Platinum 35 Carats Cascading Round Diamond Waterfall Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Post and omega back. As seen on Jenna Lyons at Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show.
Diamond, Platinum
$13,092 / item
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$10,627 / item
Luca Coffee Table Small by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$4,312 / item
Riso Side Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Marble
$5,699 / item
Trono Block Beige Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$4,312 / item
Riso Side Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Marble
$5,699 / item
Trono Block Brown Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$6,161 / item
Pica Sola Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$7,392 / item
Chair C by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$4,928 / item
Trono Pill Black Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$13,091 / item
Large Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$5,699 / item
Trono Pill Beige Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$16,326 / set
Set of Trono Block Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Steel
$23,873 / item
Trave Sofa by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
$4,928 / item
Trono Block Black Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$4,312 / item
Trono Pill White Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Mohair, Upholstery
$10,630 / item
Small Andrea Nesting Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$15,505 / set
Set of Trono Pill Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$4,312 / item
Trono Block Pink Chair by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
Umberto Bellardi Ricci Pica Table
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Deposit 50% / Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Custom Listing / Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$7,239 / item
Mano Standing Lamp Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,243 / item
Mano Floor Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
$12,321 / item
Mano Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$5,236 / item
Pica Piccola Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Steel
$10,781 / item
Pica Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$19,253 / item
Spira Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$10,473 / item
Fackel Wall Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$5,544 / item
Malle Aluminium Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$10,781 / item
Barra Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Steel
Mano Small Wall Lamp Mounted Uplighter by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$10,011 / item
Fackel Standing Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$19,253 / item
Spira Floor Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum
$11,551 / item
Mano Wall-Down Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,552 / item
Mano Wall-Vert Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$5,005 / item
Malle Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,551 / item
Mano Wall-Up Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Set of Mano Small Wall Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Mano Small Wall Lamp Mounted-Vertical Side Lighter by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$4,543 / item
Malle Small Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
$11,552 / item
Leaning Mano Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
$11,243 / item
Leaning Mano Lamp by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Brass
Mano Small Wall Lamp Mounted Downlighter by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Jenna Lyons, Portrait Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Paper, Gouache
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Chair C by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Aluminum, Brass
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Luca Coffee Table Large by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
Set of 2 Andrea and Luca Coffee Table by Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Located in Geneve, CH
Having taught architecture for many years at the Architectural Association in London and at the Cornell University in New York, he designed the home for Turner Price laureate Laure P...
Travertine, Bronze
$6,800 / item
H 48 in W 33 in D 2.75 in
Smoked Bronze Octagonal Faceted Murano Glass & Brass Wall Mirrors, Italy
By Michel Contessa
Located in Miami, FL
Smoked bronze octagonal faceted Murano glass & brass wall mirrors, Italy Ready to ship from our Miami gallery, this handcrafted Italian Murano glass wall mirrors features octagonal s...
Brass
$8,634 / item
H 39.38 in Dm 45.01 in
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter
By Paul Matter
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Textured Brass Chandelier, Tryst Three by Paul Matter Tryst chandelier explores the relationship between interlocked forms in perfect union and balance. A study of form...
Brass
$3,150 / set
H 15.36 in W 8.27 in D 4.14 in
Pair of Art Dèco Style Italian Murano Glass and Brass Sconces
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Art Deco Murano Glass Wall Lights, Black glass sphere and brass accessories. Textured Murano glass. Wiring according to the American standard with E26 or E27 lamp holder for ...
Brass
$700Sale Price / item|52% Off
H 33.47 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Dining Chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, Model Razorblade, Denmark, Oak
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Set of striking dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, made of oak and vintage tobacco aniline leather. Refreshing design with bold Baroque coming together nicely with Mid-Century Moder...
Oak
$653Sale Price / item|55% Off
H 33.47 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Dining Chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, Model Razorblade, Denmark, Oak
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Set of striking dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, made of oak and boucle. Refreshing design with bold Baroque coming together nicely with Mid-Century Modernism. Model: Razorblade ...
