Modern Stools
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Style: Modern
Color: Blue
Chiado Bar Stool, Indigo Leather with Smooth 60 and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado bar and counter stools are comfortable stools with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The Stools have a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
Chiado Bar Stool, Indigo Leather with Teal and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado bar and counter stools are comfortable stools with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The Stools have a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
Chiado Bar Stool, Indigo Leather with Paris Safira and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado bar and counter stools are comfortable stools with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The Stools have a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
Chiado Bar Stool, Indigo Leather with Paris Mouse and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado bar and counter stools are comfortable stools with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The Stools have a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
Chiado Bar Stool, Indigo Leather with Aluminium and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado bar and counter stools are comfortable stools with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The Stools have a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Faux Leather, Wood
Circular Bar Stool in Satin Brass and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The elegance and simplicity of the Circular Table collection extends to a casual seat.
A sturdy but agile floating presence is created by the stool’s base, made from circular sect...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Jasper Morrison Large Hi Pad Stool in Fabric or Leather Upholstery by Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The Hi pad chair, and accompanying Hi pad Stool, are the result of a production process that represents the perfect balance between technology and artisan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Foam, Beech, Plywood
Contemporary block arch stool side table, blue stained oak wood, Belgian design
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Arch 01.1 is a stool or a side table with a clear design language. What looks like a static element quickly becomes much more dynamic when in use by someone sitting on it. The curve ...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Stools
Materials
Oak
Jasper Morrison Small Hi Pad Stool in Fabric or Leather Upholstery by Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The Hi pad chair, and accompanying Hi pad Stool, are the result of a production process that represents the perfect balance between technology and artisan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Foam, Beech, Plywood
Modern Stool & Sidetable "Tripy" Designed by Laurent Dif, Spain, 2000
By Laurent Dif
Located in Madrid, ES
"Tripy" Blue stool, made of lacquered metal.
"Tripy" is the first creation for the general public by the french designer Laurent Dif. True to its “Just one piece” concept, this seat ...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Circular Stool in Bronze and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The elegance and simplicity of the circular table collection extends to a casual seat.
A sturdy but agile floating presence is created by the stool’s base, made from circular sect...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Set of Modern Bar Stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of (5) sleek contemporary blue bar stools. These chairs feature contoured back rests, tall metal legs and foot rests. If you have a bar or high tab...
Category
20th Century Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Dedo High Stool in Steel Lacquer Legs, Wooden Seat, by Miniforms Lab
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Here you are shown the Dedo high stool in lacquered steel legs with beechwood seat. This stool with an ergonomic seat is in solid beech and steel structure lacquered in 9 colors. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Trio Bar Stool in Ocean Blue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Martino Gamper suggests a new reading of the concept of informal seat, with the stool TRIO, available in two heights, Trio alto and Trio basso. The tripod structure plays with the brand’s icons, proposing bent wooden elements of different angles, recalling the geometry of the triangle. Three sections of the offset semicircle define the linking support of legs, which holds a triangular seat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Identity Stool in Cerulean Blue Lacquer
Located in London, GB
Identity Stool joins the series of Jimena Montemayor's unique design works, as an individual version of her 'Identity Bench', debuted this year at Salon Cosa's 3rd Edition in Mexico City Art...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Jasper Morrison Tate Stool in Beech Plywood with Matte Lacquer for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Easy to stack – to a maximum of 6 pieces – the Tate chair designed by Jasper Morrison is part of a range that includes chairs and stools. This series has a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Beech, Plywood
Wood Frame Bar Stool in Walnut and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The BassamFellows Wood Frame Collection has become one of the brand’s classic signatures.
Adding to the collection are upholstered dining chairs and upholstered stools.
The Woo...
Category
2010s American Modern Stools
Materials
Leather, Wood
Kartell Roy Stool in Blue by Alessandro Mendini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Chinese-style stool featuring a pattern in homage to Roy Lichtenstein with the dots from his paintings.
Available in White, Black, Powder, Blue & Petroleum.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Plastic
Manhattan Cube Side Table/ Stool, Turquoise, 21st Century by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
The Manhattan cube is a deceptively simple side table, created by artist-designer Margit Wittig that can double up as a sculptural seat.
It replicates ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Stools
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Tubby Tube Counter Stool with Wooden Seat by Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a recognizable tubular approach, the Tubby Tube stool collection build on the same design language as Faye Toogood’s iconic Spade chair. “Tubby yet ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Kartell Roy Stool in Petroleum by Alessandro Mendini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Chinese-style stool featuring a pattern in homage to Roy Lichtenstein with the dots from his paintings.
Available in white, black, powder, blue & petroleum.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Plastic
Patricia Urquiola Knitted Stool in Wool for GAN
Located in New York, NY
Craft, innovation, warmth, joy... Claire-Anne´s stools have everything we like. They ´re magical! Materials: ashwood frame, upholstered with hand knitted new wool.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool
Circular Stool in Gunmetal and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The elegance and simplicity of the Circular Table Collection extends to a casual seat.
