Yes.
Yes, the basic Panton chair currently manufactured by Vitra is polypropylene, has a matte finish, and sells in the US for $250 or so. Vitra also make a relatively-new "Panton Classic" that's polyurethane like the original, with a shiny lacquer finish; it sells here in the States for around $1400.

The Classic wasn't available when I bought the chairs for my dining table, but I've been happy with polypropylene in that application because a) it's durable, b) the chairs are pushed under the table and so aren't very visible most of the time, anyway, and c) if I could afford to spend $1400 each on dining chairs, I'd buy Cones instead.

If I were buying just one chair to admire, though, I'd want the Classic; that shiny finish looks REALLY nice.

By the way... Why buy from MoMA? The chairs are manufactured by Vitra in Europe; aren't they less expensive there?

[edit: I really do know how to spell "polypropylene". Sigh.]

I love my cone chairs i...
I love my cone chairs i find that they work with anything in the modern home, Panton was great!!!!
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I don't know...
I've never tried.

Jyri, you should find one in a store and try it out!

non profit
Non profit means that no profit is shown at the end of the fiscal year. I does not mean that executives are not paid well (think United Way with salaries in the million dollar range) and that money is not available for special projects. Buy your merchandise from the lowest priced reputable dealer.

Metropolitan Museum of Art offers some...
...not-very-modern(I mean minimalism) pottery and vases.

Is it "Less is More" or "Less is Bore"?
http://store.metmuseum.org/For-the-Home/icat/forthehome

Lit Up
You don't like the Panton chair because it's "ugly white plastic crap", but in another thread you declare your love for the ugly white plastic piece of crap pictured below?

To each his own, etc... But seriously, dude, you need to ratchet your taste level up a notch or two.


http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm//...

Of course there is the other...
Of course there is the other picture of it in which you can see the profile view and its construction... but you didn't want to post that

Unfortunate to hear such...
Unfortunate to hear such broad generalizations. There are many amazing "white plasticy" designs that, I personally, love. Here are a few.....the list of others is voluminous.

?
Are you saying the top picture is the Austin powers type?
And as for the Steve Mcqueen pad with its ye olde hanging lamp, tudoresque coffee table and god awful candelabras seriously!!! Steve is on the phone to find out what happened to his cool pad while he was away filming and who in gods name killed his pet tiger?

(disclaimer I dont know if that is a tiger, lynx or cheetah but it has been so long since I went big game hunting so please forgive)

Well, I'm new to this....
Well, I'm new to this. Perhaps my tastes will change over time, or I'll get more into other styles. Just like heavy metal is, to the classical listener, "just noise", yet to the heavy metal afficionado it is a polytextured and complex music, maybe I'll get into what I call the "kitsch" stuff at some point in the future. At least I'm willing to admit that I make design generalisations occasionally (we all do I suppose, it's called categorisation, but then again, I suppose you evade categories do you?)

And of course it might not be "cool" for me to make the odd controversial value statement on these forums but then again, how boring would it be if we all restrained ourselves with our hands tied by ourselves behind our backs, trying to keep our fingers on the pulse of what is "trendy"? Of course, if we did that, many of us on this forum would be talking about how great high street stuff is.

And of course Jesgord, there is not an objective "it" that I have to get, the nature of which you conceived and arbitrate over, so, er... nurr.

If I collect all of...
...those mugs from Philadelphia Museum of Art, will they kindly put Joan Miro's Dog Barking at the Moon back to display?
http://www.philamuseumstore.org/istar.asp?a=29&search=%22de2...

I agree with Lit Up, White...
I agree with Lit Up, White Plastic = Kitschy.
That Joe Columbo chair is tacky as hell, looks like a reject from the Dr. Who set.

Aside from the kitsch,...
Aside from the kitsch, plastic isn't a material that I associate with luxury. In my room, everything's mostly leather and teak... some oak/bronze/glass/steel... the only plastic stuff is the keyboard I'm typing on.