Hans J. Wegner
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REVIEW – STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR 2024

Pragmatic and upbeat

by Anna Moldenhauer | 2/16/2024

“A test bed for new ideas” was the overarching theme of the Stockholm Furniture Fair from February 6 to 10, 2024. The presentation was by no means as prosaic as the title, and in fact it quickly became clear: This ongoing experiment is starting to get playful.

A nest with a hill

by Jeanette Kunsmann | 1/8/2021

With the Shiroiya Hotel, Sou Fujimoto Architects have succeeded in producing a fascinating combination of an old building and a conversion, design, architecture and art. Michele de Lucchi, Jasper Morrison, Leandro Erlich and Sou Fujimoto have each designed one of the rooms.

Hej Copenhagen, Hej Design!

by Adeline Seidel | 6/2/2017

Scandinavian design is best experienced in Copenhagen. Follow us on our tour through designer studios and showrooms at 3 Days of Design, the most vibrant design festival in the north.

READING EDUCATES

Too late for sedate

by Thomas Wagner | 4/18/2017

Børge Mogensen wasn’t interested in sculptural shapes and experiments. He preferred historical furniture types that he then tweaked for the better. A very readable monograph presents the Danish designer.

Strong profile

4/4/2016

Early work by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Son

In the form of the CH22 armchair, a classic is being re-issued and with the CH26 chair a close relative produced for the first time.

In the comfort zone

by Uta Abendroth | 2/16/2016

At this year’s Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair the Scandinavians show how much we long for homeliness.

On your seats, get set, go

9/6/2015

Design classics have long since conquered children’s rooms. But they have to be colorful. Irrespective of whether chairs and tables for adults have simply been miniaturized or unique children’s room classics created – you’ll find the most important items here.

Wake-up call with eyes and fringes

by Uta Abendroth | 6/2/2015

Danish design has a contemporary look to it, despite many of the ideas being over 50 years old. At Copenhagen’s “3daysofdesign” there was much talk of tradition and values, and of updating classics.

What only the giraffe knows

4/28/2015

This year during there were once again countless items of furniture and special moments during the Milan Salone. A small photo album of memories.

Seizing it by the horns

3/30/2015

Hans J. Wegner at Carl Hansen & Son, colored or round

You can always rely on someone like him – and there are said to be as many as another 3,500 furniture designs in his archive.

One chair wasn’t enough for him

by Thomas Wagner | 9/19/2014

Young designers can still learn a lot from him, even if this year Hans J.Wegner would have turned 100. On the occasion of his anniversary, ChristianHolmsted Olesen has dedicated an insightful book to the life, work andapproach of the exceptional designer.

In the good-life lab

by Martina Metzner | 7/16/2014

As regards design, Denmark certainly has its finger on the pulse of things. Is this anything more than a re-edition of Danish Modernism? Are objects being made sustainably inside Denmark? A trip to “3DaysofDesign” in Copenhagen provides the answers.

Chair genius: PP Møbler + Carl Hansen & Søn celebrate Hans J. Wegner

3/31/2014

There’s still much to be discovered about Hans Jørgensen Wegner, who would have turned 100 this April.

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