Seating & Chairs

Moving outside: Introducing 3 new outdoor furniture brands to our lineup

The transition has begun: from hot toddies to crisp Pinot Grigio, chunky knits to loose-fitting linens, après ski to summer reads, we emerge from our woolen cocoons eager for the laid back socializing and outdoor livin' that comes with summer.  Although our seasonal migration from inside to out ...
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Pantone's 2017 Color of the Year is Greenery

Pantone, the international authority on color, color systems and the leading technology company for accurate communication of color, has named "Greenery" as its 2017 Color of the Year. Here are some products you can find at Modern Planet that will give you a very green 2017. Danish lighting ...
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Philippe Starck's homage to the Masters

The Philippe Starck Masters Chair, 2010, produced by Kartell, is an homage to three different mid-century modern masters. It weaves together the back silhouettes of Jacobsen’s Series 7 Chair, the Eameses’ Molded Shell Chair and Saarinen’s Tulip Armchair to create something entirely new. Its ...
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New: Verner Panton's designs now available at Modern Planet

In close collaboration with the Panton estate, especially his widow Marianne Panton, Verpan has acquired the production and sales rights to a significant number of Verner Panton’s designs. In 2003 the production of lighting was initiated and in 2010 a furniture range was added. Picking and ...
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Ergonomics 101 – Humanscale encourages body/mind balance

Here’s a shocker: most of us sit more than we sleep. "Sitting is the new smoking" is the mantra of researches into ergonomics and our long-term health. All modern offices share many similarities. One such similarity is a sedentary culture and studies show all that sitting is taking a ...
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New from Moooi - The Zio Collection by Marcel Wanders

"Here to create an environment of love, live with passion and make our most exciting dreams come true." – Marcel Wanders Marcel Wanders is a product and interior designer and co-founder and artistic director of the Dutch design label Moooi. Moooi was founded in 2001 and has inspired and ...
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