I think for a lot of millennials -- or at least in my case -- colourful design is especially alluring because we've been stuck in rental properties for so long. Not allowed to paint walls, not allowed to make any changes and often moving furniture from place to place.
YES. I've moved between three rental apartments in the past three years and honestly all my furniture is some kind of white / neutral/ wood toned because I don't want to buy something more unique that may not work with the next place (and I can't afford to and can't be bothered to change up my furniture everytime I move to another temporary rental). It all looks fine and matches but I'm dying to finally buy a place where I can paint the walls and screw shelving into the walls, and buy some furniture with a bit more character.
I appreciate that you showcase different styles, and love the history lessons we get with each one. It helps me understand the why of designs like Post Modern, even if it's something that I would never want in my home. No disrespect to fans of this look, but it's decidedly NOT for me.
Totally agree, very interesting to re-learn since I lived thru this style once already. Not my style at all but that pendulum swing comes back again! Thanks Nick!
Agree, even though i wouldnt decorate my home with post modern style designs the video was great to watch. Very informative and interesting, well done Nick!
I never considered myself interested in interior design (my apartment's aesthetic is decidedly "Craigslist bachelor pad"), but just learning the vocabulary of design is really making it so much more tangible and accessible to me. Thanks for these videos! At the very least, my characters will have much more intentionally-designed homes.
I was lucky enough to grow up with a mother who was an interior designer in her 20s, because I organically learned some very useful tools on how to dress a space, but Nick's videos have helped me grow into my own style that much more. My mom and I have slightly different taste, so it took years for me to learn beyond what works, and understand what works *for me*. So I totally feel you on that one.
For my final home, I want to create a beautiful space, but with just enough quirkiness that when the kids or grandkids come to disperse the estate there are moments of "What was he thinking!?" followed by "Wow, this is hard to take apart!" A post mortem practical joke, if you wish. Your posts help inspire me!
I moved out of home in the mid-90s and was given a lot of mid century modern pieces from my grandparents. In all of the wisdom a twenty year old possesses, I gave it away and purchased cheap post-modern stuff. It took less than five years for me to discover my love of MCM and I've spent the last twenty years buying furniture just like the stuff I carelessly discarded. 😭
These “how to decorate” videos are my favorite of yours! I love learning all the history, they’re so well done and researched! They’ve really truly helped me learn and implement techniques in my own house.
Thank you for a trip down memory lane. I was a young adult during the Post Modern era. My brother-in-law was a beginning interior design professional, so we went to a lot of parties at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. It was a great time to be single! I couldn't afford the furnishings, but I sure could paint a lot of my decor in bright colors. My stereo speakers where bright blue and hot pink. And the fashion! I'm old an minimalist now. Haha.
Any chance of doing a "How to Decorate Craftsman" or "Victorian"? I know these styles aren't super in trend right now, but there's a lot of modern examples of these styles. My house is Victorian, on the border of Edwardian, and we're restoring and decorating with an modern take, with a nod to the original. Bold moody colors, with original woodwork for example. Anyways, just an idea.
The Victorian and Edwardian periods are my absolute favorite. Since you've left your comment, how has your Home been turning out? I would love to know, as I am employing some of those elements into my own recently purchased Home.
The beatlejuice house is a good example of post modern design. Delia transforms the house from a cozy farmhouse into a 90s post modern space and I think it looks great!
I wouldn't have said my tastes run to post modern at all, but that couch at 9:39? I just flashed back to an amazing duvet/bed set I had for a few years that was _very_ similar to this, though maybe with more deep purples and mustard yellows to balance deep blues and intense pinks and oranges. I absolutely loved it that set, held onto it long after the colours faded. It was a fantastic pop of colour in an otherwise muted space (even as a kid/teen I didn't like "frantic energy" vibes in my sleep zones) and it never occurred to me that it might qualify as post modern in style. Honestly wasn't expecting to come away from the video with this insight. Mind blown!
The history of modern and post-modern design has given me a newfound respect for the post-modern style, even if it’s not my favorite. But I also find myself attracted to the idea of small splashes of post-modern in my spaces.
How fun! I couldn't live in a 100% Post Modern space, but I'd love to have a couple pieces like the crab chair or palm tree lamp. Balanced asymmetry is more pleasing to my eye than symmetry, too.
