Casa BRUTUS August 2026 Issue [Feature] Do You Know Postmodern Design?

[Machine Translation] POSTMODERN: Are you familiar with postmodern design? Is there a sign of a boom in postmodern furniture? An exhibition featuring Ettore Sottsass is also being held! While Modernism, with its pursuit of rationality and functionality, forms the foundation of contemporary architecture and design, criticism arose in the 1960s and 1970s regarding its excessive homogenization. Consequently, Postmodernism emerged in the 1980s as a set of values that transcended Modernism. This design movement, which defined an era with its sculptural forms and pop color schemes, was centered around the Milan-based design collective known as Memphis." This summer, Japan s first full-scale retrospective of its leader, Ettore Sottsass, is currently on view. In addition, recreations of spaces designed by Japanese designers ranging from Memphis members Shiro Kuramata and Masanori Umeda to Shigeru Uchida and Akio Ohashi as well as reissues of their furniture, are underway one after another. We re also seeing more and more cases of postmodern products being incorporated into interiors. With that in mind, we re presenting a major special feature on postmodern design, which has been gaining renewed appreciation in recent years!

POSTMODERN ポストモダンのデザインを知っていますか? ポストモダンの家具にブームの兆し? エットレ・ソットサスの展覧会も開催! 合理性と機能性を追求したモダニズムは現代の建築やデザインの根底となる一方、1960年代～70年代には均質化されすぎた状況に批判の声も上がりました。 そこで、モダニズムを超える価値観として80年代に台頭したのがポストモダンです。 造形的なフォルムやポップな配色で一時代を築いたデザインのムーブメント、その中心的な存在がミラノを拠点に活動したデザイン集団の〈メンフィス〉でした。 今夏、リーダーだったエットレ・ソットサスの日本初の本格的回顧展が開催中。 また、〈メンフィス〉に参加していた倉俣史朗や梅田正徳から内田繁や大橋晃朗まで、日本のデザイナーたちが手がけた空間の再現や家具の復刻も続々と進行中。 ポストモダンのプロダクトをインテリアに取り入れるケースたちも増えています。 そこで、近年、再評価が高まるポストモダンのデザインを大特集します!