$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Luna Sideboard, Post-Modern Design, Metal, Hand-Painted, 2024
Located in İnegöl, TR
The Luna Sideboard is designed as a post-modern furniture. It's designed and made in 2024.
Metal
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Luna Sideboard, Post-Modern Metal Design, Hand-Painted, New, 2024
Located in İnegöl, TR
The Luna Sideboard is designed as a post-modern furniture. It's designed and made in 2024.
Metal
Post Modern Tessellated Stone Leaf Motif Split-Base Dining Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A true statement piece, it showcases craftsmanship and design that defined luxury interiors of the period. Fun Historical Fact: Post Modern furniture of the 1980’s often drew inspir...
Stone
Set of 4 Italian Post-Modern Black Lacquered High Back Dining Chairs, 1970s–1980
By Giorgio Cattelan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in the manner of Giorgio Cattelan, whose Cattelan Italia firm became a significant force in Italian Post-Modern furniture during this period, these chairs reflect the Italia...
Steel
Le Bambole Leather pouf foot rest Design Mario Bellini 1978 for B&B Italia
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Like few others Mario Bellini has contributed to post-modern furniture design in finding new relations between the inner construction and the outer appearance of his seating furniture.
Leather, Foam
Murano Glass and Brass Console Table with Gold Leaf Inclusions, Italy, 1990s
By Giovanni Dalla Fina
Located in Villaverla, IT
As a prominent Murano maestro, Giovanni Dalla Fina is celebrated for his ability to translate ancient Venetian glass traditions into sophisticated, Post-Modern furniture. This consol...
Gold, Brass, Gold Leaf
Memphis Style Cow Hide and Ultra Suede Oversized Chair
Located in Asheville, NC
This imaginative, over-sized arm chair is a delightfully comical example of the post-modern furniture design movement known as Memphis Style.
Le Bambole Leather Sofa Design Mario Bellini 1978 for B&B Italia
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Like few others Mario Bellini has contributed to post-modern furniture design in finding new relations between the inner construction and the outer appearance of his furniture.
Leather, Foam
Model 31 Armchair Alvar Aalto, Finland, 1930s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in London, GB
The home of Clendinning and Adron was an ode to unexpected pairings; Victorian tiles and Modernist furniture alongside Max's own brightly coloured, Post-Modern furniture designs.
Birch
Italian Sculptural White Ceramic Cactus Table Lamp with Opaline Bulb, 1970s
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful example of 1970s Italian sculptural lighting, this rare ceramic cactus lamp is an eye-catching statement piece that will appeal to collectors of vintage Italian design, P...
Ceramic
Post Modern Eclipse Lounge Chair by Jay Specter for Century Furniture c 1970/80s
By Century Furniture, Jay Spectre
Located in New York, NY
Voguish Hollywood Regency, Art Deco Revival, Post Modern lounge chair designed by Jay Spectre for Century Furniture, circa 1970/1980's.
Chrome
Weiman Furniture Company Post Modern Serpentine Cloud Sofa, in Boucle
By Weiman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Weiman Furniture Company Postmodern “Cloud” Sofa in Couture Bouclé Upholstery 94" W x 39.5" D x 32" H Acquired from a prominent Miami Beach estate, this substantial Postmodern “Clou...
Upholstery
Mid-Century Post Modern Loveseat or Sofa Produced by Preview Furniture
By Preview
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sculptural base with floating front sofa made by Preview circa 1992. It features the original tweed fabric in good condition. Could use cleaning before use.
Fabric
$4,800 / set
Large Scale Pair of Post Modern Slipper Chairs
By Preview, Weiman Preview Furniture
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Incredible and large, pair of post modern slipper chairs on a plinth bases. These beauties truly have lines worth coveting. Kept as found, in their off white Damask stripe fabric. ...
Fabric
$3,295
Post Modern Loveseat
Located in Raleigh, NC
Vintage Post-Modern loveseats newly upholstered in a luxurious textured abstract velvet. Priced individually.
Upholstery
Vintage post modern travertine & brass cabinet by Ello Furniture, USA 1980s
By Ello Furniture
Located in Hastings, GB
Polished travertine-clad cabinet by Ello Furniture, 1980s. This 3 door cabinet has brass tab handles and brushed gold metal sides and brushed gold metal plinth base. Metal has a smal...
