

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Formica, Plywood, Paper

Celadon Green Porcelain Small Deck Table by Ox Denmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Celadon green porcelain small deck table by Ox Denmarq Dimensions: D 43 x W 43 x H 55 cm Materials: steel, porcelain Also available: different top options available Ox Denmarq ...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Tables

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Steel

The Wall 02 Coffee Table by Sing Chan
Located in Geneve, CH
The wall 02 coffee table by Sing Chan Dimensions: W 15 x D 100 x H 20 cm Materials: Stainless steel, electroplating. Sing Chan ( Chinese: ???/Xingyu Chen) , the founder of SINGCHAN...
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2010s Chinese Post-Modern Tables

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Stainless Steel

Geo Large Side Table by Daniel Schneiger
Located in Geneve, CH
Geo large side table by Daniel Schneiger Dimensions: D 61 x W 66 x H 51 cm Materials: Wood and resin Custom finishes available. Custom sizes available. Dan Schneiger As an arc...
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2010s American Post-Modern Tables

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Resin, Wood

Vidro Side Table G by Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Vidro Side Table L by Wentz Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 50 cm Materials: Glass, Wood. Weight: 17,2kg / 38 lbs The constant search for lightness in different forms led to a new proje...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Tables

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Glass, Wood

Vidro Side Table M by Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Vidro Side Table S by Wentz Dimensions: D 60 x W 60 x H 40 cm Materials: Glass, Wood. Weight: 15,3kg / 33,7 lbs The constant search for lightness in different forms led to a new pro...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Tables

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Glass, Wood

Reef V3 Low Table by Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Reef V3 Low Table by Edizione Limitata Limited Edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D67 x W99.7 x H35 cm Materials: Charred Cedar Wood This contemporary LANGUAGE ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Wood

Alca 1 Side Table by Wentz
Located in Geneve, CH
Alca 1 Side Table by Wentz Dimensions: D 36 x W 36 x H 71 cm Materials: Steel. Also available in different colors, (black, white, sand). WENTZ SILENT AND NATURAL LIVING DESIGNED IN BRAZIL Brazilian brand of furniture, lighting and accessories design. We live in silence, contemplating the environments, through pieces that welcome well-being. We seek to give naturalness to living, with harmonic and sensorial simplicities. We express Brazilian uniqueness through our lines, highlighting local materials and technologies. With a contemporary tropical aesthetic, designer Guilherme Wentz's creations reflect the contemplative personality of their creator, connected to nature and obsessed with design. His designs present a new look at living, where each piece conveys a perfect balance between simplicity and functionality. 1987 — Guilherme Wentz is born on July 17, in the city of Caxias do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he spent his entire youth. 2008 — Guilherme drops out of the Business Administration course to start a new creative life studying Product Design. 2010 — Begins his career as a designer at the Riva objects brand, where he works for two years. 2012 — Recently graduated, receives the IDEA Brasil award for his first product on the market, the Officer desk...
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2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Tables

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Steel

Time/Space Portal Coffee Table in Calacatta Marble by Neal Aronowitz Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Time/space portal coffee table in Calacatta marble by Neal Aronowitz Design Dimensions: D 167.7 x W 63.5 x H 45.7 cm Materials: Calacatta Marble....
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2010s American Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Medium Alpi Gray Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Alpi Gray Bold Coffee Table by Mohdern Dimensions: ⌀ 60 x H 41 cm (Marble Tray Included ⌀ 52 cm) Materials: Solid Ash Bold is a refined collection of coffee tables designed ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Ash

Cleo Clay Side Table by Ombia
Located in Geneve, CH
Cleo clay side table by Ombia Dimensions: W 42 x D 33 x H 43.5 cm Materials: Clay, textured black glaze. Custom colors upon request. Ombia is a ceramic sculpture and design ...
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2010s American Post-Modern Tables

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Other

Antartigo Table by Bela Silva
Located in Geneve, CH
Antartigo table by Bela Silva Dimensions: 45 x 38 x 43,5 cm Material: Stoneware Color and Finish: Blue cobalt and white glaze Bela Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and stu...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Other

