Kho Liang Ie

Kho Liang Ie: Mid-Century Modernist brings a defining Dutch designer back into view at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam through furniture, interiors, graphics, and exhibition design. Born in Indonesia and trained in the Netherlands, Kho Liang Ie shaped a version of modernism that felt functional, warm, and unusually open to exchange, drawing international ideas into the Dutch design scene.

The exhibition gathers more than 200 objects with archival material, including drawings, maquettes, photographs, printed matter, and reconstructions of earlier projects. His work for Artifort, Mosa, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol gives the show its range, moving from chairs and cabinets to wayfinding and spatial systems. Across these scales, Kho’s practice reads as precise but human, with materials, color, and proportion doing much of the talking.