A sturdy but agile floating presence is created by the stool’s base, made from circular sect...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Set of 2 Kartell Charles Ghost Medium Stools in Powder Blue by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The shape conjures up stools of the 1800s and the line of the legs is rounded and slightly upturned, an icon of the classic high stool. Charles Ghost is constructed from a single blo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Crystal
Brogliato Traverso Newood Barstool in Solid Ashwood Structure for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The result of a contemporary re-interpretation of the timeless charm of Windsor-style chairs. Newood chairs and stools express the successful harmony between technologically advanced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel
Three Blue Barstools with Leather Seats, Legs Powder Coated
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Iron and leather barstools set freshly powder coated in soft Tiffany-blue.
These modern stools have just been kicked up a notch with cheeky blue tall slender legs. The stitched leather top is a perfect warm contrast. Comfortable with clean lines, these stools will work well in modern, industrial...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Iron
Contemporary Plain Clay Bar Stool by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This bar stool comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Gandia Blasco Textile High Stool in Steel by Ana Llobet
Located in New York, NY
This collection of outdoor furniture is inspired by fashion. Designed by Ana Llobet, Textile transfers the patterns of garments to a series of outdoor furniture with it own personali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Gandia Blasco Textile Stool with Backrest in Steel by Ana Llobet
Located in New York, NY
Textile is a line of outdoor furniture, designed by Ana Llobet, based on an original and surprising concept: transferring garment sewing techniques to the world of outdoor furniture....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Brogliato Traverso Newood Light Bar Stool in Solid Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
BrogliatoTraverso studio has continued to amplify its celebrated family, inspired by classic Windsor chairs, this time in two ultra-light versions: Newood Light chair and Newood Ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jasper Morrison Tate Stool Upholstered in Fabric or Leather for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Easy to stack – to a maximum of 6 pieces – the Tate chair designed by Jasper Morrison is part of a range that includes chairs and stools. This series has a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Foam, Beech, Plywood
Plopp Mini Stool in Water Blue Steel by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in New York, NY
Plopp stool is an icon and a bestseller of Zieta Prozessdesign. The unique, toy-looking and playful shape of Plopp is an effect of an innovative forming method FIDU. FIDU technology ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Moooi Monster Diamond High Barstool in Hallingdal 65 by Marcel Wanders Studio
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish barstool as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the coura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery
GUFRAM Mozza Stool & Chair by Giuseppe Raimondi
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Designed in 1968 by Giuseppe Raimondi, Mozza maintains the same vibrant revolutionary appeal and ability to adapt to countless living needs. Rendered in its present edition in a sexier and slimmer form, Mozza is an upturned truncated and athwart-cut cone on which it would seem impossible to sit. By lying back on its sloping surface of sort polyurethane, though, its structure gives in to body weight until it acquires the shape of a chair with back- and armrests. It's simple but original structural magic that makes it one of a kind. Mozza's external mass misleads you.
Thanks to its lightness, this seat becomes a nomadic and versatile object in the living landscape. The primary seat for the sitting-room at home or the perfect service armchair in the sophisticated and elegant halls of design hotels, Mozza combines the international contemporary style with the characters of the Italian radical design, highlighted by the variety of its contemporary and pop upholstery colours.
ABSTRACT
Designed in 1968 by Giuseppe Raimondi, Mozza is an upturned truncated and athwart-cut cone on which it would seem impossible to sit. By lying back on its sloping surface of sort polyurethane, though, its structure gives in to body weight until it acquires the shape of a chair with back- and armrests. It's simple but original structural magic that makes it one of a kind. Mozza's external mass misleads you. Thanks to its lightness, this seat becomes a nomadic and versatile object in the living landscape.
TECHICAL INFO
Seat of soft polyurethane covered with cloth.
