You can’t miss Matthew Day Jackson’s GLITS Rainbow Lounge with its mind-blowing rainbow-colored serpentine frame! Created in collaboration with design brand Made by Choice, the lounge chair features a custom painted plywood technique that’s unique and appreciated. The GLITS Rainbow Lounge is the newest addition to the Kolho family, a series of tables and chairs formed using right angles and curves galore. Jackson found his inspiration for the collection in the Apollo moon landing and a small Finnish town, named Kohlo.
Photo: Christopher Coe
The GLITS Rainbow Lounge pairs its unique bent rainbow plywood with custom Formica laminate that Jackson developed himself in Kolho, Finland. The artist is intrigued by rainbow iconography, choosing to make it a part of the lounge chair in support of the TGBLQIA+ community.
“The GLITS chair is the result of a long collaboration with close friends, as a continuation and expansion of the Kolho line launched at Milan Design Week in 2019,” explained Matthew Day Jackson. “It was born out of a particular moment in time in 2020 when many things were coming into a broader consciousness, and I saw this chair as an opportunity to serially create and support something beautiful. Affirming the work of GLITS Inc. through the production of the chair has only elevated the gratification of making useful objects for people’s lives.”
Net proceeds from the first 20 GLITS Rainbow Lounges sold will be donated to the nonprofit GLITS. The organization creates holistic solutions to the health and housing crises faced by TGBLQIA+ individuals in New York City, across the United States, and around the world through harm reduction, human rights principles, and economic and social justice. Ten percent of net proceeds from sales thereafter will also be donated to GLITS.
To learn more about the GLITS Rainbow Lounge, visit madebychoice.com.
Photography by Kyle Knodell.