Wow! So weird. I have been either loving or hating the post-modern pieces you've shared throughout the video. Interesting style. I'm definitely more of a mid-century/scandy person. Still, very interesting. Thanks for sharing, Nick! 😊👍
I'm moving away from it right now, but for a long time had a heavily Bauhaus inspired post-modern style. I think you need to have a good sense of playfulness to make it work. And I did it with a few easily replaceable pieces--a sculptural yellow aluminum side table, a satellite bowl from MOMA, orange pillows with robots on them, a pillow with the TV no-signal image, a print of David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust, a bright blue sculptural vase. This can work with contemporary furniture pieces, or even some modern pieces, and is an easy way to experiment with the style.
it's honestly been the most wonderful style to fall into, right as i had my baby, cos it's so easy to incorporate playful bright kids toys all over the room 😂
My then roommate and me were really into the Memphis style in the 80s. We had Memphis patterned curtains in our apartment. She moved recently and gave me her Memphis ice bucket and four low ball glasses. I treasure them.
I dont like when post modern furniture is in strong colors. I looks tacky. But a mix between post modern and modern design in a more natural palett is really Nice
My parents had so much of this 80s and 90s stuff! I had an interesting conversation with my mother about design lately. I really like Mid Century design. She said it's not for her, because that's the stuff that was everywhere when she grew up and she's tired of it. I kind of feel the same about the postmodern style. There are very interesting pieces, but it is not something I would have in my home, because it was everywhere when I was young and I am kind of tired of it...
That's so funny! I grew up in the 90s but I feel the same way about mid century modern as your mother for the exact same reason! Growing up in the 90s we and most of the people we knew were so broke (or thrifty!) that we were still using mid-century hand-me-downs EVERYWHERE. Especially in churches. As you can imagine, no matter how well made, they were still scuffed and old, and contrasted badly with the newer pops of post-modern we had here and there. It's a tired, broken down worn style to me. Post-modern stuff is occasionally interesting to me but it is still something that I grew up with on TV and it just looks dated to me.
I love love, love how you broke these styles down. I definitely have a personal style that is heavy traditional in its layout and main furniture. However I love adding in those wacky fun décor elements into those rooms. I actually think traditional can mix with post modern VERY well, because of their contrasting purposes. For example: you mentioned traditional feeling "grand" while post modern is "humorous" and then there is modern which puts function as the soul drive for design. Well you could say that modern takes function seriously, while traditional style takes its self seriously which lends its self to being lovingly made fun of just by adding a few post modern elements.
I love mid century & Art Deco/streamline moderne. And yes, love the thought of adding a piece or 2 of post modern to add a bit more wow to the space, but using natural materials. No plastic pls!
I remember wall borders with ducks and flowers. The 70’s orange/green Tetris style vinyl floors that didn’t get updated yet. And Formica countertops and pink or hunter green carpet. My 80’s flashback lol. I don’t remember post-modern.
SMe we had wall to wall CARPET in green in the kitchen, weird wallpaper, olive green stove. The blue bathroom and the yellow bath (at least it wasn't pink!) Nightmare
Really love all of these deep dives & the accompanying history lessons. :). I feel like post modern seems to work best with decor & accessories - the funky lamps, a bright bold print for a wall, asymmetrical mirrors & the like. Not really for me, but I could see how some elements would make a home much more personable & interesting. :)
Yes! I'm a big lover of mid century modern, but occasionally fall for a post modern canvas or small sculpture. Post modern furniture tends to make me irrationally uncomfortable though, almost like my skin is crawling.
@Nick Lewis, thanks for your channel. I'm going through a really bad time in my life, and the only good thing is seeing you talking about something that is important to me - taking care of my house, that gives me some drive and helps me forget about the bad things. I'm working on my personal bedroom - I used to share it, but that's the case - and I'm happy to watch you every night from my living room in England you giving really good advice about interior design, as I'm down to the ground person. I'm also a DIY'er which I know you don't like, but that doesn't change the fact I love your advice. Cheers - keep bringing your thoughts, you saving a life here.
The Memphis Group is probably my least favorite design movement. But you explain it so well that I now have a better understanding and appreciation for it and post modern in general. Thanks, Nick! Another great video!
I love this explanation! I feel like so many other home designers on RUclips have such a strong personal design and tend to just focus on those. I love this series you’re doing. Thanks!
I worked on an exhibition about post-modernism a few years ago. I walked around the exhibition and the young curator was explaining how she had studied the period for her masters. I was just having flashbacks to my first flat with the black and white stripey kitchen and the bright yellow sofa with red cushions on navy blue carpet....
We've been so ambitious and tried so hard to be safe and tasteful.... So now it is time to bring out the bright colors and quirky stuff.... I don't mind 😁...
Thanks. I remember some of this stuff from the 90s. I am over it. But it is fun to see some folks are bringing it back. You keep me on my designer toes, Nick.
Post Modern for me is somehow very comfortable and reminds me of my childhood in the 90s/early 00s. I also do feel very whimsical at heart so it brings me joy. I love mixing post modern pieces in with my Scandi/Scandi Mid Century Modern home. HAY is great Scandinavian brand with post modern pieces.
