Sunday, November 28, 2010

Swing seat by Fritz Hansen and Louis Vuitton











Series 7™ swing seat prototype after Arne Jacobsen (2005), 
one-of-a-kind model created for Fritz Hansen™
auctioned for $18,000, with proceeds from the sale donated to the Danish AIDS Foundation

Louis Vuitton Collection. © LOUIS VUITTON / PHILIPPE JUMIN

Sunday, November 7, 2010

"A midcentury monumentum"




(Poul Kjaerholm's PK 22)


"Popular 1950s paradigms are now being revitalised for contemporary living..." : read in FT's How to spend it 's latest issue. 

To read more and see the sumptuous pages on the extraordinary website :



(Picture : http://www.fritzhansen.com/en/fritz-hansen/asset-bank.aspx?append=action/viewAsset?id=630&index=1&total=24&view=viewSearchItem)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Teak and rosewood by Arne Vodder


(Seen in AD Spain, november 2010, as an anonymous Danish piece of furniture)


  Arne Vodder (1926-2009) is another famous Danish architect and designer whose sideboards and chests of drawers in teak or rosewood we love. Student to Finn Juhl, he designed for Fritz Hansen. 

To be followed...