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carl hansen & son

Carl Hansen

Carl Hansen, a Danish company founded in 1908, was one of the first industrial companies to believe in the complicity between craftsmanship and mass production . Now, as ever, producing seats, sofas, bookcases and wooden tables inspired by the vintage design.
Craftsmanship can be a lot of things. To us, it is everything and it has been so ever since 1908 when Carl Hansen founded his company in Odense, Denmark.

Carl Hansen founded his company on a strong belief: outstanding craftsmanship and rational serial production could go hand-in-hand to provide customers with high-quality furniture at a reasonable price. Today, we continue to build on this simple but strong idea. We combine traditional woodworking techniques with the latest technology to produce furniture of lasting value. Most of the furniture we produce today was designed by leading Danish architects back in the 1930s and up to the 1960s, but the design, the vision and the craftsmanship behind every piece of furniture is still as relevant today as it was then. If not even more so today. This is why our dedication to working with the best materials and the best designers has and will always be fundamental to Carl Hansen & Son.

At Carl Hansen & Son, we feel a great responsibility to keep bringing this sustainable idea forward of producing furniture with a long life, made of wood harvested from sustainably managed forests and treated in a way that is as gentle as possible for the environment.
Our skilled craftsmen and -women still work with the same pride and dedication and it this passion that helps us maintain the same high quality in every piece of furniture that leaves our factory in Gelsted.

Behind every piece of furniture lies vision, careful thought and skilled craftsmanship. That’s why we say, that every piece comes with a story. And we hope you’ll enjoy making it a part of yours.

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Fritz Hansen

Fritz Hansen

Fritz Hansen was founded in 1872 by the visionary carpenter of the same name and has since become a natural part of the history of both Danish and international design and an exclusive and sought after design brand

The history of Fritz Hansen is characterized by wonderful craftsmanship, a unique design and an innate sense of high quality. Architects and furniture designers from all over the world have regularly contributed to the collection with beautifully shaped and functional furnishings, through the use of innovative techniques and new materials. Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjærholm, Piet Hein, Vico Magistretti, Burkhard Vogtherr, Piero Lissoni, Kasper Salto and Morten Voss … the list of designers is long and the list of furniture with great international fame is even more.

Fritz Hansen’s iconic classic collection includes a large part of the most famous furniture by Danish architects and designers, including the Egg, Swan and Serie 7 chairs by Arne Jacobsen and the PK22 chair and the PK80 sofa by Poul Kjaerholm. The contemporary collection, second soul of the catalog, presents instead furnishings and accessories of some of the most stimulating and internationally recognized contemporary designers, including Jaime Hayon, Piero Lissoni, Kasper Salto and Cecilia Manz. Common to the two collections is a sculptural artistic expression that confuses the lines between design and art and combines function and form in unprecedented ways, giving each work a significant presence and purpose.

The corporate design philosophy reflects its history and inspires the creation of new, simple, sculptural, original and timeless furniture. Fritz Hansen’s design is visionary and makes the most of noble materials; every detail is carefully studied, the process is complete and impeccable and the final glance is unique and immediately recognizable. The general style is international and elegant: each piece of furniture is sophisticated in its own way, has a strong identity and the ability to discreetly illuminate any type of space.

Today as in 1872, Fritz Hansen’s work is guided by the philosophy that a single piece of furniture can beautify an entire room or building and simultaneously increase the well-being of the people who inhabit these spaces. With a strong international presence and an ever-expanding collection of iconic designs, Fritz Hansen continues his journey in creating elegant and discreet furnishing elements, which do not compromise comfort, and in strengthening his position in the global design elite , discreet luxury and contemporary living.

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PP Mobler

PP Mobler

PP Mobler is a family-run Danish carpentry workshop founded in 1953 and has a strong tradition of crafting high-quality designer furniture. Motivation has always been a love of wood. The company’s philosophy is that technique, ingenuity and craftsmanship can be combined in the search for quality.
The catalog is almost entirely dedicated to the projects of the Danish architect Hans J. Wegner, who had a long and important partnership with this small Danish manufacturing company; Wegner loved to stop in PP Mobler’s laboratory, where his ideas took shape; here he could touch and perceive the professional connection between designer and craftsman and feel the pride and respect for high quality craftsmanship. For its part, the designer has always provided this small laboratory with exciting and difficult tasks, always perceiving the uncompromising request for quality and the commitment to experiment with the material.
Between 1960 and 1968 many of Wegner’s prototypes were developed at PP Mobler before going into production at other companies, while after 1968 the designer began to design the first models for the production of PP Mobler, a very important event for this small laboratory, which began to organize a small catalog on its own. Wegner continued his exploration of the possibilities of wood in terms of form and construction even more freely.
Today PP Mobler produces a wide selection of Wegner furniture, most chairs, especially those with the most complex construction, that no one else could make. Among these, “The Round One”, as Wegner liked to call it with its typical provincial modesty, is one of the most famous Danish furniture in the world, summarizing in a simple and modest way the essence of the tradition of woodworking and the philosophy of the Danish design. It is Hans’ most important work. J. Wegner.
When Johm F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon met in the first televised election debate in 1960, they sat on the Round Chair, chosen primarily for its great comfort and its genuine quality; eventually the Americans found a new and more eloquent name for this chair: they called it, and continue to call it, simply “the chair”.
In the PP Mobler catalog there are many other Wegner projects, not only chairs, but also armchairs, tables and desks, such as the Peacock Chair from 1947, the Folding chair from 1949, the Papa Bear Chair from 1951, the Rocking chair from 1984, The Circle Chair from 1986…
A separate discussion should be reserved for the 1950 Flag Halyard Chair relaxation armchair, one of the very rare Wegner projects not in wood, but with a stainless steel structure and 240 meters of rope to form the seat and back, with the addition of a long-haired sheepskin resting on top. Despite having obvious preferences for wood, Wegner shows his bold and courageous appetite for creation in this project. With the Flag Halyard Chair, the designer pays tribute to the first modernist designers such as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, and proves to be able to master stainless steel with the same elegance as the wood master. The Flag Halyard Chair remains one of the highest examples of Danish design and one of the most desired royal armchairs in the world.

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