Collaborations

Dabs Myla

Artist duo DABSMYLA presents Before and Further, a 4,000 square foot installation takeover of a stand-alone 1930 built Spanish Revival workplace building, located on the Modernica factory property. DABSMYLA have fully transformed its interior and exterior with their newest paintings, sculptures, installations and exclusive furnishings from limited-edition fiberglass shell chairs and hand painted ceramics to custom-built lighting installations, all designed and created exclusively for their collaboration with Modernica utilizing the factory’s extensive technical capabilities.

KRINK

Modernica and Krink team up to bring a new color with a unique shimmer to a California design icon. Understated and neutral at first-glance, a closer look reveals the Krink Fiberglass Side-Shell shines in classic Krink silver. The individual strands of fiberglass catch and hold the silver-pigments producing a soft luster with changing light and perspective. As two companies who produce handmade goods in the USA, we are extremely pleased with this collaborative work that sees New York City and Los Angeles sensibilities perfectly combined. The Krink Fiberglass Side-Shell chair is made using the original mold and production techniques specifically designed by pioneers in mid-century American design.

Garrett Leight

Dr. Woo

  In 2015 we worked with famed Los Angeles based tattoo artist Dr. Woo to create a limited edition Case Study® side shell chair. The fiberglass shell and black powdercoated steel base featured an X-ray of Dr. Woo’s body. Each piece is a collectors item showcasing a one of a kind design with subtle variation and genuine character.

The Hundreds

The Hundreds X Modernica “CMYK” Fiberglass Arm Shell Rocker features a fiberglass black shell, supported underneath by cyan wire, and magenta and yellow rockers. The chair was available April 29th 2014 in extremely limited quantities.

HUF

HUF and Modernica teamed up to create one of the first collaborations to release back in 2014. Taking on the icon HUF green colorway Modernica hand mix the resin and pigments to match the HUF green to a T. The Shell Chair was part of Modernica's "52 Colors in 52 Weeks" project where a different color dropped 52 consecutive weeks. The Fiberglass chair was released exclusively on Modernica.net. 

Diamond Supply Co.

From starting samples back in 2011 Nicky Diamonds was the first to team up with Modernica to create what is now an embedded fiberglass chair, and opened the gates to iconic collaborations. Taking the Simplicity print, Modernica embedded the graphic into a Side Shell Chair and finished with a chrome Eiffel base. This chair was only given to Family & Friends at the time and can still be viewed at Diamond Supply Co. Store on Fairfax in Los Angeles. 

Takashi Murakami ComplexCon 2017

The Takashi Murakami Case Study® Side Shell for his solo exhibition "The Octopus Eats its Own Leg" at MCA Chicago was available Sunday June 11th, 2017 at 2PM EST exclusively through the @frenzy.app. Visit @ComplexCon or Shop.ComplexCon.com for more information. Modernica uses a proprietary process that embeds the image permanently below the surface of the fiberglass chair.