I was 14 in 1981 and it´s great fun to see the style broken down like this. I never thought about it as style at the time, just the things around me. I promise you; we were so done with this in the 90s! Thanks for yet another great video.
The photo at 1:11 appears to be from a @LoneFox apartment makeover. I remember this specifically because he was making over a space for a person with ADA needs and I am a disabled person so really appreciated this process.
I LOVE post modern... In other people's houses. Because I am not patient enough to dust all of this textured decor items and oddly (in the best way) shaped furniture. Nearly all of my design choices for my space, I choose in equal parts for form and ease of care. Anyone who has the patience for this and can have a home in a post modern design is my hero.
A lovely pop of colour makes me happy. I like accessories to do it around more neutral pieces. Though I did use a pink futon colour at one time when it matched art work I had on my wall. I am also sick of boring car colours too. Bring back some fun colours!
I'm definitely not a GenZ but I think us boomers may have something in common. My parents house was decorated with mid-century modern furniture - maybe that's why I'm attracted to cooky and fun furniture. But not the blow-up stuff. Too much like beanbag chairs. And I've sat on plenty of those "seats"! But the colours and the shapes of this era are so much fun, so much more interesting than that modern design I grew up with. The lamp that looked like a melting light bulb, can anyone direct me to a place to get that!!? I love it! Thanks Nick for letting me embrace my inner rebelliousness.
Very interesting. So many of these pictures remind me of TV show sets from the ‘80s. As a kid in the ‘70’s, I had a bedroom that was in the bright colors of the time (yellow, grass green, orange, bright pink), with big daisies, frogs, and a mushroom lamp. When I decorated my own kids rooms in the ‘90’s/early ‘00’s, there were definite post-modern elements with molded plastic, bright colors, neon, and so on. That style makes perfect sense to me for children. But not for adults. I find it kind of jarring, honestly. Looking around my own house, I definitely use color but they’re all on the muted side. I like my house to feel restful.
Love the sculptural shapes but let’s definitely leave those neon colors in the 80’s or for the kids, lol. I’m getting Saved by the Bell and early MTV vibes. I had those neon bicycle shorts when I was like 10, and I recently saw a picture of myself at like 12 wearing neon tie die overalls… 🙅🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️ yeah let’s not bring those back 😅🤦🏻♀️
Nick I FINALLY realized that my home is post modern!!! It was built in the early 90s, and when I moved it I couldn't make sense of the listing description of "contemporary." I couldn't figure out what that meant. Tall ceilings, columbs, half walls, strange angles - this house has been fun and strange to move into lol. My style is basically pacific northwest style, except my office. That is my fun room. Imagine The Memphis Group in 2022. I'm thrilled to check the links you recommended and go shopping. My shopping cart at Charish is now full of things I probably won't buy but it's so fun to look!
Again, if I had the budget and opportunity, then I would definitely enjoy combining post-modern with Bohemian. Those two styles seem to work because they deal with textures and colors.
Thanks for this! I have wondered where my love of modern furniture in strong colors came from. I love color, but mostly the bold jewel tones found in a painting I love hanginyabovr the red couch. So, not truly post modern, but leaning that way. I also have a side chair with an arts & crafts chair back and seat (yet all simple curves, including lumbar support) and vaguely Louis XV arms and legs. Sounds weird but works in a fun but comfortable way. Anyway, it’s pine and now I’m motivated to paint it a teal or green.
Love that this style is coming back. As a GenXer who was a teen in the '80s, I thank you for adding "It wasn't THAT long ago!" Recently, my nephew, who was born in 1995, remarked, "The '80s seems like...just...an unfathomably long time ago." LOL
I feel like this is a very high risk high reward style. If you can pull post-modern off, you will definitely have a very unique and memorable home! But there is a big potential for it to look bad if you don't plan it right. Not everyone can pull off a brightly colored couch, let alone a hot dog shaped one! Most people will get the best results just incorporating touches of it into their home, but I have respect for people who can furnish a whole apartment/house like that! I stick to a transitional style because that's what feels like home to me, and it's easy to shop for (every antique mall near me has tons of furniture that fits the style for great prices). Also, it's very cozy and difficult to mess up, lol.
Thank you for showcasing this. I love that you make efforts to respect and understand different styles, even if they aren’t your own. Personally, I love post modern and Memphis design.
thanks Nick! This style is so hard to characterize. I definitely consider myself in the mid-century camp, with a particular affinity for the classic Danish modern works and simple forms emphasizing horizontal lines. So all my main furniture pieces are mid-century or decent fakes. On the other hand, I live in a 70's high rise, and I've mixed in a few 70's style decorative pieces here. They add a few curves and pops of color for contrast, but I could never do a full-on bright color Memphis Movement stuff.