Travertine, Metal, Brass
Handcrafted low modern table by SUM Furniture in English Oak
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted from the finest English quarter-sawn oak. These modernist low tables are acutely eye-catching but practical pieces of furniture. Bespoke handmade by master craftsmen in E...
Oak
1990s Carsons Post Modern Pastel Swivel Chairs and Footstools, Set of 4
By Carson's Furniture
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated 1990s with this exquisite swivel chairs and footstools set. The ultra rare chairs exudes an air of luxury and refinement. Outst...
Upholstery, Wood
1990s Post Modern Muave Sculptural Castors Dining Chairs, Set of 5
By Carson's Furniture
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
This set of five post modern dining chairs makes a big impression. The unique shape ensures that the pieces are beautiful from both the front and the back, which is critical for any ...
Upholstery, Wood
1990s Post Modern Colorful Upholstered Three Legged Barrel Chairs, Set of 2
By Carter Furniture 1
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transport yourself back to the sleek and sophisticated 1980s with this exquisite barrel chairs in a circular plinth base. The ultra rare chairs exudes an air of luxury and refinement...
Aluminum
1980s Eppinger Post Modern Wood Chrome Pedestal Oval Desk
By Eppinger Furniture Inc.
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and one of a kind, oval pedestal wood desk you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. Chrome hardware. ...
Chrome
Post modern vintage travertine & brass 3 drawer cabinet by Ello Furniture, 1980s
By Ello Furniture
Located in Hastings, GB
Polished travertine-clad cabinet by Ello Furniture, 1980s. This 3 drawer cabinet has brass tab handles, shiny gold metal sides and shiny gold metal plinth base. Metal has a small amo...
Travertine, Metal, Brass
$1,276Sale Price|20% Off
Howard Howie Post Cartoon Drawing Plate Art of Sigmund Freud, Anthro DC Comics
By Howard Post
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Portrait of Sigmund Freud on hand thrown ceramic plate. Signed, "Post to Post with love..." "January 21, 1962" Howard "Howie" Post (1926-2010) American animator, cartoonist, and...
Ceramic
$10,963 / item
Bunny Chair by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Bunny Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 92 x W 90 x H 75 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery. “Bunny” chair. This is for you and for your child!...
Wood, Upholstery
Post Modern Leather Bench
Located in Denton, TX
Post Modern black leather bench with curved handle ends.
Leather, Wood
$19,653 / item
Beige Nautilus Chair by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Nautilus Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 100 x W 80 x H 86 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery. “Nautilus” chair. “Twenty Thousand League...
Upholstery, Wood
$19,653 / item
Creamy Nautilus Chair by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Creamy Nautilus Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 100 x W 80 x H 86 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery. “Nautilus” chair. “Twenty Thousand Leagu...
Wood, Upholstery
$19,653 / item
Chocolate Nautilus Chair by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate Nautilus Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 100 x W 80 x H 86 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery. “Nautilus” chair. “Twenty Thousand Le...
Upholstery, Wood
Moroccan Post Modern Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Moroccan Post-Mod large painting with vibrant colors and clean lines. Great piece of art to light up any room.
Canvas, Paint
$13,074 / item
White Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
White 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...
Upholstery, Wood
$30,777 / item
Beige Memory Sofa by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Memory Sofa by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 90 x W 240 x H 85 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery “Memory” sofa. Collection "Memory" inspired b...
Upholstery, Wood
$13,040 / item
Chocolate Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate 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" insp...
Upholstery, Wood
$30,777 / item
White Memory Sofa by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
White Beige Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 90 x W 240 x H 85 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery “Memory” sofa. Collection "Memory" ins...
Upholstery, Wood
$30,698 / item
Chocolate Memory Sofa by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate Memory Sofa by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 90 x W 240 x H 85 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery “Memory” sofa. Collection "Memory" inspir...
Upholstery, Wood
$13,040 / item
Beige Memory Chair by Plyus Furniture
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...
