Dinesen flooring at the re-opened Saatchi Gallery in London

The Danish manufacturer Dinesen is a traditional brand for high quality plank floors. Founded in 1898 the company is still owned an managed by the same family. The uncomparable, imposingly wide and long planks Dinesen use for their floorings are made from European wood, from trees which are between 80 and 120 years old.

Dinesen floor planks at Saatchi Gallery

One of the last projects Dinesen realised was the plank floor for the re-opened Saatchi Gallery in London – a sponsoring of 5,000 m2 of Douglas fir flooring. This investment reflects Dinesen’s considerable growth in the UK in 2009.

Dinesen flooring at the famous Redeemer's Church in Copenhagen

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'Expo Chair' for KiBiSi for Hay

In the tradition of furniture designed for a specific architectural space (think Mies van der Rohe’s ‘Barcelona Chair’ for the German Pavilion at the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, Ernest Race’s ‘Antelope’ chair for the 1951 Festival of Britain, or, more recently, BarberOsgerby’s 2005 ‘De La Warr Pavilion Chair’ for Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff’s Modernist English-seaside masterpiece), Hay have presented a chair at this year’s Maison & Objet in Paris designed by KiBiSi especially for the Danish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

'Expo Chair' by KiBiSi for Hay

The piece is fabricated in powder-coated plywood. Hay have yet to decide which colours it will be produced in.

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'Expo Chair' by KiBiSi for Hay

'Copenhagen' by Poulsen & Ploug for Karl Andersson

The Danish designers Poulsen & Ploug developed this new series of coffee tables for the Swedish manufacturer Karl Andersson. ‘Copenhagen’ is made from solid oak stained in black, the joint is made from stainless steel. The tabletop comes in toughened glass or solid oak, stained in black.

'Copenhagen' by Poulsen & Ploug for Karl Andersson

'Copenhagen' by Poulsen & Ploug for Karl Andersson

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Psychiatric Hospital by JDS Architects

The Copenhagen based practice JDS Architects realised this Hospital in Helsingor / Denmark. The footprint demonstrates the decentralised structure of the building, which combines the necessary control and protection with a open and light spaces.

Psychiatric Hospital by JDS Architects, photo by Felix Luong

“As a starting point for work on the Helsingør Psychiatric Hospital, we interviewed the users, patients, and staff members. This helped to provide a clearer understanding of the basic needs on which to base our design approach, while at the same time clarifying an important paradox to be solved. How does one combine the efficiency of a central organization with the freedom and autonomy of a decentralized complex? The hospital needs to allow control and protection while maintaining a free and open atmosphere. In terms of function it should be a logistically optimized hospital, but in terms of experience it is anything but a hospital.”

Psychiatric hospital by JDS Architects, photo by Felix Luong

“The success of this project both in terms of design and operation has led JDS Architects into a collaboration with some of the leading researchers and lecturers in hospital care. The hospital is utilized as a best practices example for modern hospital design. The result has been an in-depth review of the project, which evaluated both the successes and failures. The material was then assembled presented by hospital specialists Knut Bergland and Pernille Weiss Terkildsen throughout Scandinavia and the UK.”

Psychiatric hospital by JDS Architects, photo by Vegar Moen

Psychiatric hospital by JDS Architects, photo by Vegar Moen

Psychiatric hospital by JDS Architects, photo by Felix Luong

Psychiatric hospital by JDS Architects, photo by Vegar Moen

Design team: Julien De Smedt 

Anders Drescher, Anna Manosa, Annette Jensen, Ask Hvas, Bjarke Ingels, Christian Finderup, David Zahle, Finn Norkjaer, Hanne Halvorsen, Henrik Juul Nielsen, Ida Marie Nissen, Jakob Eggen, Jakob Moller, Jamie Meunier, Jennifer Dahm Petersen, Jesper Wichmann, Jesper Bo Jensen, Jorn Jensen, Kasper Larsen, Leif Andersen, Lene Nørgaard, Louise Steffensen, Nanna Gydholm Moller, Simon Irgens-Moller, Xavier Pavia Pages

Client: Frederiksborg County, Helsingor Hospital

Size: 6′000 m2 

Budget: 80′000′000 DK

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Chair by Wai & Lanzavecchia

Time to design – new talent award is an international design award with focus on the needs of young design talents in the beginning of their career. The award consists of three months residency at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, 50.000 DKK donated by the Cultural Ministry of Denmark, two weeks exhibition in Normann Copenhagen Flagship Store and career coaching.