Thx for the heads up. I love mid century modern, but I'm about to move into a postmodern (diagonal shingles on the outside) space. So glad postmodern is my second favorite design style. Will use toned down art deco furniture and more timeless stuff for renos and fixtures, e.g. vertical blinds. 😎
Funny, I lived through the 80s and 90s and don't recall this stuff as a major trend. I do remember coveting a lamp with a swirly iron base and I'd be happy to own one now. Also, maybe, a swirly-framed mirror. Accent pieces. And I adore the idea of asymmetry. Perfect symmetry can be sterile--and, actually, in quantum physics it is said the we would not have a universe at all if symmetry had not been broken on a grand scale. Deep!
I love seeing when you post. I watch as soon as I see it. My problem is that I love all styles. That makes it hard to try to stick with just one. I am like a chameleon. I love Scandinavian, but I also love farmhouse. Transitional is also beautiful, but I like a little oddity in the mix like Victoria and Richard's style. Thankfully I have an in law appt on my home that I was able to design in farmhouse, a couple of furnished rental homes that I furnished in modern design, and my own home that is Transitional, but I still try to find ways to sneak the different styles into my own home to enjoy. It's pretty tricky and I'm not convinced I have done it as well as I think I have🙄. I've even resorted to decorating my poor chicken's coop so I can have another style!!! (The coop was originally a child's playhouse converted) That said, your great personality and knowledge have definitely helped me to navigate through some of these styles with my crazy eclectic mind and I just love your videos. I'm not only learning what is what in style, but I am also learning a lot about myself and how to make things work so I can enjoy them in a more cohesive way. Thank you so much.
Nick, this was a really well put together video! I love that you were so helpful and thorough even though it's not your favorite. There are things to learn here whether people want to embrace the style or not. Keep up the great videos!! :)
Postmodern style seems well fitted to the world of Tictoc and diy. I'm curious about the possibility of mixing postmodern and traditional because both can be more colorful and have more curvy lines than modern boxy things.
I am on love with having a few pieces like this in juxtaposition with my overall style, which is a kind of heavy dark threadbare maximalism (think dark chinoiserie walls and wood paneling with mostly traditional furniture arranged more like an interior garden than like a traditional home layout. A strange velvet chair with soft clean curves here or there is perfect. Makes the whole thing feel like an enchanted forest.
I think for a lot of millennials -- or at least in my case -- colourful design is especially alluring because we've been stuck in rental properties for so long. Not allowed to paint walls, not allowed to make any changes and often moving furniture from place to place.
YES. I've moved between three rental apartments in the past three years and honestly all my furniture is some kind of white / neutral/ wood toned because I don't want to buy something more unique that may not work with the next place (and I can't afford to and can't be bothered to change up my furniture everytime I move to another temporary rental). It all looks fine and matches but I'm dying to finally buy a place where I can paint the walls and screw shelving into the walls, and buy some furniture with a bit more character.
I appreciate that you showcase different styles, and love the history lessons we get with each one. It helps me understand the why of designs like Post Modern, even if it's something that I would never want in my home. No disrespect to fans of this look, but it's decidedly NOT for me.
Same here ;-). I love my minimalistic, Japandi, Scandi & modern space, so that it is the nature outside that is in the focus.
Totally agree, very interesting to re-learn since I lived thru this style once already. Not my style at all but that pendulum swing comes back again! Thanks Nick!
That’s why I do it! I love to learn about styles that are not my own.
Agree, even though i wouldnt decorate my home with post modern style designs the video was great to watch. Very informative and interesting, well done Nick!
I never considered myself interested in interior design (my apartment's aesthetic is decidedly "Craigslist bachelor pad"), but just learning the vocabulary of design is really making it so much more tangible and accessible to me. Thanks for these videos! At the very least, my characters will have much more intentionally-designed homes.
I was lucky enough to grow up with a mother who was an interior designer in her 20s, because I organically learned some very useful tools on how to dress a space, but Nick's videos have helped me grow into my own style that much more. My mom and I have slightly different taste, so it took years for me to learn beyond what works, and understand what works *for me*. So I totally feel you on that one.
This made me LOL pretty good. "My characters will have much more intentionally-designed homes" Accurate.
For my final home, I want to create a beautiful space, but with just enough quirkiness that when the kids or grandkids come to disperse the estate there are moments of "What was he thinking!?" followed by "Wow, this is hard to take apart!" A post mortem practical joke, if you wish. Your posts help inspire me!
I love the way you think!!
