J77 chair 🇩🇰 HAY – Folke Pålsson

The J77 dining chair has been designed by Folke Pålsson and is made from beech wood in natural wood and in 5 different stained colours. The J77 Chair is part of Hay's 2011 relaunch of the Danish furniture classics originally made for FDB, the Danish Consumers’ Co-operative Society.

FDB’s furniture production started in the 1940s and their main idea was functionalist and democratic design for the people. Thanks to industrial production, FDB was able to manufacture high quality design furniture for ordinary people at relatively low prices.

Materials beech wood backrest and base – moulded beech plywood seat with outer beech veneer

Dimensions W43 x H79 x D43cm. Seat height: 44.5cm

J77 Chair – Natural Beech

J77 Chair– White stained beech

J77 Chair – Black stained beech

J77 Chair – Warm grey stained beech

J77 Chair – Sage stained beech

J77 Chair – Jade green stained beech

J77 Chair – Slate blue stained beech

J77 Chair – Water-based lacquered oak

J77 Chair – Oiled oak

J77 Chair – Dark oiled oak

J77 Chair – Dusty Grey stained beech

J77 Chair – Stone Grey stained beech

4 plastic glides

seat cushions (W38 x D33 x H2 cm)

J77 Cushion – Atlas 931

J77 Cushion – Mode 002

J77 Cushion – Mode 009

J77 Cushion – Planar 722

J77 Cushion – Planar 739

J77 Cushion – Planar 749

J77 Cushion – Remix 606

J77 Cushion – Bolgheri LGG60

J77 Cushion – Black leather

J77 Cushion – Cognac leather

Folke Pålsson

Folke Pålsson is a Danish designer who worked at the furniture design studio FDB (Fællesforeningen for Danmarks Brugsforeninger) in the 1960s. His J77 chair with its light, comfortable and well-balanced design was a great success: it became a design classic recognizable throughout Scandinavia. FDB is the Danish Consumer Cooperative Society, better known as Coop.

The FDB furniture department, founded in 1933, played a central role in the industrial revolution in Denmark. In 1942 Børge Mogensen was appointed Design Director of FDB and his pioneering approach was soon distinguished by a desire to create simple, elegant and practical design for mass consumption. The Folke Pålsson J77 chair is now produced by HAY, in a richer color range.

J77 chair – Hay