Danish design
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Danish design is a style of
History
The
In the late 1940s, shortly after the end of the
The newly established Furniture School at the
As head of FDB Møbler, Børge Mogensen designed simple and robust objects of furniture for the average Danish family. Finn Juhl demonstrated an individualistic approach in designing chairs with an appealing but functional look.
In the early 1950s, American design also influenced Danish furniture. The American Charles Eames designed and manufactured chairs of moulded wood and steel pipes. These encouraged Arne Jacobsen to design his worldfamous Ant Chair, Denmark's first industrially manufactured chair. Furthermore, as Shaker furniture—and especially its reputation for stripped down chairs—began to be more and more known abroad, it also influenced Danish designers.[6]
Poul Kjærholm, Verner Panton and Nanna Ditzel followed a few years later, continuing the successful story of Danish design. Kjærholm worked mainly in steel and leather, Panton left Denmark during the 1960s to continue designing imaginative but highly unconventional plastic chairs while Nanna Ditzel, who also had a strongly individualistic approach, was successful in helping to renew Danish furniture design in the 1980s.
Modern trends
During the 1970s, Verner Panton made some of his most important designs, including the Pantonova and the 1-2-3 System.
Danish furniture design during the 1980s did not include prominent contributions. By contrast, industrial designers began to prosper, making use of principles such as focus on the user, as well as attention to materials and to detail. For example, there are well known Danish designers, like Tobias Jacobsen (the grandson of Arne Jacobsen), who focused on the single elements of a violin when creating his chair "Vio" or on a boomerang when designing his eponymous sideboard.[7]
The
Another successful design field is medical technology. Danish design companies like 3PART, Designit and CBD have worked in this area with individual designers such as Steve McGugan and Anders Smith.
In 2002 the Danish Government and the City of Copenhagen launched an effort to establish a world event for design in Copenhagen. Originally understood as a tool for branding traditional Danish design, the non-profit organization INDEX: shifted focus after worldwide research and coined the concept of Design to Improve Life, which rapidly became celebrated in Denmark and around the world. The organization now hands out the biggest design award in the world biannual in Copenhagen, tours large scale outdoor exhibition around the world, run educational program as well as design labs and hosts a global network.[citation needed]
Today, there is strong focus on design in Denmark as industry increasingly appreciates the importance of design in the business environment. In addition, as part of its trade and industry policy, the
Architecture
Modern architecture has also contributed to the concept of Danish design.
Jørn Utzon (1918–2008), Denmark's most widely recognized architect, is remembered for his expressionist Sydney Opera House (1966) and the later Bagsværd Church (1976) with its wavy concrete roof.[10]
Henning Larsen (b. 1925) is the architect who designed the boldly modern Copenhagen Opera House on the island of Holmen which was completed in 2005.[11]
Danish architecture is currently in a new-wave era, not receiving more attention since the golden age of Arne Jacobsen and Jørn Utzon, being focused on function and concept rather than aesthetics and an impeccable finish.
Recent achievements
Today, the concept of Danish design is thriving in an ever-wider number of fields. Among recent highlights are:
- The Museum of Modern Art in New York has chosen to outfit 95% of its new Yoshio Taniguchi-designed home with furniture by Danish design company GUBI.
- The Danish
- The Evita Peroni suite of women's accessories which now has some 300 stores in 30 countries.[17]
- The
Designers
Among the most successful designers associated with the concept are Børge Mogensen (1914–72), Finn Juhl (1912–89), Hans Wegner (1914–2007), Arne Jacobsen (1902–71), Poul Kjærholm (1929–80), Poul Henningsen (1894–1967) and Verner Panton (1926–98).[22]
Other designers of note include
Museums
- The Danish Museum of Art & Design (or, Designmuseum Denmark) in Copenhagenexhibits many of the artifacts associated with Danish design, especially furniture.
- The New York Museum of Modern Art also has a large Danish design collection.[23]
- The Danish Design Centre in the centre of Copenhagen has both permanent and special exhibitions promoting Danish design.[24]
See also
- BoConcept
- Carl Hansen & Søn
- Danish Culture Canon
- Anders Nørgaard
- FDB Møbler
References
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- ^ Knud V. Engelhardts livsværk (PDF) (in Danish), DK: Skoletjenesten Kunstindustrimuseet, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2014, retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Marie Gudme Leth", Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish), DK: Den store danske, 13 July 2012, retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Furniture and Industrial Design (PDF), DK: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2019, retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Designers", Danish Furniture, retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ Taft, Maggie, "Morphologies and Genealogies; Shaker Furniture and Danish Design," Design and Culture 7:3, 313–334.
- ^ Designerprofile Tobias Jacobsen, D: Fashion For Home, retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ DesignDenmark (PDF), DK: The Danish Government, archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2009, retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Who is Who in Historical Danish architecture", About, DK: Denmark, archived from the original on 20 May 2009, retrieved 18 December 2008
- ^ "Bagsvaerd Kirke, København", e-architect, retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Copenhagen Opera House", e-architect, retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Unge arkitektkometer sætter Danmark på verdenskortet". 21 March 2016.
- ^ "København er stjernearkitektens afsæt til international succes". 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Unge arkitektkometer sætter Danmark på verdenskortet". 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Zenvo to Produce "Real Supercar with Excessive Power"", Motor Trend, 17 December 2008,
The phrase "Danish design" brings to mind odd-looking chairs and bright-colored handbags – not (this supercar). Still, Zenvo Automotive asserts its ST1 hypercar is pure Dane conceived, engineered, and assembled.
. - ^ Zenvo Automotive, retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ SHH Create New Store Concept for Evita Peroni, Dexigner, retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ "10 eye-popping new buildings that you'll see in 2014". CNN Style. CNN. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Wired names Halifax's flagship library among top 10 most beautiful in the world". CBC News. 9 September 2016.
- ^ Wall, Don (12 November 2015). "ACEC awards: SNC-Lavalin triumphs with Halifax library". Daily Commercial News.
- ^ "Halifax Central Library nominated for prestigious architectural award". CBC News. 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Danish Design and Architecture", About Denmark, Denmark, archived from the original on 20 May 2009, retrieved 17 December 2008
- ^ Danish design at MoMA, House of Copenhagen, retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
External links
- Examples of Mid Century Modern Design, Architonic.
- Mid Century Modern Furniture, Decorative Objects, and Art, Formare vivo, archived from the original on 30 October 2012.
- Danish Design, NL: Alfems, archived from the originalon 25 October 2020, retrieved 12 February 2013.
- Development Services in Lahore, NL: Alfems, archived from the originalon 15 October 2015, retrieved 15 August 2015.
- Danish design on Dezeen