Oak
$9,602 / item
H 19.69 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in
Alexander and Jones Sunday Daybed in Oak & Cream Bouclé Handcrafted to Order
Located in Cirencester, England
The Sunday Daybed is a signature made-to-order piece by Alexander and Jones, handcrafted in our Cotswolds studio, UK, from sculpted solid oak with our signature wave form frame and c...
Hardwood, Wood, Upholstery, Textile, Fabric, Bouclé, Oak
David Webb 18K Yellow Gold "Indian Head " American Coin On A Link Chain Necklace
By David Webb
Located in New York, NY
Elevate your style with this exquisite David Webb 18K Yellow Gold Hammered Chain "Indian Head" Coin Necklace. This captivating piece of jewelry combines elegance and heritage, making...
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Willy Rizzo Alveo Black Coffee Table
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Collonge-Bellerive, GE
Willy Rizzo was an Italian photographer and designer known for his contributions to mid-20th-century design. The "Alveo" coffee table you mentioned is likely a part of his furniture ...
Aluminum, Chrome
Van Cleef & Arpels VCA Sapphire Diamond Choker 18k Gold Necklace & Bracelets
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Miami, FL
Van Cleef & Arpels Sapphire & Diamond Link Choker Necklace / Convertible Bracelets 18K Yellow Gold – Signed – With Appraisal An exquisite and rare Van Cleef & Arpels choker necklace,...
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
$3,840 / item
H 37.8 in Dm 25.2 in
Joe 640 Tailored Minimal 20th Century Inspired Pendant Light by Wende Reid
By Wende Reid
Located in Chatswood, NSW
This Classic, tailored pendant light, inspired by the stitching on my father's Mark Cross cuff link box, is reminiscent of mid-century style and the early simplicity of Art Deco. Als...
Brass
$5,480 / set
H 18 in W 7.5 in D 4.5 in
Italian Art Deco Design Crystal Murano Glass Half Moon Bronze Finish Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary customizable Italian Art Deco Design pair of semi circular wall lights, entirely handcrafted, with an antique bronze finish. The nicely scalloped airy brass structure su...
Brass
Basurto 01 Contemporary Wooden and Fabric Stool
By Colección Estudio, Difane
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
A tribute to the architectural style that characterized Mexico City during the mid-20th century. Inspired by its lines, symmetry, volumes and shapes, each piece is a miniature abstra...
Hardwood
$48,400 / set
H 34 in W 21 in D 23 in
Set of 14 Paul Frankl Corset Oak Dining Chairs for Brown Saltman in Latte Bouclé
By Paul Frankl
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sultry large set of 14 Oak Corset Dining Chairs designed by Paul Frankl and produced by Brown Saltman newly professionally restored and refinished in original stain with new cushions...
Bouclé, Upholstery, Oak
Danish Modern Teak Daybed w/ Leather Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Teak Wood, New Tweed Fabric, New Pirelli Webbing, New Italian Cognac Leather Bolster Pillow _________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern fu...
Leather, Upholstery, Teak, Wood
Cartier Baignoire Mini 18K Yellow Gold Bangle Watch 17
By Cartier
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Sold out worldwide with a waitlist extending over a year, this petite timepiece is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Skilfully created in the house's Swiss atelier, it boasts 18-karat ...
$31,200Sale Price|20% Off
Chopard 3 Carat 18k Yellow Gold Watch
By Chopard
Located in Chicago, IL
This stunning Chopard timepiece features natural diamonds totaling approximately 3.02 carats. With a case diameter of 19mm (excluding the crown) and a band width of 14mm, this watch ...
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
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 Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
It's hard to resist the allure of a beautiful pool. So, go ahead and daydream about whiling away your summer in paradise.
Alessandro Mendini, Michael Graves, Ettore Sottsass and other design luminaries contributed to this unusual collection of porcelain wares representing a time capsule of late-20th-century decorative art.
Aided by photos taken of the maestro in his Milan studio, we honor the influential design talent who died last month at 87.
Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero, rising young design talents, are debuting a new, eclectic line of textiles.