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Weiman Post Modern Lounge Chairs Newly Upholstered in Latte Bouclé
By Weiman Preview Furniture
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Envelop yourself in plush luxurious comfort in these modern Weiman Lounge Chairs with enveloping upholstered barrel backs and plunging thickly upholstered arms newly and freshly prof...
Bouclé, Upholstery
1970s Post-Modern Chrome and Glass Dining Set by Daystrom, 5 Pieces
By Giotto Stoppino, Daystrom Furniture, Bassett Furniture, Chromcraft
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Exuding bold elegance and unapologetic mid-century charm, this four-piece dining ensemble encapsulates 1970s modernist glamour. A quartet of sculptural Daystrom “scoop” chairs—sinuou...
Chrome
$10,070 / item
Chocolate Memory Bench by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Chocolate Memory Bench by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 42 x W 200 x H 38 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery Also available in a variety of colors. ...
Upholstery, Wood
$10,070 / item
White Memory Bench by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
White Memory Bench by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 42 x W 200 x H 38 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery Also available in a variety of colors. “Mem...
Upholstery, Wood
$10,070 / item
Beige Memory Bench by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Memory Bench by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 42 x W 200 x H 38 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery Also available in a variety of colors. “Mem...
Upholstery, Wood
Post-Modern Framed Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Post-Modern Framed Abstract Painting. Offered is a stunning large Post-Modern abstract painting in a gilt wood frame. This painting dates from the 1970's-1980's and is artist signed ...
Canvas, Paint
$42,451 / item
White MRS 3 Sofa by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
White MRS 3 Sofa by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 160 x W 310 x H 80 cm Materials: Wood, HR foam, polyester wadding, fabric upholstery. “MRS 3” sofa. With love to my favorite desig...
Upholstery, Wood
$795Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Style Sculptural Post Modern Arched Tessellated Stone Cocktail Table
By Maitland Smith, Magnussen Furniture
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Crafted in the Philippines during the elegant “Nineteen‑Laties” era of the 1980s, this end table is a refined study in organic geometry and tropical modernism. Its sculptural base, c...
Stone
Post Modern Chaise Lounge Newly Upholstered in Ivory White Bouclé
By Directional, Preview, Weiman Preview Furniture
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Float away from the worries of the day in this luxurious post modern chaise lounge newly professionally upholstered in super soft ivory white bouclé. Sculptural form exudes a sophist...
Bouclé, Upholstery
Side Table by Pierre Charpin for Memphis/Post Design
By Post Design, Memphis Milano, Pierre Charpin
Located in Ravenna, IT
Coffee table designed by Pierre Charpin for the 1998 Memphis/Post Design "'A Furniture Show'" collection. The coffee table is developed as a grounded volume on which, on one side, is...
Maple
$793 / set
Post modern dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Post modern design dining chairs by Vepa, Netherlands. They feature a black metal frame and red fabric seats. 1980s - Italy Good condition Height: 103cm Width: 50cm Depth: 45cm S...
Metal
$395 / item
Post Modern Display Mannequin
Located in Riverdale, NY
Post Modern Display Mannequin from a Japanese store formerly located on Madison Ave, NY. Articulated fiberglass mannequin body has screws at joints to change positions. Face is separ...
Metal
$8,457 / item
Beige Memory Bedside Table by Plyus Furniture
By PLYUS Furniture
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Memory Bedside Table by Plyus Furniture Dimensions: D 60 x W 64 x H 54 cm Materials: Wood, fittings brass. “Memory” Bedside. Collection "Memory" inspired by memories of my tr...
Brass
$436Sale Price|20% Off
Post-Modern Four Post Glass Top Coffee Table
Located in Trenton, NJ
This vintage 1980s postmodern coffee table embodies the bold architectural spirit of the era. A thick square glass top floats elegantly atop four sculptural pedestal bases, each craf...
Composition
Pair Of Post-Modern Club Chairs
By Preview
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Post-Modern Club Chairs. Offered is a splendid rare pair of club chairs, lounge chairs or side chairs designed Preview Furniture Company in the early 1990's.
Bouclé, Wood
$1,600 / item
Post Modern Occasional Table Marble Top
By Andreu World
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Sleek marble table with lacquered blue aluminum circular base and oval column. Incredibly sturdy and well made. Perfect cafe table for the kitchen or small apartment dining. Post mod...
