Magazine
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 …
When Poul Henningsen Met Axel SaltoThe Story of the PH 5/5 pendant lamp
In the years just after the First World War, Poul Henningsen, with his pioneering approach to lighting design, and Axel Salto, whose ceramics became some of the most expressive works in 20th-century Danish design. Read more …
Kaare Klint’s Inspirations & Design Philosophy The Red Chair
Klint was not a designer who sketched freely from imagination. He was a detective of history. At the Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, he spent hours with tape measure and notebook, dissecting furniture of centuries past. Read more …