Cigar Table by Cal Summers
Located in Geneve, CH
Cigar Table by Cal Summers Dimension: D 30.48 x H 60.96 cm Materials: Sculpted Steel with Bronze Patina and Waxed finish. Cal Summers is a British designer who makes bespoke handma...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Tables

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Bronze, Steel

Xaloc Burgundy Glass Top Table 160 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Xaloc burgundy glass top table 160 by MOWEE Dimensions: D160 x W90 x H74 cm Material: Aluminum, tinted tempered glass top. Also available in different aluminum colors and finishes...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Tables

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Aluminum

Set of 2 Bay V1 and V2 Low Table by Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Bay V1 and V2 Low Table by Edizione Limitata Limited Edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered. Dimensions: V1: D 111.5 x W 150 x H 38 cm V2: D 103.5 x W 113 x H 35 cm Mate...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Polystyrene

Red Inside Out Table Set by Karen Chekerdjian
Located in Geneve, CH
Red inside out table set by Karen Chekerdjian Dimensions: 58 x 32 x 70 cm Materials: Rosso Levanto, Nero Marquinia Includes: Fruit bowl, candle holder, flower vase in red marble ...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Grey Marble Square Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey marble square deck table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 87 x W 87 x H 45 cm Materials: Steel, grey marble Also available: Different size and top options available, OX DENMARQ ...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Tables

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Marble, Steel

Portoro TOTEM Coffee Table, Limited Edition by Karen Chekerdjian
Located in Geneve, CH
Portoro TOTEM coffee table, Limited Edition by Karen Chekerdjian Dimensions: 42 x 42 x 62 cm Materials: Nero Portoro Karen’s trajectory into designing was unsystematic, comprise...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Pianist Carrara Marble Console by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Pianist Carrara Marble Console by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 41 x W 130 x H 82 cm. Materials: Carrara marble, brushed bronzed brass. 86 kg. Other marbles are available. The Pianist console...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Marble, Brass

Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 100 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and polished stainless steel. One more exquisite product from Lavish collection. Inspi...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Lavish Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 100 cm. Materials: Brushed brass and polished stainless steel. One more exquisite product from Lavish collection. Inspi...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Brass, Stainless Steel

Ebony Center Table by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Ebony Center Table by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 120 x W 120 x H 27 cm. Materials: Polished brass, lacquer and Royal ebony. An exquisite combination of royal ebony veneer and blac...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Brass

Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence
Located in Geneve, CH
Royal Ebony Pedestal by Memoir Essence Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 110 cm. Materials: Polished brass, lacquer and Royal ebony. Also available in brushed brass. Please contact us. A...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Brass

Epang 01 Console Table by Sing Chan
Located in Geneve, CH
Epang 01 console table by Sing Chan Dimensions: W 120 x D 39.5 x H 80 cm Materials: Manual sculpture, teak, black paint, waxing. Sing Chan ( Chinese: 陈星宇/Xingyu Chen), the founder ...
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2010s Chinese Post-Modern Tables

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Paint, Teak

Luxury Handcrafted Natural Marble Turquoise Resin Low Table Minerals, Carla Baz
Located in Geneve, CH
Luxury Handcrafted Natural Marble Turquoise Resin Low Table Minerals, Carla Baz Dimensions: L 136 x W 75 x H 35/45 CM Material: Statuario Marble, Turquoise Resin. Weight: 65 kg. Ava...
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2010s Lebanese Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Low Bolero Marble Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Low Bolero Marble Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 40 cm. Materials: Grey Collemandina marble. Available in other marbles. The products are made from na...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

The Source Side Table No.1 by A Space
Located in Geneve, CH
The Source side table No.1 by A Space Dimensions: D30 x W30 x H43 cm Materials: Pink tuff. Weight: 45 kg Inspired by antiquity, material, craftsmanship and architecture of Arme...
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2010s American Post-Modern Tables

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Other

Set of 2 Alwa One Tables by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Alwa One Tables by Pulpo Dimensions: D56 x H35 cm // D38 x H 44 cm. Materials: casted glass; powder coated steel. Also available in different ...
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2010s German Post-Modern Tables

