Magazine
Between Art and UseThe Schröder Table by Gerrit Rietveld
In the quiet clarity of the Dutch art-movement known as De Stijl, geometry became a language, and objects a medium for exploring the tension between sculpture and daily life. Among the most compelling outcomes of that vision is the Schröder Table — designed by Gerrit Rietveld for the legendary Rietveld Schröder House and executed in the 1960s by master cabinetmaker G.A. van de Groenekan. The result is a side table that subverts expectations: a piece of furniture which behaves like artwork and a statement that remains functional. Read more …
Between Breath and FormAlvar Aalto and the design of wellbeing and harmony
In the north, as the air turns cold and daylight thins, one becomes more aware of space — of how rooms hold warmth, and how objects shape comfort. The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto understood this instinctively. His work was never only about function or form, but about the subtle balance between human life and the built environment. Few pieces capture that harmony more poignantly than his Armchair 42, also known as the Small Paimio Chair — a quiet masterpiece born from a vision of healing. Read more …
Six Lamps, One VisionPaavo Tynell and the poetry of light in the northern winter
As the days grow shorter across the Northern hemisphere and the slow darkness begins to settle in, thoughts turn instinctively toward light. In Finland, where winter can seem like an unbroken dusk, light is not simply illumination; it is emotion, memory, and design. Few understood this more profoundly than Paavo Tynell, the man often called the ‘...poet of light...’. Read more …
A Rarity in Danish Design: Frits Henningsen’s Wingback Chair of 1935
In 1935, cabinetmaker Frits Henningsen introduced his wingback chair, a design that today stands as one of the most distinctive examples of Danish furniture design. Made in his Copenhagen workshop, the chair reflects Henningsen’s philosophy of uniting craftsmanship with comfort, and it remains among the rarest pieces of 20th century Scandinavian design. Read more …
