Montana Furniture

Why it is renowned

Montana is known abroad for the Montana System, shelving put together from modules in many colours.¹ The American design site Core77 wrote about the system in 2009, and the British magazine Wallpaper* wrote about its Spin cabinet for records in 2024.²³ It has flagship stores in Copenhagen, Bremen and Seoul and showrooms in Copenhagen and Tokyo.⁴ It also makes several of Verner Panton's designs again, among them the Panton One chair.⁵

Recognition

• Core77, United States²2009an article on the Montana System
• Wallpaper*, London³2024an article on the Spin cabinet for records

The story

Peter J. Lassen ran Fritz Hansen, where he put designs by Verner Panton and Jørn Utzon into production, until 1979; he founded Montana in 1982 and designed the Montana System himself.⁵¹ Every module is designed, developed and made in Denmark, in Haarby on Funen, where more than 140 people work.¹⁵ The company is still owned by the family; Lassen's youngest son Joakim succeeded him as chief executive in 2015.¹⁵

What to know it by

• Montana System¹1982Peter J. LassenModular shelving of 36 basic modules
• Montana colours¹Margrethe Odgaard43 lacquer colours for the system
• Panton One⁵Verner PantonChair, relaunched by Montana in 2003