I moved out of home in the mid-90s and was given a lot of mid century modern pieces from my grandparents. In all of the wisdom a twenty year old possesses, I gave it away and purchased cheap post-modern stuff. It took less than five years for me to discover my love of MCM and I've spent the last twenty years buying furniture just like the stuff I carelessly discarded. 😭
It's fun to look at. Feels like it should all be in MOMA. I feel like the "form follows function" endures more successfully.
These “how to decorate” videos are my favorite of yours! I love learning all the history, they’re so well done and researched! They’ve really truly helped me learn and implement techniques in my own house.
Thanks so much!
Thank you for a trip down memory lane. I was a young adult during the Post Modern era. My brother-in-law was a beginning interior design professional, so we went to a lot of parties at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. It was a great time to be single! I couldn't afford the furnishings, but I sure could paint a lot of my decor in bright colors. My stereo speakers where bright blue and hot pink. And the fashion! I'm old an minimalist now. Haha.
Shout out to Lonefox for having his design shown at 1:11
Also thank you Nick for touching on this design. It’s definitely peaked my interest.
Oh yeah,the space he disigned for his friend!
Any chance of doing a "How to Decorate Craftsman" or "Victorian"? I know these styles aren't super in trend right now, but there's a lot of modern examples of these styles. My house is Victorian, on the border of Edwardian, and we're restoring and decorating with an modern take, with a nod to the original. Bold moody colors, with original woodwork for example. Anyways, just an idea.
The Victorian and Edwardian periods are my absolute favorite. Since you've left your comment, how has your Home been turning out? I would love to know, as I am employing some of those elements into my own recently purchased Home.
The beatlejuice house is a good example of post modern design. Delia transforms the house from a cozy farmhouse into a 90s post modern space and I think it looks great!
I wouldn't have said my tastes run to post modern at all, but that couch at 9:39? I just flashed back to an amazing duvet/bed set I had for a few years that was _very_ similar to this, though maybe with more deep purples and mustard yellows to balance deep blues and intense pinks and oranges. I absolutely loved it that set, held onto it long after the colours faded. It was a fantastic pop of colour in an otherwise muted space (even as a kid/teen I didn't like "frantic energy" vibes in my sleep zones) and it never occurred to me that it might qualify as post modern in style.
Honestly wasn't expecting to come away from the video with this insight. Mind blown!
The history of modern and post-modern design has given me a newfound respect for the post-modern style, even if it’s not my favorite. But I also find myself attracted to the idea of small splashes of post-modern in my spaces.
Not my style, but I’d love to walk in a friend’s home who committed to this level of kooky.
How fun! I couldn't live in a 100% Post Modern space, but I'd love to have a couple pieces like the crab chair or palm tree lamp. Balanced asymmetry is more pleasing to my eye than symmetry, too.
Wow! So weird. I have been either loving or hating the post-modern pieces you've shared throughout the video. Interesting style. I'm definitely more of a mid-century/scandy person. Still, very interesting. Thanks for sharing, Nick! 😊👍
Totally! They do make a space feel interesting and they break up the monotony of modern design which has been popular for a long time now
I'm moving away from it right now, but for a long time had a heavily Bauhaus inspired post-modern style. I think you need to have a good sense of playfulness to make it work. And I did it with a few easily replaceable pieces--a sculptural yellow aluminum side table, a satellite bowl from MOMA, orange pillows with robots on them, a pillow with the TV no-signal image, a print of David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust, a bright blue sculptural vase.
This can work with contemporary furniture pieces, or even some modern pieces, and is an easy way to experiment with the style.
it's honestly been the most wonderful style to fall into, right as i had my baby, cos it's so easy to incorporate playful bright kids toys all over the room 😂
I like post modern. I also like kooky, psychedelic 60s and 70s which is what I’m doing with my original condition 1965 built home!
Nick, you’re the best!
My then roommate and me were really into the Memphis style in the 80s. We had Memphis patterned curtains in our apartment. She moved recently and gave me her Memphis ice bucket and four low ball glasses. I treasure them.
I dont like when post modern furniture is in strong colors. I looks tacky. But a mix between post modern and modern design in a more natural palett is really Nice
My parents had so much of this 80s and 90s stuff! I had an interesting conversation with my mother about design lately. I really like Mid Century design. She said it's not for her, because that's the stuff that was everywhere when she grew up and she's tired of it. I kind of feel the same about the postmodern style. There are very interesting pieces, but it is not something I would have in my home, because it was everywhere when I was young and I am kind of tired of it...
That's so funny! I grew up in the 90s but I feel the same way about mid century modern as your mother for the exact same reason! Growing up in the 90s we and most of the people we knew were so broke (or thrifty!) that we were still using mid-century hand-me-downs EVERYWHERE. Especially in churches. As you can imagine, no matter how well made, they were still scuffed and old, and contrasted badly with the newer pops of post-modern we had here and there. It's a tired, broken down worn style to me. Post-modern stuff is occasionally interesting to me but it is still something that I grew up with on TV and it just looks dated to me.
