Misha Kahn

The American creative Misha Kahn moves through design like an explorer charting unknown territory, favoring instinct over convention, melding chaos and control. His work is a collision of craft, technology, and material improvisation, pulling from a vast and unruly spectrum of influences like Niki de Saint Phalle’s exuberance and the fluidity of Verner Panton. Whether sculpting directly into the computer or building with a wide array of media the final outcome arrives a new visual landscape.  Kahn treats making as an open-ended conversation with his materials, and it seems they never get bored. Nothing is fixed, everything is negotiable. The result is a body of work that feels as if it has apparated from an alternate reality - one where excess and spontaneity override logic and restraint.

This fluid, flowing approach extends into his furniture, where objects appear caught in mid-transformation, their varied forms uncontainable. A couch might resemble a Haribo mix left in a hot car, a chair might feel like a conscious creature, and even the most industrial materials can take on an unexpected theatricality. Collaborations with renowned manufacturers prove that even within the constraints of serial production, Kahn’s work refuses to be tamed, maintaining the raw energy of one-off experiments while finding its place within the reproducible world of design.