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Steel

Hope Console by Olexandr Pinchuk
Located in Geneve, CH
Hope Console by Olexandr Pinchuk Dimensions: D 30 x W 87 x H 160 cm. Materials: Glass, wood. Olexandr Pinchuk (Ukraine, 1986) Master of Laws, studied at the International Law Insti...
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2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Tables

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Wood, Glass

Square Drop Console Table by Nów
Located in Geneve, CH
Square drop console table by Nów. Designed by Square Drop. Dimensions: D 60 x W 120 x H 76 cm Materials: stained, solid ash wood, brass hardware, natural stone. Agnieszka Sniad...
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2010s Polish Post-Modern Tables

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Stone, Brass

Green Indio Marble and Black Steel Big O Table by Ox Denmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Indio marble and black steel big O table by Ox Denmarq Dimensions: D 120 x H 72 cm Materials: steel, green Indio marble Also available: different marble and frame options av...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Tables

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Marble, Steel

High Bolero Marble Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
High Bolero Marble Accent Table by Alter Ego Studio Dimensions: D 42 x W 42 x H 52 cm. Materials: Black and Gold marble. Available in other marbles. The products are made from natu...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Ttttable by Mob
Located in Geneve, CH
TTTTable by MOB Designer: BAST (France) Dimensions: H 72 x D 110 x W 300 cm Material: 2mm steel sheet, 2mm aluminium sheet, 10mm steel bar, Klein Blue medium glossy painting. The board of a table is much more than a mere support: it is a line that divides two worlds. On its upper part certain codes are maintained, there are prescribed ways and conventions. Above that level reigns the protocol, the scopic, the customs and courtesies. Everything changes under the table. There appear the flirtations, the furtive gestures, the hidden. In this invisible field dominate the unseen signals and the secret codes, the tactile ones. Also the pets rest covered by an architecture to their measure and, inadvertently, doze. Under that plane, the feet are confused and mixed in a small choreography, where the human and artificial legs...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Aluminum, Steel

Ttttable by Mob
Ttttable by Mob
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Xaloc Cream Glass Top Table 140 by Mowee
Located in Geneve, CH
Xaloc cream glass top table 140 by Mowee Dimensions: D 140 x W 140 x H 74 cm Material: Aluminum, tinted tempered glass top. Also available in different aluminum colors and finishe...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Tables

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Aluminum

Set Of 2 Solomia 1 Coffee Tables by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Solomia 1 Coffee Tables by Ruda Studio Dimensions: Big Table: Ø 70 x H 40 cm. Small Table: Ø 45 x H 55 cm. Materials: Plywood, rye straw inlay and brass. Weight: 10 kg. Dim...
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2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Tables

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Brass

Crooked Dining Table by Nazara Lázaro
Located in Geneve, CH
Crooked dining table by Nazara Lázaro. Dimensions: H 75 x W 200 x D 100 cm. Materials: Massive oak with oil wax surface. All pieces are available in natural massive oak, walnut and white lacquered wood. Additional sizes, woods and finishes are available on request. Nazara Lázaro Nazara Lázaro studied Interior Design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid and completed courses in Graphic Design, Web Design and Eco-building. After graduating, she traveled to Japan, where she stayed for almost two years. During this time she learned about Japanese woodwork...
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2010s German Post-Modern Tables

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Oak

Set Of 2 Ecke Oak Coffee Tables by Hagar Abiri
Located in Geneve, CH
Ecke Oak Coffee Table by Hagar Abiri Dimensions: Large: D 60 x W 117,3 x H 30 cm. Small: D 50 x W 58,3 x H 40 cm. Materials: Oak. The Ecke Coffee Table is a fine sculpture made out...
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2010s German Post-Modern Tables

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Oak, Plywood

Grey Saint Laurent Refined Contemporary Marble Low Round Table 27/100
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Saint Laurent refined contemporary marble low round table 27/100 Dimensions: 100 x H 27 cm Materials: Grey Saint Laurent marble Available in Kyknos, Grafite, Travertino Rosso...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Neptuno Marble Side Table by Atra Design
By ATRA
Located in Geneve, CH
Neptuno marble side table by Atra Design Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 42 cm Materials: Tikal Green marble, brass ring. Other marbles and size available. Atra Design We are Atra, a fu...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Tables