I’m so inspired to finally use all the weird pieces I’ve stored and love with all the traditional stuff I’m using!
I love love, love how you broke these styles down. I definitely have a personal style that is heavy traditional in its layout and main furniture. However I love adding in those wacky fun décor elements into those rooms. I actually think traditional can mix with post modern VERY well, because of their contrasting purposes. For example: you mentioned traditional feeling "grand" while post modern is "humorous" and then there is modern which puts function as the soul drive for design. Well you could say that modern takes function seriously, while traditional style takes its self seriously which lends its self to being lovingly made fun of just by adding a few post modern elements.
I love mid century & Art Deco/streamline moderne. And yes, love the thought of adding a piece or 2 of post modern to add a bit more wow to the space, but using natural materials. No plastic pls!
I remember wall borders with ducks and flowers. The 70’s orange/green Tetris style vinyl floors that didn’t get updated yet. And Formica countertops and pink or hunter green carpet. My 80’s flashback lol. I don’t remember post-modern.
SMe we had wall to wall CARPET in green in the kitchen, weird wallpaper, olive green stove. The blue bathroom and the yellow bath (at least it wasn't pink!) Nightmare
Not a fan of post modern design, but thank you for the history of this design style. 🙂
I love seeing design styles that will be all over yard sales three or four years from now.
Really love all of these deep dives & the accompanying history lessons. :). I feel like post modern seems to work best with decor & accessories - the funky lamps, a bright bold print for a wall, asymmetrical mirrors & the like. Not really for me, but I could see how some elements would make a home much more personable & interesting. :)
Yes! I'm a big lover of mid century modern, but occasionally fall for a post modern canvas or small sculpture. Post modern furniture tends to make me irrationally uncomfortable though, almost like my skin is crawling.
@Nick Lewis, thanks for your channel. I'm going through a really bad time in my life, and the only good thing is seeing you talking about something that is important to me - taking care of my house, that gives me some drive and helps me forget about the bad things. I'm working on my personal bedroom - I used to share it, but that's the case - and I'm happy to watch you every night from my living room in England you giving really good advice about interior design, as I'm down to the ground person. I'm also a DIY'er which I know you don't like, but that doesn't change the fact I love your advice. Cheers - keep bringing your thoughts, you saving a life here.
The Memphis Group is probably my least favorite design movement. But you explain it so well that I now have a better understanding and appreciation for it and post modern in general. Thanks, Nick! Another great video!
I love this explanation! I feel like so many other home designers on RUclips have such a strong personal design and tend to just focus on those. I love this series you’re doing. Thanks!
I worked on an exhibition about post-modernism a few years ago. I walked around the exhibition and the young curator was explaining how she had studied the period for her masters. I was just having flashbacks to my first flat with the black and white stripey kitchen and the bright yellow sofa with red cushions on navy blue carpet....
I LOVE post modern design. It's so kooky and unexpected.
Absolutely not a style for me, but very VERY interesting to learn about it. Thank you Professor Nick!
Always a great experience, thanks!
I love this movement, especially when the more abstract shapes are balanced by using more organic materials like stone or wool
I’m getting nostalgic for this, believe it or not. Reminds me of MTV and Swatch watches. My kids who are Gen Z would love this.
We've been so ambitious and tried so hard to be safe and tasteful.... So now it is time to bring out the bright colors and quirky stuff.... I don't mind 😁...
Love that whole "Beetlejuice"/"Ruthless People" Memphis design look.
That Jeff Koons balloon dog is iconic. I actually have a silver/chrome replica in my MCM dining room, center-stage on my walnut buffet.
Thanks. I remember some of this stuff from the 90s. I am over it. But it is fun to see some folks are bringing it back. You keep me on my designer toes, Nick.
Post Modern for me is somehow very comfortable and reminds me of my childhood in the 90s/early 00s. I also do feel very whimsical at heart so it brings me joy. I love mixing post modern pieces in with my Scandi/Scandi Mid Century Modern home.
HAY is great Scandinavian brand with post modern pieces.
I was 14 in 1981 and it´s great fun to see the style broken down like this. I never thought about it as style at the time, just the things around me. I promise you; we were so done with this in the 90s! Thanks for yet another great video.
It seems interior design parallels the different art movements. Great explanation! Thank you!
I like modern design, too, and I'm planning to incorporate a post modern side table into my living room.
The photo at 1:11 appears to be from a @LoneFox apartment makeover. I remember this specifically because he was making over a space for a person with ADA needs and I am a disabled person so really appreciated this process.
