Montana | Danish Modular Storage Since 1982

Background

Montana was founded in 1982 by Peter J. Lassen, and has stayed family-owned and Danish-made ever since, producing its modular storage systems at a factory in Haarby on the island of Funen. Every module is EU Ecolabel-certified, and the company has built its identity as much around colour — dozens of shades across its palette — as around the modularity itself.

Design philosophy

Montana positions colour as a design tool in its own right rather than a finishing touch, aiming to bring what it calls playful spaces into homes, offices and public interiors alike. Proud Danish design tradition and genuine flexibility are treated as compatible goals, not a trade-off.

Verner Panton’s wire furniture

Montana has become the steward of much of Verner Panton‘s wire furniture legacy, still producing Panton Wire, originally designed in 1971, alongside the Pantonova seating system and Panton One chair. 2026 marks the centenary of Panton’s birth, and Montana has marked it with a limited Tangerine edition of Panton Wire and a full reintroduction of the Panton Table.

Further collaborations

Founder Peter J. Lassen continues to design for the company himself, most recently with System Seating. Montana’s 2021 acquisition of Engelbrechts brought Jørgen Rasmussen’s Kevi chair into the collection; Rasmussen passed away in 2024, and Montana marked it with a tribute. Erik Rasmussen’s 1969 Paradigm modular sofa was relaunched in 2025, and Erik Magnussen’s Chairik chair remains in ongoing production.

Recent work

Montana relaunched its bathroom furniture range in August 2026 with updated dimensions and new colours, following new launches shown at 3daysofdesign earlier in the year — evidence that even a company built partly on archive stewardship keeps a steady pace of genuinely new work.