Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen. Produced by Fritz Hansen.
In 1958, Arne Jacobsen designed the Swan chair for the lobby and lounge areas of the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. An elegant and organic shape ideal for lounge and waiting areas as well as the home.
With his love of natural materials and his deep understanding of the need for furniture to be functional as well as beautiful, Hans J. Wegner (1914–1907) made mid-century Danish design popular on an international scale.
The American magazine Interiors featured The Chair on the cover and referred to it as “the world’s most beautiful chair”.
The chair rose to stardom when used in the televised presidential debates between Nixon and Kennedy in 1960 and has since been known simply as “The Chair”.
The Kay Bojesen monkey is something of a design classic, which is quite an achievement for a small wooden monkey. Bojesen started life as a silversmith, but became world famous for his wooden toys, and is known as one of Denmark's applied arts pioneers.
The monkey continues to be made in Denmark from teak and limbawood, embodying the principles of Danish design and superior craftmanship. The monkey even features on Danish televison, as a mascot in wildlife programmes, and a prize in quiz shows. Produced by Rosendahl
The Songbird is a new creation from Kay Bojesen that joins the family of wooden animals created by the artist. The Songbirds were designed in the 1950´s but were never put into production at the time. Now in 2012 these six colourful personalities are launched and they will definitely find friends among design lovers all over the world. The Songbirds are made of solid beech and hand-painted, and they are named after the designer and his family: Ruth, Pop, Otto, Kay, Peter and Sunshine.
The Bojesen’s patio at the family home Bella Vista near Bellevue, north of Copenhagen, was full of flowers, wicker furniture – and birds. There can be no doubt that this is the source of Kay Bojesen’s inspiration for the carefree songbird that he designed in the 1950s and hand-painted in cheerful colours. All six birds have a clean, modern expression, stripped of superfluous details.
The birds are so lifelike that it is easy to imagine them breaking out in song as the sun rises. Kay is named after the master himself, a huge fan of the blue colour. Kay Bojesen was always impeccably dressed in either a blue suit, shirt and tie or his white smock. A gentleman with a sense for underplayed, discreet elegance! The birds are produced by Rosendahl, Denmark.
PH lamp by Poul Henningsen, produced by Louis Poulsen. Poul Henningsen developed the PH5 in 1958, in response to constant changes to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs. The PH5 pendant is designed to hang low above a table while at the same time giving a moderate light to the surroundings. In Denmark you will see that approximately one in every two homes has a PH5 pendant.
The idea of Montana is that everyone wishes freedom to personalize his own style. Where the architect let go of the room Montana takes over and give place for personalized interior design. Not only in the moment where the decision is taken, but infinite freedom to change the interior design in line with changed needs and wishes.
Montana Furniture was founded by Peter J. Lassen in 1982. The company is a family-owned company based in Haarby on the island of Funen in Denmark where the production takes place at a high-technological production site covering 19,000 m2. To contribute to a better everyday life in the home at work by developing and offering a culture of interior design, where there is an optimum coherence between functionality, quality, environmental consideration, economy, aesthetics and ethics.
Montana Furniture produces and supplies storage systems, tables, and chairs for homes and modern office environments. The flexible modular system and the inspiring colour palette offer freedom to create your own personal room and to personalize your style. Montana is a system of shelving units with infinite possibilities which together with tables and chairs can change the ordinary culture of interior design so everyone has the opportunity to create a personal space.
Montana’s table and chair series are designed by Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Andreas Hansen, Peter J. Lassen, Joakim Lassen and the architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
Chair CH 101by Hans J. Wegner and manufactured by Carl Hansen & Son. This collection was designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1970. In 2008, for the first time since their very limited production in the early 1970s select pieces have been re-launched as the Series 100 Collection.
Vipp was founded in 1939 by Holger Nielsen, born in 1914 in the small Danish town of Randers. Vipp Waste Bins are made the same way today as they were at their debut in 1939, that means that they are built to last.