 To Hunn Wai and Francesca Lanzavecchia are the winners of this year’s Time to design – new talent award 2009. From November 26 the results are showcased at Normann Copenhagen where Wai & Lanzavecchia exhibits a series of interior products.

Chair by Wai & Lanzavecchia

All of the furniture are made of Danish maple tree (acer) and covered with changeable, stretchy fabric, which takes form depending on the things the furniture contains. The visitors will see a shelf with skin which at the same time protects the books and creates alternate sculptural expressions, – a commode which swallows your possessions in different apertures, and a chair which acts as a personal sanctuary for one (or two) and which is able to transform its space from private to public

Commode by Wai & Lanzavecchia

Shelf by Wai & Lanzavecchia

Shelf by Wai & Lanzavecchia

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Chair by Christina Strand, manufactured by Kvist Industries, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Here our last charge of Danish furniture from this year’s Cabinetmaker’s Autumn Exhibition.

Chair by Niels Hvass, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Chair by Andreas Lund, manufactured by JM Rør, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

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Two seater by Komplot, manufactured by Erik Jørgensen

The yearly Cabinetmaker’s Autumn Exhibition in Copenhagen started in 1981 and has been playing field for many well-known designers in the beginning of their career. Our friends from Yatzer put together the best creations from 27 years of this exhibition.

We show you the newest results of the collaborations between Scandinavian designers and manufacturers.

Chair by Karen Kjærgaard & Nanna Gram, manufactured by JM Rør, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

The exhibition is open from 13 November 2009 – 31 January 2010 at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek in Copenhagen.

Chair by Henrik Sørig Thomsen, manufactured by Kjeldtoft møbelsnedkeri, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

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Chair by Thomas Alken, manufactured by PP Møbler, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Recently this year’s Cabinetmaker’s Autumn Exhibition opened at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek in Copenhagen. Since 1981 Scandinavian manufacturers and designers present the results of their collaborations every year within this exhibition. This year we found some extraordinary pieces which we want to show you within the next couple of days.

Stool by Torben Skov, manufactured by Montana Møbler, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Chair by Mia Gammelgaard, manufactured by Källemo, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

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'Hang on' by Thomas Alken, photo by Erik Brahl

Having visited the PP Møbler workshop once I am still impressed by the meticulousness and top quality craftsmanship of the Danish manufactory – a PP Møbler piece you will have forever. Recently they presented ‘Hang on’, a coat rack designed by Thomas Alken which consists of two parts: A rail in ash and hangers produced in all possible wood types depending on the current activity in the workshop. The two parts are easily assembled without the use of glue or tools, so it is possible to make your very own combination of wood types.

'Hang on' by Thomas Alken for PP Møbler, photo by Erik Brahl

”I often got fascinated by the many wonderful peaces of waste wood that naturally appears in the creation of PP Møbler’s collection. There were pieces in ash, maple, oak, beech, walnut and cherry as well as various other wood types, which I didn’t immediately recognize. Each piece was like colour samples: Both individually beautiful, but also exciting in a mix of many different, where colour and grain look good in combinations. These pieces of waste wood fascinated me. They where far too good to burn but too small to be part of a chair or a table. So I went home wondering if I could figure out a good product that would make use of them.” says Thomas Alken.

'Hang on' by Thomas Alken, photo by Erik Brahl

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'Library' by Thomas Bentzen, photo by Jeppe Gudmudsen Holmgreen

This year’s  ’The Cabinetmakers`Autumn Exhibition’ will take place from 13 November 2009 – 31 Januar 2010 at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek in Copenhagen. The exhibition, which started in 1984, is an association of furniture manufactures and designers. The purpose is to develop and stage an annual exhibition of new and experimental furniture types with strong practical and artistic qualities and excellent craftsmanship.

Last year the Danish designer Thomas Bentzen presented this figurative and playful piece of furniture, which refers in its details to the traditional Scandinavian wood-working.

'Library' by Thomas Bentzen, photo by Jeppe Gudundsen Holmgreen

“A room divider, a cosy nook, a shot of homeliness with a sloping ceiling that can be tiled with books or magazines. The book ends offer storage space for magazines, a graphic deviation in the room, which can be used to create order or chaos. Library is made in classic ash to give the storage a warm glow. Library is furniture for receptions, shops, offices, libraries or you home.”

'Library' by Thomas Bentzen, photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen Holmgreen

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