Postmodern design
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about postmodern design
Project • By SPECIAL SPACE STUDIO • Offices
Hoor Ofiice Building
Hoor office building design started as a revision for the existing structure of the project. The program was about designing double height commercial spaces at the ground floor and office units on the top floors. The building has a unique location, it’s in the corner of a highway with a high traffic in Tehran, and therefore, it could have a significant role as a monument in the city’s image.
Design concept engendered by an effort to attain glory. Our aim was to design a glam building which draws passers attention. On the contrary to common buildings, which has been glorified by elaboration and complexity, the architect was willing to reach to this goal with simple geometrical structures and ease.
To induce splendor to ob... More
Product • By VENTRI • Laissez-fare
Laissez-fare
Laissez-faire, cabinet with three cupboards and three drawers.Postmodern design, elements were chosen for their symbolic values and use language as a model. The three linguistic signs, symbol, index and icon are employed in the design.Laissez-faire tells a story about Capitalism who's ideological definition is, that the earths natural resources are transformed through process in to utility and wealth to the benefit of mankind. However this has changed through time and now it's utility is mostly superfluous. It exploits the earth, it's oceans and resources and the people involved in its process and those who are benefactors of its utility. It has fostered an era of individualism and separation that is lacki... More
Product • By VENTRI • Sils Maria
Sils Maria
Sils Maria, cabinet with four cupboards, shelving and one compartment.Postmodern design, Sils Maria's elements were chosen for their symbolic values and use language, the structural linguistics of Saussure, as a model, refer to the teachings at the Bauhaus and research into the essence of the subject.Sils Maria is a visual narrative about Friedrich Nietzsche and employs symbolic signs.Handmade in wheat board and hand painted in acrylic paints and lacquer. The flip top handle is handmade in Sterling Silver and Hallmarked at the Assay Office, Edinburgh. It bears the Makers Mark "GM" for Gary Morga registered there since 1977. The doors are soft-close and all edges are miter.Dimensions: height 190 cm; width 172 cm; dep... More