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Marble, Brass

Medium Alentejo Acrylic Coffee Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Alentejo Acrylic Coffee Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 74 x W 74 x H 49 cm. Materials: Acrylic, cast brass with patinated effect. 13 kg. Other materials available. Alent...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Brass

Herringbone Tile Side Table Pure White Tiles Soft Black Steel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Herringbone tile side table pure white tiles soft black steel by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D40 x W40 x H44 cm Material: Ceramic tiles, MDF, Powder coated steel Weight: 15 kg Also a...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Tables

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Steel, Other

Mocca Leather, Walnut Wood and Black Marquina Marble Deck Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Mocca leather, walnut wood and black Marquina marble deck table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 57 x W 57 x H 67 cm Materials: Steel, black Marquina marble, leather, walnut wood Also a...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Tables

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Marble, Steel

Toupy Red Lacquered Wood And Black Metal 38 Hanging Table by Mademoiselle Jo
Located in Geneve, CH
Toupy Red Lacquered Wood And Black Metal 38 Hanging Table by Mademoiselle Jo Dimensions: Ø 38 x H 150 cm. Materials: Red lacquered wood and black metal. Available in four colors, ...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Tables

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Metal

Arrebol Tibor Diffuser by Studioroca
Located in Geneve, CH
Arrebol Tibor diffuser by STUDIOROCA Dimensions: W 18 x D 18 x H 30.5 cm Materials: Volcanic rock, polished brass plated steel, glass. Includes 1 essential oil 20mL bottle. STUDIOROCA is a Mexico City design studio focused on architecture, interior design and contemporary furniture. Its penchant for collaboration, the promotion of local talent, artisanal skills and natural materials, and its ever-present pull toward sustainable practices have seen the studio create highly emotive environments and unique functional pieces that speak of a forward-thinking, borderless approach to design. Intro Through architecture, interior design and furniture, STUDIOROCA portrays a distinct Mexican aesthetic, where sophisticated, elegant designs become bold statements of strong masculine lines and dark moody shades that contrast dramatically with elongated curves and highly textured surfaces. Based in Mexico City, the studio has, since its inception, offered much more than simple design solutions, its impetus always being to meaningfully improve lives through design. By promoting, supporting and offering a platform for other Mexican designers in its two stores in Polanco and Condesa, STUDIOROCA has been at the forefront of the modern-day Mexican design movement for over 15 years. The studio’s ability to artfully blend its own architecture and interior design with both local and international product is testament to its glocal outlook. While proudly Mexican and inherently influenced by the country’s culture and craftsmanship, its designs talk to a cosmopolitan, international sense of style. STUDIOROCA’s respect for the environment and reverence of traditional skills has led to the pursuit of sustainable practices, while its affinity for collaboration and promotion of artisanal skills has seen the studio produce work in conjunction with countless talented designers and craftspeople. Its confidently utilitarian designs are the result of risk-taking, boundary-pushing processes that emerge from STUDIOROCA’s constant quest to establish innovative solutions, while simultaneously respecting each of its projects’ unique locations, incorporating the surrounding environment into the design language. Working closely with clients, a personal rapport ensures delving into the core of every design requirement, leading to the ultimate achievement of deeply embedded needs. Ultimately, what STUDIOROCA presents is a fresh iteration of Mexican design, a version which is at once moving, intoxicating and comforting. History STUDIOROCA was founded by Carlos Acosta and Rodrigo Alegre. When, in 2002, the two independent Mexico City architects were commissioned to work collaboratively on the architecture and interiors of a new spa, they were frustrated by the lack of affordable furniture available, and embarked on designing their own pieces for the project. And so STUDIOROCA was born. Initially a furniture store in the heart of the then up-and-coming leafy suburb of Condesa, it has developed into a fully fledged architecture and interior-design studio, with another store in the city’s high-end design district of Polanco, which opened in 2011. Its line of furniture, all designed and manufactured in Mexico, had humble production beginnings in a small kitchen-design factory, a foundation that has carried through into the studio’s current philosophy of small-scale, high-quality production. In conjunction with its own range of functional pieces, STUDIOROCA has always invited other local designers to showcase their work in its two stores, and, what started with three additional designers’ pieces in 2002, has led to collaborations with many more, now presenting the limited-edition work of 28 Mexican designers through its UNION- brand, while continuing to retail exclusive international brands such as Tom Dixon, Moooi and GAN. 2 More recently, the studio’s architectural and interior projects have included large housing developments and hotels, fully employing STUDIOROCA’s 360-degree approach to design. Founders and team Architects by