I LOVE post modern... In other people's houses. Because I am not patient enough to dust all of this textured decor items and oddly (in the best way) shaped furniture. Nearly all of my design choices for my space, I choose in equal parts for form and ease of care. Anyone who has the patience for this and can have a home in a post modern design is my hero.
A lovely pop of colour makes me happy. I like accessories to do it around more neutral pieces. Though I did use a pink futon colour at one time when it matched art work I had on my wall. I am also sick of boring car colours too. Bring back some fun colours!
I am a modernist but with color! I like clean timeless lines but in big bold colors.
I love that post modern design says "I want something different that will still do the function". You do not get bored with post modern design.
I learned a lot from this video! Now what I am seeing from younger designers and DIYers makes sense.
I'm definitely not a GenZ but I think us boomers may have something in common. My parents house was decorated with mid-century modern furniture - maybe that's why I'm attracted to cooky and fun furniture. But not the blow-up stuff. Too much like beanbag chairs. And I've sat on plenty of those "seats"! But the colours and the shapes of this era are so much fun, so much more interesting than that modern design I grew up with. The lamp that looked like a melting light bulb, can anyone direct me to a place to get that!!? I love it! Thanks Nick for letting me embrace my inner rebelliousness.
I love the Post Modern designs ☺️
Not really a fan of post-modern but I LOVE that chair on the right at 5:19! I now want it in my house.
Very interesting. So many of these pictures remind me of TV show sets from the ‘80s. As a kid in the ‘70’s, I had a bedroom that was in the bright colors of the time (yellow, grass green, orange, bright pink), with big daisies, frogs, and a mushroom lamp. When I decorated my own kids rooms in the ‘90’s/early ‘00’s, there were definite post-modern elements with molded plastic, bright colors, neon, and so on. That style makes perfect sense to me for children. But not for adults. I find it kind of jarring, honestly. Looking around my own house, I definitely use color but they’re all on the muted side. I like my house to feel restful.
Reminds me of my teenage room growing up. 😂❤
This reminds me of when I was in my early 20s in art school circa 2010!
I'm reliving so many 80's music videos right now....
My favorite part of these videos is the history of the design style. Thanks, Nic!
Love the sculptural shapes but let’s definitely leave those neon colors in the 80’s or for the kids, lol. I’m getting Saved by the Bell and early MTV vibes. I had those neon bicycle shorts when I was like 10, and I recently saw a picture of myself at like 12 wearing neon tie die overalls… 🙅🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️ yeah let’s not bring those back 😅🤦🏻♀️
Definitely MTV vibes!
I just realized why my Pee Wee’s Playhouse Toy came to mind. ❤️
oh i have that fried egg bath mat (12:01), its my favorite thing in my house and makes me smile each morning while i brush my teeth.
Brilliant video and excellent break-down of what this style and its re-emergence is all about.
Nick I FINALLY realized that my home is post modern!!! It was built in the early 90s, and when I moved it I couldn't make sense of the listing description of "contemporary." I couldn't figure out what that meant. Tall ceilings, columbs, half walls, strange angles - this house has been fun and strange to move into lol. My style is basically pacific northwest style, except my office. That is my fun room. Imagine The Memphis Group in 2022. I'm thrilled to check the links you recommended and go shopping. My shopping cart at Charish is now full of things I probably won't buy but it's so fun to look!
I'm Gen X & am totally here for the post modernism. I don't take myself too seriously & like to be in fun rooms
Best video in my opinion. Thank you Nick for touching on this design. keep up the good work Professor Lewis.
Super educational and very clear to understand....Thanks
Again, if I had the budget and opportunity, then I would definitely enjoy combining post-modern with Bohemian. Those two styles seem to work because they deal with textures and colors.
Thanks for this! I have wondered where my love of modern furniture in strong colors came from. I love color, but mostly the bold jewel tones found in a painting I love hanginyabovr the red couch. So, not truly post modern, but leaning that way. I also have a side chair with an arts & crafts chair back and seat (yet all simple curves, including lumbar support) and vaguely Louis XV arms and legs. Sounds weird but works in a fun but comfortable way. Anyway, it’s pine and now I’m motivated to paint it a teal or green.
This video was shockingly helpful - didn't know I had more questions but this answered questions as I had them and was super helpful. Thanks!
I love the pink living room at 5:54! And I’m a traditionalist.
Love that this style is coming back. As a GenXer who was a teen in the '80s, I thank you for adding "It wasn't THAT long ago!" Recently, my nephew, who was born in 1995, remarked, "The '80s seems like...just...an unfathomably long time ago." LOL
I feel like this is a very high risk high reward style. If you can pull post-modern off, you will definitely have a very unique and memorable home! But there is a big potential for it to look bad if you don't plan it right. Not everyone can pull off a brightly colored couch, let alone a hot dog shaped one! Most people will get the best results just incorporating touches of it into their home, but I have respect for people who can furnish a whole apartment/house like that!
