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Signe Hytte designs home of a poet for Enter the Salon show

June 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Danish designer Signe Hytte had Oscar Wilde in mind when designing this home for a fictional poet, presented during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. Enter the Salon was an exhibition of furniture and homeware products from seven different brands, styled to feel more like a lived-in interior than a show space. The project was

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Jens Quistgaard Around The Table celebrates legacy of “world-famous unknown Dane”

June 19, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

An exhibition during 3 Days of Design showcased the vast archive of Jens Quistgaard, who is one of Denmark’s most successful designers, despite being relatively unknown. Quistgaard, who passed away in 2008, was responsible for bringing Scandinavian design to homes across America. As chief designer for US-based homeware manufacturer and retailer Dansk Designs for three

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NoDe exhibition presents 28 emerging designers from the Nordics

June 17, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Swirling metal lamps, stools made from old kitchen cabinets and a fur-covered desk were among objects on show at House of Nordic Design’s exhibition during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. Titled NoDe, short for Nordic Design, the exhibition featured furniture, homeware and sculpture created by 28 up-and-coming designers and makers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway

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Crafting the Present reveals manufacturing techniques behind mid-century furniture classics

June 14, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

The 3 Days of Design exhibition from Danish furniture brand Fredericia reveals how iconic designs by Hans J Wegner and Børge Mogensen have been subtly adapted in line with today’s standards. On show at the Fredericia headquarters in Copenhagen, Crafting the Present showcases the craft processes, tools and makers behind the brand’s furniture. Curated by

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MAST to create stilt-house hotel in abandoned Portuguese salina

June 7, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has revealed plans to build a hotel formed of houses on stilts in a Portuguese lagoon formerly used for salt production. Located on the Sado Estuary near Setúbal, the overgrown salina will be transformed into an eco-conscious tourist destination that takes cues from the traditional fisherman’s huts and jetties common

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Inga Sempé celebrates the joyful mess of everyday life in The Imperfect Home

May 31, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A full-size home interior installed inside the Triennale Milano showcases furniture and homeware by French designer Inga Sempé alongside dirty dishes, hanging laundry and personal trinkets. The Imperfect Home is a retrospective exhibition showcasing over 100 objects developed by Sempé since she founded her Paris-based studio back in 2001. Designed with interiors office Studio A/C,

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Cutwork designs co-living developments for single-parent families

May 29, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Parisian architecture studio Cutwork has unveiled plans for housing designed to allow single parents and their children to live more closely together. Rental housing provider Commune commissioned Cutwork to design co-living specifically for single-parent families. The design includes private living spaces that cater to both adults and children, plus communal spaces where families can spend

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Eight bathrooms that confidently combine colour and pattern

May 25, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

From decorative tiles to maximalist wallpaper, our latest lookbook explores bathrooms where striking patterned surfaces are paired with bold colours to make a statement. Offering an alternative to the trend for minimalist or colour-blocked bathrooms, this approach uses a mix of different tones and motifs to create a multi-layered aesthetic. Patterned surfaces can be created

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Gubi opens first UK showroom in London townhouse takeover

May 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A Georgian townhouse filled with period details is now Gubi House London, the first dedicated showroom that the furniture brand has opened outside Denmark. Gubi partnered with Danish surface design studio File Under Pop to reimagine the listed building as a showspace for its collection, which includes furniture by designers such as GamFratesi and Space

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Jean Prouvé house finds permanent London home in Ladbroke Hall garden

May 17, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Carpenters Workshop Gallery has unveiled a model of the Jean Prouvé-designed 6×6 demountable house in a London garden created by landscape designer Luciano Giubbilei. Maison Démountable will be a permanent fixture of the publicly accessible garden at Ladbroke Hall, the west London arts venue that Carpenters Workshop Gallery moved into in 2023. It forms the

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