training, founders Carlos Acosta and Rodrigo Alegre prefer to follow an unconventional, integrated model of design that incorporates its many varied facets, allowing their two unique approaches to complement one another. Rodrigo, who graduated from Universidad Anáhuac Norte, is able to envision how color and texture will combine as he explores the emotive nuances he wishes to create within a new environment. His abstract thoughts are brought to life by Carlos, the rational half of the design duo. Trained at Universidad Iberoamericana, with a student exchange to the University of Texas, Carlos’ ability to grasp volumes and spaces brings dreams to fruition through the perfect positioning of wall divisions, furniture pieces and light-streaming windows. Their small dedicated team of designers and architects plays an integral role in realizing the studio’s ambitious visions, with over 200 projects having been completed by this intimate team. Beyond designing, these passionate professionals offer practical solutions, bringing their experience in all forms of design to manifest in big-picture thinking that pays attention to detail, celebrates collaboration and goes the extra mile. The approachable, personal style with which the STUDIOROCA team works is a reflection on the responsibility its people place on themselves as architects and designers who venture beyond the drawing board. Sustainability STUDIOROCA’s focus on sustainability has seen the company establish itself as a trailblazer in the realization of buildings and furniture pieces that are produced with a sense of conscience and responsibility, taking into account the full production chain, from material source to distribution of wealth. The studio has done away with environmentally harmful varnishes on its furniture pieces, and now only use FSC-certified hardwood. It also pledges to keep materials to a minimum, a consideration most appreciated in its 77 range of furniture, where only the necessary functional structures have been designed, and where small leftover pieces of wood from bigger cuts are utilized, rather than sourcing new pieces. This approach continues in its architecture and interior designs, with 80% of materials sourced locally. This, coupled with its use of solar panels, the harvesting of rainwater, and the inclusion of indigenous gardens in its projects, has led to STUDIOROCA’s application for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, which is currently under review. For the studio, sustainability has a much further reach than the natural environment, however. Its projects take into account social, cultural and economic sustainability too, by ensuring its production chain – from the craftspeople producing hand-worked elements, to its low-environmental-impact manufacturing line – all sits within Mexico so that the 3 communities benefiting financially are those who have been an integral part of the process. Architecture In STUDIOROCA’s architectural projects, authentic materials that are true to their Mexican origin, such as local mountain rocks, regional marble and indigenous wood, are utilized in new ways to highlight their natural rawness, deep texture and prized imperfections, imbuing buildings with unique character. It’s through such character that every structure portrays its personality, suited to the people who live, work and relax within it. This unpretentious use of materials follows through to metals, which are encouraged to rust and patinate as the building interacts with nature’s elements and becomes part of the environment surrounding it, giving projects an essential sense of place, where the here and now is as important as the then and there. Interior design STUDIOROCA’s interior style leans toward textured materials and dark hues contrasted with paler wood and lighter accent tones. These evocative, luxurious interiors are enlivened by carefully considered lighting that enhances the tonality of moody dark browns, deep blues and a spectrum of blacks, and highlights textures through illuminated reflections. Where environments dictate a paler palette, textures and materials make up the necessary contrast. Local willow wood on wall panels, flooring made from recinto volcanic rock, and countertops decorated with Mexico’s retapado marble become talking points, made even more appealing with plant life and greenery introduced indoors. Furniture Combining its deep respect for handcrafted, artisanal product, and its future-forward approach to technology and innovation, STUDIOROCA’s range of furniture places emphasis on high-quality offerings, producing its ranges in low quantities, often customized to suit the specific requirements of its varied projects. Veering away from industrialized production lines, it employs sophisticated hand-worked machinery, in line with its approach to sustainability and simplicity. The studio’s premiere collection (2002-2008) was shaped by a groundbreaking application of materials and forms, resulting in award-winning designs that set contemporary Mexican design on the map. Pieces from this collection were shown at Fabrica Mexicana and Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City and in the MoMA store in New York. The 2008 Eco collection initiated a change in the production of STUDIOROCA’s furniture pieces, adapting a sustainable view regarding design – a philosophy that continues to guide the studio’s practices today. Sourcing FSC-certified wood, eliminating varnishes, and using local materials wherever possible, this collection was the start of a conscious undertaking to work with local artisans and support local industry, an outlook that was celebrated at the launch of the Eco range at the Mexican Gallery...
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2010s Mexican Post-Modern Tables