I stick to a transitional style because that's what feels like home to me, and it's easy to shop for (every antique mall near me has tons of furniture that fits the style for great prices). Also, it's very cozy and difficult to mess up, lol.
Please do Organic Modern next! Love these videos 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you for showcasing this. I love that you make efforts to respect and understand different styles, even if they aren’t your own. Personally, I love post modern and Memphis design.
Bless you for saying the 80's and 90's were not that long ago! 🙏😂
Excellent rundown-explanation. We always called this style "ruthless people" stuff. Lol
thanks Nick! This style is so hard to characterize. I definitely consider myself in the mid-century camp, with a particular affinity for the classic Danish modern works and simple forms emphasizing horizontal lines. So all my main furniture pieces are mid-century or decent fakes. On the other hand, I live in a 70's high rise, and I've mixed in a few 70's style decorative pieces here. They add a few curves and pops of color for contrast, but I could never do a full-on bright color Memphis Movement stuff.
I just wanted to say thank you for all your videos!!!!!! I love you!!!!☺🤩
Thx for the heads up. I love mid century modern, but I'm about to move into a postmodern (diagonal shingles on the outside) space. So glad postmodern is my second favorite design style. Will use toned down art deco furniture and more timeless stuff for renos and fixtures, e.g. vertical blinds. 😎
Funny, I lived through the 80s and 90s and don't recall this stuff as a major trend. I do remember coveting a lamp with a swirly iron base and I'd be happy to own one now. Also, maybe, a swirly-framed mirror. Accent pieces. And I adore the idea of asymmetry. Perfect symmetry can be sterile--and, actually, in quantum physics it is said the we would not have a universe at all if symmetry had not been broken on a grand scale. Deep!
interesting how things come back around and evolve! Reminds me of the set design for the movie, 'ruthless people!'
Thank you 👍
I love seeing when you post. I watch as soon as I see it. My problem is that I love all styles. That makes it hard to try to stick with just one. I am like a chameleon. I love Scandinavian, but I also love farmhouse. Transitional is also beautiful, but I like a little oddity in the mix like Victoria and Richard's style. Thankfully I have an in law appt on my home that I was able to design in farmhouse, a couple of furnished rental homes that I furnished in modern design, and my own home that is Transitional, but I still try to find ways to sneak the different styles into my own home to enjoy. It's pretty tricky and I'm not convinced I have done it as well as I think I have🙄. I've even resorted to decorating my poor chicken's coop so I can have another style!!! (The coop was originally a child's playhouse converted) That said, your great personality and knowledge have definitely helped me to navigate through some of these styles with my crazy eclectic mind and I just love your videos. I'm not only learning what is what in style, but I am also learning a lot about myself and how to make things work so I can enjoy them in a more cohesive way. Thank you so much.
I love 80s and 90s postmodern, just not in my home lol. But as art pieces to admire? Heck yes.
This video is excellent, Nick! Thank you so very much.
I love these videos so much! I always think I love the ideas of postmodern but then when i actually see it I realize i kinda doooont like it 😂
I love mixing post modern and mid century 😍
I think it encourages us to be fun and creative even if we’re older :)
I NEED that dog lamp with the poop switch
I think Jonathan Adler is a great example of this design style if anyone's interested 👍
Random and chaotic---Don't we have enough of that in our lives already?
Can you do a style deep dive on California modern style?
Thanks for the great explanation and visuals! I finally get it: PM= more Dali, less Rockwell. :)
Nick, this was a really well put together video! I love that you were so helpful and thorough even though it's not your favorite. There are things to learn here whether people want to embrace the style or not. Keep up the great videos!! :)
LOVEEE the history and architectural talk. Thanks. Looking at buying a 70s or 80s (well maintained) home in Houston, Texas. 🏡 ⛅️
Thank you for explaining so well the post-modern style.
Watching your videos is like attending a seminar. Love your work.
Love this! I love the history and the tips….all of it. Fascinating. Can’t wait for you to do Arts and Crafts/Craftsman design.
Postmodern style seems well fitted to the world of Tictoc and diy. I'm curious about the possibility of mixing postmodern and traditional because both can be more colorful and have more curvy lines than modern boxy things.
I am on love with having a few pieces like this in juxtaposition with my overall style, which is a kind of heavy dark threadbare maximalism (think dark chinoiserie walls and wood paneling with mostly traditional furniture arranged more like an interior garden than like a traditional home layout. A strange velvet chair with soft clean curves here or there is perfect. Makes the whole thing feel like an enchanted forest.
I love post modern !!!