Ø 85x80 cm, 9 Kg Ø 33,5x31,5 in, 20 lb
DID YOU KNOW
1. It's one of the first projects by Gufram – born at the beginning of its activity.
2. It was designed by the first Artistic Director of the brand – Giuseppe Raimondi.
3. Mozza's sloping plane becomes soft when weight is set on it, and it allows you to comfortably sink in it.
4. Mozzo de-constructs the traditional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric, Resin
Moooi Monster Naked Low Barstool in Divina 3, 742 by Marcel Wanders Studio
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish barstool as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the coura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery
Gandia Blasco Textile Low Stool in Steel by Ana Llobet
Located in New York, NY
Textile extrapolates the world of fashion to outdoor furniture. This collection of outdoor furniture is inspired by the patterns of garments. Designed by Ana Llobet, It adapts to you...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Brogliato Traverso Newood Light Stool in Solid Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
BrogliatoTraverso studio has continued to amplify its celebrated family, inspired by Classic Windsor chairs, this time in two ultra-light versions: Newood Light chair and Newood Ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Foam, Ash, Beech
Mexico Blue Velvet Skull Stool / Side Table, Studio Job
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Decorated with the graphic pattern of the Mexican skull, a symbol created to exorcise ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Velvet
Jasper Morrison Bac Chair in Solid Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetics and functionality form the perfect union in the Bac chair range. Envisioned by designer Jasper Morrison, these objects of design were inspired by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Ash
Set of 2 Kartell Charles Ghost Large Stools in Powder Blue by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The shape conjures up stools of the 1800s and the line of the legs is rounded and slightly upturned, an icon of the classic high stool. Charles Ghost is constructed from a single blo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Bar Stools, Golfer Figure on Back of Stool, Powder Coated Bright Blue
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Modern set of metal bar stools, set of three. These exciting barstools with figure of golfer on the back rest has been newly powder coated in Maui Blue (bright metallic blue). The set of barstools are sturdy and exciting in a modern decor. The seat is in basketweave metal. A seat cushion could easily be put in place for additional comfort. Perfect for any entertaining setting, especially in a golf decor...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Stools
Materials
Metal, Iron
Circular Stool in Satin Brass and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The elegance and simplicity of the Circular Table Collection extends to a casual seat.
A sturdy but agile floating presence is created by the stool’s base, made from circular sect...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Diverge Stool in Ash Structure, Upholstered Seat, by Skrivo Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stool in wooden ash structure, stained black, anthracite or walnut. Seat upholstered in the listed fabrics. Here you are shown the Diverge stool in wooden ash structure with uph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Ash, Upholstery
Customizable e15 Bessy Lounge Chair by Stefan Diez
By Stefan Diez
Located in New York, NY
The stool bessy with its round upholstered seat is made from flexible oak-veneered plywood. Space-saving Bessy is suitable for private use as well as for contract use especially in h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Dragon Slice Stool Side Table with Brass Inlay by Marcantonio
Located in Kolkata, IN
Intricate brass and resin inlay with a "spine" running down the middle of the dragon slice stool side table with brass inlay by Marcantonio, make it an ast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Jasper Morrison Tate Stool in Beech Plywood with Matte Lacquer for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Easy to stack – to a maximum of 6 pieces – the Tate chair designed by Jasper Morrison is part of a range that includes chairs and stools. This series has a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Beech, Plywood
Tubby Tube Bar Stool with Wooden Seat by Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a recognizable tubular approach, the Tubby Tube stool collection build on the same design language as Faye Toogood’s iconic Spade chair. “Tubby yet ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Tubby Tube Low Stool with Wooden Seat by Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a recognizable tubular approach, the Tubby tube stool collection build on the same design language as Faye Toogood’s iconic Spade chair. “Tubby yet ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Stools
Materials
Steel
Pop Bar Stool by Design Libero and Dimitri Likissas
Located in Dubai, AE
Introducing the Design Libero x Dimitri Likissas collaboration
DesignLibero, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Milan, was invited by Behspoke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Stools
Materials
Fabric
Set of 2 Kartell Charles Ghost Large Stools in Light Blue by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The shape conjures up stools of the 1800s and the line of the legs is rounded and slightly upturned, an icon of the classic high stool. Charles Ghost is constructed from a single blo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Crystal
Lechuck Medium Stool in Beech Wood Top with Lacquered Intense Blue Legs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The thin but strong colored legs hold up a seat made of oiled beech with a comfortable shape of “bicycle saddle”. The stool is ideally suited to any environment.
Stool with beech legs lacquered. The seat is realised in oiled beech with a comfortable shape of “bicycle saddle”.
Giorgio Biscaro was born in 1978 in Vercelli, and graduated in Industrial Design at IUAV University of Venice with a dissertation about LED lamps. After graduating he was hired by Foscarini, a relationship that will last for a long time. Subsequently, he worked with Imago Studio for Mizar, Doimo Group, Birex and other design brands. With Prof. Luitprandi he teached @ Politecnico di Milano, and worked with Nuovostudio to the development of “Città d’acqua” pavilion at the Venice Biennale. From 2004 to 2006 is art director at Disenia, bathroom furnishings. In 2007 he established his own studio in Treviso, working with Slide and with Bosa among the others. In 2008 he came back to Foscarini as a member of the just established R&D department, as Senior Designer. In 2009 he was selected to exhibit at Salone Satellite during the Milan Salone, gaining great feedbacks by press and audience. In 2010 is again among the exhibitors, with 12 brand new products. Among these, Offset Stool...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Beech
Gan Rugs Knitted Stool in Blue by Claire-Anne O’brien
Located in New York, NY
Craft, innovation, warmth, joy... Claire-Anne ´s stools have everything we like. They ´re magical!.
Additional information:
Material: 100% new wool (felt).
Filling: Expanded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Stools
Materials
Wool
Jasper Morrison Bac Chair in Shanghai Blue Stained for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetics and functionality form the perfect union in the Bac chair range. Envisioned by designer Jasper Morrison, these objects of design were inspired by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Wood, Ash
Daisy Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
Daisy Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Metal
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