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Stone

Black Marble Side Table by Dovain Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Black marble side table by Dovain Studio Dimensions: H 60 x Ø 60 cm Materials: Estremoz White Marble, Ruivina Black Marble Dovain Studio Creative direction by Sergio Prieto, a ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Marble

Central Groove Rounded Rectangular Green Black Coffee Table by Frederic Saulou
Located in Geneve, CH
Ordonne coffee table Signed by Frederic Saulou Frederic Saulou Materials: Argentina green slate - Trélazé black slate Dimensions: W 110 x D 55 x H 42 cm Edition of eight. Signed and ...
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2010s French Post-Modern Tables

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Slate

Luna Park Coffee Table by Secondome Edizioni
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna Park Coffee Table by Secondome Edizioni Designer: Hillsideout. Dimensions: D 45 x W 90 x H 27 cm. Materials: Murano glass. Collection / Production: Secondome. This piece can be...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Tables

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Murano Glass

Clear Glass "Isom Tall" Coffee Table, Sebastian Scherer
Located in Geneve, CH
Clear glass "Isom Tall" coffee table, Sebastian Scherer. Dimensions: 45 H x 39 W x 45 D cm. Materials: Solid colored glass. Different colors and sizes are available. The Isom t...
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2010s German Post-Modern Tables

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Glass

La Terra Large Occasional Table by Agnes Morguet
Located in Geneve, CH
La Terra large occasional table by Agnes Morguet Materials: Metal, Ivory Travertine Dimensions: D 54 x W 95 x H 36 cm The founders, Mia and Torben Koed, decided to put their 30 ...
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2010s Danish Post-Modern Tables

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Travertine, Metal

Melt Blue Coffee Table by Oito
Located in Geneve, CH
Melt blue coffee table by Oito Dimensions: D40x W45 x H75 cm Materials: Powder coated steel Weight: 5 kg Also Available in different colours. Suitable for outdoor use. Assembly...
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2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Tables

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Steel

Set Of 2 Solomia 2 Coffee Tables by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Solomia 1 Coffee Tables by Ruda Studio Dimensions: Big Table: Ø 70 x H 40 cm. Small Table: Ø 45 x H 55 cm. Materials: Plywood, rye straw inlay and brass. Weight: 10 kg. Dim...
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2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Tables

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Brass

Ionic Rectangular Ebony Limed Oak Coffee Table by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Ionic Rectangular Ebony Limed Oak Coffee Table by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 80 x W 130 x H 40 cm. Materials: Ebony limed oak, brushed brass. 28 kg. Other materials available. Ionic...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Tables

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Brass

Ruta Cube Side Table by Ruda Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Ruta Cube Side Table by Ruda Studio Dimensions: D 40 x W 40 x H 45 cm. Materials: MDF, painted rye straw, brass and wax. Weight: 20 kg. Dimensions and colors are customizable. Avail...
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2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Tables

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Brass, Other

Inka Table by Eichkorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Inka Table by Eichkorn Dimensions: D160 x H74 cm Materials: limestone, gold leaves. Available in coffee table or in dining table size. A limestone, Ocean Beige, with a handcraf...
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2010s German Post-Modern Tables

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Limestone

Post-modern tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern tables 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 tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Post-Modern tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tables, popular names associated with this style include Sebastian Scherer, ATRA, Edizione Limitata, and Ettore Sottsass. 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 tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $167 and tops out at $268,510 while the average work can sell for $4,029.

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