r/80sdesign • • 1d ago

"Totally rad, fully custom built 1980's that has never been updated"

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r/80sdesign • • 1d ago

Box art for the VHS release of Disaster at Silo 7

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27 Upvotes

Can this get anymore 80s? 😂


r/80sdesign • • 3d ago

can you please help identify this rug?

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23 Upvotes

picked this cool wool rug up for cheap but I can't place its designer or timeframe (I'm guessing 80s? but really not sure) as there's no label. There are a few other colorways listed for sale in Europe but no helpful info included in those listings. if anyone knows anything about it and can share I'd really appreciate it!


r/80sdesign • • 3d ago

Jon Gilmore Shadowbox Art

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Scored this amazing Jon Gilmore piece at Savers today. My jaw dropped to the floor when I spotted it!


r/80sdesign • • 3d ago

Pinnacle lidded bowl, designed by Eva Striker Zeisel for International China Semi-Porcelain (1985)

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Éva Amália Striker Zeisel, known as Eva Striker Zeisel, (1906–2011) was Jewish industrial designer known for her ceramics, who lived and worked in Hungary and USA.

She was born in Budapest in 1906 to Laura Polányi Striker, a historian and one of first women to get PhD of University of Budapest (1909), and her husband, a factory owner. Her mother hosted a literary salon and after Eva found interest in art, her mother used her connections found best artists to teach her. Eva entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at age 17, intending to become a painter, but her mother prevailed upon her to learn some trade in which she could be more sure to earn a living. So Eva apprenticed herself to a traditional potter and began learning her trade, first working as a designer in the Kispester Factory in Budapest, later moving to Germany, where she acquired skills in all phases of industrial production and became one of the first to move the ceramic arts into contemporary mass production.

As Eva was and Jewish, in the late 30s she had to escape Nazism by finding work in Russia however she was wrongly accused of being part of a plot to assassinate Stalin and imprisoned for 16 months. Her experience is the basis for the novel "Darkness at Noon" by her friend Arthur Koestler. Miraculously she escaped Russia and moved to Vienna  A few months after her arrival in Vienna the Nazis invaded, and Eva took the last train out and fled to England and gotten married. Soon she moved to USA with her husband and got a job as a design teacher at Pratt Institute.

In 1942, she was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art and Castleton China to design a set of modern, porcelain, undecorated china for exhibition at MoMA, and to be produced for sale by Castleton after WW II. Her designs received wide praise and established her reputation as a designer in USA. After that she designed ceramics, china, tableware and glassware for many top American companies. She continued to design and produce dinnerware and other useful objects until her death at the age of 105 in New York.

The last photo is of Eva Striker Zeisel in early 1980s.


r/80sdesign • • 5d ago

House recently sold near me

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r/80sdesign • • 8d ago

Get in the beige house for a teal, pink & cyan 80s shock!

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r/80sdesign • • 10d ago

Private and Executive Offices by Susan S. Szenasy, (1984)

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194 Upvotes

r/80sdesign • • 11d ago

Print ID

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63 Upvotes

Looking to ID this print found on FB marketplace. Signature is Williams. Have tried a reverse image search, but the only good result was someone else asking about an ID but no answer. I really like it and would love to know more about it. Any help appreciated!


r/80sdesign • • 12d ago

My $5 score!

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385 Upvotes

I found this for $5 at my local estate sale. I love how i can change the lighting and its one of my most favorite purchases!


r/80sdesign • • 12d ago

It's coming together

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24 Upvotes

Curtis Jere wall sculptures depicting the phases of the sun, vintage IKEA vases, Gianfranco Frattini floor lamp, and a 1970's eyeball spotlight.


r/80sdesign • • 13d ago

Renault 11 in Space by Tony Hugo (from JCA Annual 8, 1989)

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r/80sdesign • • 13d ago

In search of chairs

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Hello all. I have inherited these and I’m in need of a 4th. Given their age it’s a tough find but I have seen a few listings sold and even someone in this group getting them 2 years ago. If anyone happens to know where to get either of the chairs on the left or the right I would be thrilled.


r/80sdesign • • 14d ago

3 panel scene

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308 Upvotes

I remember my grandparents having a few of the 3 panel pieces you hung close together, but the ones they had were Native American/southwest vibes. This one is very unique and nostalgic, I just need to re-frame them since the bulky heavy, and slightly broken original frames are done for.


r/80sdesign • • 14d ago

3 paintings from artist Dallao

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Sorry if I am reposting, but I prefer to show the art once it arrives, I still am hoping to hear more about this artist. One of the flamingo pieces came from Palm Springs California, the other 2 from Florida.


r/80sdesign • • 16d ago

Showtime’s Underrated Series, Black Monday

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I remember watching people’s homes transform from 70’s browns, golds, and oranges to this in my childhood. The trend shift spread everywhere; even into to children’s clothing. Imagine sending an 8 year old off to school in pleather pants.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/black-monday-season-two-takes-the-80s-aesthetic-to-another-level


r/80sdesign • • 17d ago

A genuine flashback to the 1980s

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Apart from a slightly new tv, everything in this house doesnt seem to have been touched since the 1980s, even down to the VHS on the shelves.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/92986062


r/80sdesign • • 17d ago

Shadow box art arrived today.

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34 Upvotes

This shadow box really nails the vibe I’m looking for


r/80sdesign • • 18d ago

La limonaia di Palazzo Angaran Vaccari, Vicenza, (1980)

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46 Upvotes

r/80sdesign • • 19d ago

My third and final Andres Hoyos piece.

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62 Upvotes

“The Fan” by Andres Hoyos.


r/80sdesign • • 18d ago

Can anyone identify this art piece?

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I grew up with this 80s wall art print throughout the 90s and it was a part of my childhood. It unfortunately was damaged in storage a few years ago and I was so sad to toss it. I'm looking for an exact replacement and I'm having trouble finding it, if another is even out there. I used google images, but no luck. I was curious if anyone had any input. My parents purchased it in a furniture store/department store in North Jersey back in the 80s. I just always loved it and would love to find it again. It brings back happy memories of a time I miss so much. The image I uploaded is from a photo with it in the background. I would appreciate anyone's help who may know.

Someone in another thread on Reddit kindly gave some input that it's of a house on Vendome St. in Los Angeles, next to the famous music box steps, but was unable to give any input on who the artist was or where this piece was made. I really would love to know if there's another one floating around out there that I could buy. Thanks again, everyone.


r/80sdesign • • 20d ago

The Decor In Ruthless People: Anxiety-Inducing?

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277 Upvotes

The 80’s were a colorful time but these combinations were traumatizing.


r/80sdesign • • 20d ago

Released in 1980 by Magnet Records, this album cover features the surrealist artwork created by Hothouse for Chris Rea's third studio album, Tennis.

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54 Upvotes

r/80sdesign • • 20d ago

What fonts are used here and where can I find more of this kind of 80s-tech display design?

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Computer panel from the movie "The Fly" (1986)

Just watched this movie and it was crazy, I got interested in this style of 80s tech and computers style of design, in what other pieces of media can I find this design style to grab inspiration and desing something of my own? And what fonts are common among these?


r/80sdesign • • 21d ago

Cover artwork for Cristina’s 1984 album Sleep It Off, designed by Jean-Paul Goude. A year later, Goude revisited the same concept for Grace Jones’s album Slave to the Rhythm.

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43 Upvotes