Marble, Aluminum
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Post Modern Italian Sculpture
Located in Milano, IT
This 1980s sculpture is a powerful testament to contemporary abstract modern art, an artwork that embodies the essence of industrial design transformed into visual poetry. Created by...
Iron
Post Modern Octagonal Lacquered Pedestal
By Enrique Garcel, Maitland Smith, Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1, Karl Springer, Casa Bique
Located in Houston, TX
Post Modern Octagonal Lacquered Pedestal. Offered is a beautiful Hollywood Regency or Post Modern Lacquered Pedestal. This stunning pedestal is the perfect accent to display your pri...
Wood
1970s Post Modern Black Vinyl and Chrome Daystrom Scoop Chairs
By Daystrom Furniture, Giotto Stoppino, Chromcraft
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Exuding bold style and structural elegance, this carefully curated set of four chairs by Daystrom presents a textbook example of mid-century modern ambition executed in chrome and vi...
Chrome
$790Sale Price / set|20% Off
Post Modern French Metal Resin Armchairs
Located in Marseille, FR
Pair of post-modern chairs in metal and resin, French production, circa 1980. This pair of armchairs has an imposing appearance and is composed of geometric shapes drawn on differen...
Metal
Post Modern Italian Marble Center Table
By Up & Up, Mario Bellini, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Houston, TX
Post Modern Italian Marble Center Table. This large Italian Mario Bellini style (51 inch) marble table can be used as a center table or dining table. Most unusual colored marble. Stu...
Marble
$1,837Sale Price|25% Off
Post modern off white Gloss Laminate waterfall 6 Drawer long Dresser
By Memphis Milano, Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beautiful post modern off white gloss laminate and chrome trim waterfall front 6 drawer long dresser, circa 1980. Very clean inside and out. Look at photos. all drawers have metal gl...
Laminate, Plywood
Giorgio Saporiti Post-Modern Suede Flower Chair by Il Loft
By Giorgio Saporiti, Il Loft
Located in Portland, ME
This is an unique design in the Post-Modern furniture world that looks striking and inviting from all angles.
Chrome
Post War Knockdown Furniture Co Plywood Lounge Chair
By Knockdown Furniture Co.
Located in Denver, CO
After WWII, American furniture manufacturers began to explore production options using new materials created for the war effort. The Knockdown Furniture Co. created their simple and ...
Plywood
Post Vlisco Round Carpet White #5
By Studio Simone Post
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Simone Post (1990) is a Dutch textile and product designer living and working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven with honors in 2015 and h...
Cotton
Unavailable
H 29 in W 42.25 in D 24.5 in
Post War Knockdown Furniture Co, Plywood Three-Piece Office Desk Set
By Knockdown Furniture Co.
Located in Denver, CO
After WWII, American furniture manufacturers began to explore production options using new materials created for the war effort. The Knockdown Furniture Company, created their simple...
Post Modern Squiggle Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W48 D24 H29.5 SW47.5 SD18 SH16 Fully restored squiggle bench with a great curvy matching backrest. Item has fresh foam , fresh upholstery, and new piping. Item is structurally sound...
Fabric
Post-Modern Lounge Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
This custom post-modern lounge chair is part of the Studio Line collection, known as our Parker Chair.
Hardwood, Upholstery
Post Modern Sofa - As Found
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W150 D42 H30 SW166 SD25 SH16 AH21 Fun three piece sofa in good as found condition. Item seems to have been recently upholstered and has no major areas of wear. Item has one small ar...
Velvet
Post-Modern Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking Post-Modern adjustable height polished chrome cross base floor lamp, circa 1970s -1980s. This sculptural French custom crafted standing lamp is designed for adjustable heigh...
Chrome
Post-Modern Travertine Coffee Table
Located in Portland, ME
Post-Modern Travertine coffee table or low side table in the form of an unfinished section of Doric column; two thirds of the column are fluted, with the remainder rough-hewn. Purcha...
Travertine
Post Modern Italian Floor Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
This stunning Postmodern Italian floor lamp is the crown of simplicity. Constructed of black metal. Measures: Sits 70” tall with a 8.5 x 9” base.
Metal
Post Modern Steel Coffee Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Unique steel coffee table with rich patinated surface of rusts and caramels. Floating tray top supported by offset round column with arched butters type support. Signed underneath to...
Steel
1980s Post Modern style Swivel Chairs
Located in Staten Island, NY
1980s Post Modern style Swivel Chairs, perfect to be placed in any corner of a space, be it the bedroom or office room or the living room.
Fabric
Post Modern Chrome Console
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W60 D16 H27.5 Post Modern Chrome and stone top console. Item is in good vintage condition and is structurally sound and sturdy.
Marble, Chrome
Post-Modern Danish Leather Lounge Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Post-modern Danish lounge chair with ottoman. Period of manufacturing is 1970/1980. This chair is extremely comfortable and would be a complement to any living or lounge area. The ba...
Metal
Post-modern Angular Side Chair
Located in London, GB
A hollow timber constructed chair. This angular piece was created by an unknown maker, produced early 1980's and finished in a high gloss.
Plywood
Red Post Modern Glass Top Dining Table
Located in St. Louis, MO
Designer: Unknown Period/style: Post-Modern Country: US Date: 1990s.
Glass
Queen Elisabetta II Painting Post Modern
Located in Lucca, IT
Queen Elisabeth II painted by the artist Anna Bianchi .Anna Bianchi was born in Lucca where she lives and work .The artist reproduces artist , stars and iconic characters protagonist...
Paint, Canvas, Paper
Post Modern Kidney sofa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W85 D38 H31 SH20 SW82.5 SD26 SH20 Post Modern Kidney Sofa with fresh foam and fresh textured chenille fabric. Item has two custom ball pillows in velvet. Item shows in excellent ful...
Chenille
Post Modern Cobalt Blue Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish post modern vase dates to 1994 and is hand-blown in cobalt blue, clear and black glass. Note: The neck in detailed with incised panels with a satin finish. Note: S...
Art Glass
Post modern chrome and glass dining table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W42 D42 H30.5 VIntage chrome dining table with a blue chrome trim edge. Chrome base and glass show well with no major areas of wear, no chips in glass or peeling in chrome. Minor su...
Chrome
Post-Modern Italian Maya Bowl
By Guilio Confalonieri
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sculptural Italian stainless steel Maya bowl by Giulio Confalonieri, circa 1980s.
Metal, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Luc Post Modern Design Wood and Fabric Chair
Located in Lisbon, PT
Dovain Studio presents you the Luc chair that is entirely manufactured in wood and has a soft seat composed with foam and fabric that can be chosen with a variety of colors and textu...
Fabric, Wood
Pair of 1980s Post Modern Italian Side Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A gently curved bentwood seat with slits in cut in the back to form a “V” sits on a frame with 2 tapered cylindrical legs in front and two curving chrome legs in back. Under the blac...
Chrome
Jane Bonelli Post-Modern Op Art Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage Op Art painting by 20th century artist Jane Bonelli. Geometric and minimalist in a palette of toned hues of purple, gray, and blue. Unframed with hanging hardware, signed o...
Paint
Post-Modern Alabaster Sculptural Table Lamp
Located in Parma, IT
This table lamp was produced in France in the 1980s. It is made from alabaster turned in circular steps.
Alabaster
Lima Post Modern wood Dinning Chair Dovain Studio
Located in Lisbon, PT
Dovain Studio presents you the Lima chair that is entirely manufactured in wood and has a soft seat composed with foam and fabric that can be chosen with a variety of colors and text...
Fabric, Wood, Beech
Philippe Starck "Royalton" Post-Modern 3-Leg Chair
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Dubai, AE
Philippe Starck "Royalton" 3-leg chair Edited by Driade Signed on the leg "Aleph by Starck" Polished aluminium, bentwood Italy, Circa 1988 This chair was designed by Philipp...
Aluminum
Post-Modern Three Person Sofa in Gray Wool
Located in Belmont, MA
Three-person Mid-Century Modern/post-modern (it has elements of each) sofa with stainless steel legs and upholstered in gray wool.
Stainless Steel
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.