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Brand Catalogue “Creating style is different from creating fashion. Style comes to you unknowingly while fashion is most often the result of an exceedingly conscious process” Finn Juhl House of Finn Juhl is part of Onecollection HQ Onecollection A/S Vesterled 19 DK-6950 Ringkøbing Tel: +45 70 27 71 01 [email protected] www.finnjuhl.com SHOWROOMS House of Finn Juhl, Nordre Toldbod Showroom and store Nordre Toldbod 25 DK-1259 København K. Tel: +45 33 91 11 00 [email protected] www.finnjuhl-copenhagen.d House of Finn Juhl, Frederiksgade Showroom and offi Frederiksgade 1 DK-1265 København K House of Finn Juhl / Onecollection Showroom, Østergade Showroom and offi Østergade 11 DK-6950 Ringkøbing Printed in Denmark by Narayana Press www.finnjuhl.com BRAND CATALOGUE 106022_cover_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r2.indd 2 21/03/17 14:05 “Art has always been my main source of inspiration. I am fascinated by shapes which defy gravity and create visual lightness.” Finn Juhl 106022_cover_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 3 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 1 21/03/17 13:17 21/03/17 07:30 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 2 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 3 21/03/17 13:17 FINN JUHL HOUSE OF FINN JUHL Finn Juhl (1912 – 1989) is often considered the father of Danish Modern. He pursued what was In 2001 we were trusted with the exclusive rights closest to his heart – modern free art. With an to manufacture and re-launch Finn Juhl’s sculp- artistic approach to functional design, he crea- tural and iconic furniture. ted a brand new idiom, which today is a source of inspiration for a new generation of designers. Today the unique Finn Juhl collection consists of more than 40 classic masterpieces, all of which Finn Juhl’s furniture is the epicentre of a modern we manufacture with the utmost respect for, and revival. His iconic designs are no longer limited to dedication to, the original heritage and strict museums and auction houses. Today our produc- demands for quality. To us, venturing into Finn tion of the masterpieces has become highly valued Juhl’s design universe has meant embarking on a and the collection is sold all over the world. joyful journey with constant surprises in terms of shapes, aesthetics and unique design details. 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 4 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 5 21/03/17 13:17 OUR HISTORY AND APPROACH As told by Ivan Hansen & Henrik Sørensen, Founders Ever since we opened our fi st office in Henri s designs are so organic, every single cabinetmaker mother’s basement in 1990, our mission has been who manufactured his furniture back in the day, to create a company rooted in the true passion gave their individual expression to the details. for good furniture design. The playing field is the We also know that Finn Juhl himself decided on cross-section where functional design and crafts- some corrections or variations to the final piece o manship of the highest quality meet art. The result furniture when he worked with the cabinetmaker is joy of life. in the workshop. This also meant that sometimes he did not correct his drawing according to the In 1999 we were contacted by the widow of Finn final esult. This is the reason why we often see Juhl, Hanne Wilhelm Hansen, with the purpose that older vintage pieces from Niels Vodder or other of creating one of his designs. A sofa for a com- cabinetmakers vary from the original drawings. memorational exhibition. The idea harmonized perfectly with our ethos as we already admired Our collection takes its starting point both in Finn Juhl greatly. However, at that time, we never the original drawings as well as the older origi- imagined that it would be possible to work with his nal pieces from his house, private collections or designs, his name or his brand, and we still con- museums. In some cases we have to imagine what sider it a tremendous honor to have the opportunity Finn Juhl would have done. This part of our job is to protect and pass on Finn Juhl’s legacy. perhaps the most demanding, but it is also very interesting. Finn Juhl’s lifework is a treasure and When re-launching Finn Juhl’s furniture we have there are many more unique designs in the archive to put ourselves into his mindset and try to un- for which we have big plans in the years to come. derstand him. It is all about feeling. One cannot make his furniture just by having the technical and commercial approach. You have to be extremely critical of what you do, because there is no bot- tom line when it comes to Finn Juhl. Because his Finn Juhl’s drawing of the 45 Chair Photographer Pernille Klemp, Design Museum Danmark 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 6 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 7 21/03/17 13:17 FRANCE CHAIR 1956 BY FINN JUHL JAPAN SOFA 1953 BY FINN JUHL 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 8 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 9 21/03/17 13:17 POET SOFA 1941 BY FINN JUHL EYE TABLE 1948 BY FINN JUHL 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 10 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 11 21/03/17 13:17 CRAFTSMANSHIP AND UPHOLSTERY WORK During his fi st years at the Cabinetmakers’ Guild In contrast to many of his peers, Finn Juhl felt Exhibition Finn Juhl primarily worked with fully up- that modern furniture had to refer to the contem- holstered furniture. If you know about Finn Juhl’s porary art of the time. The Pelican Chair is thus a sculptural wooden furniture, it may seem odd that perfect example of how Finn Juhl integrated the he actually started out working with these types ideals of functionalism with free art. of designs. Finn Juhl later said that this was due to the fact that he did not know much about The upholstery of Finn Juhl furniture still takes furniture construction nor joinery. The upholstered place in Denmark. Working with furniture is a furniture allowed Finn Juhl to focus entirely on the challenge, especially furniture as organic as Finn sculptural, organic shapes of his furniture, which Juhl’s. Therefore, it is essential that the uphol- became a trademark of his. He referred to himself sterers have a deep understanding of the various as self-taught within the field of furnitu e design, materials’ strengths, but also their limitations. as his formal education was within the field o It takes years of experience, great knowledge and architecture. With fully upholstered furniture he last, but not least, undying patience. When we would ‘only’ have to focus on the exterior shape produce a piece of Finn Juhl furniture, we refuse and let master joiner Niels Vodder work on the to compromise. This is how we ensure that each wooden skeleton. piece of furniture lives up to our goal of delivering furniture of the highest quality. → Finn Juhl’s drawing of the Pelican Chair Photographer Pernille Klemp, Design Museum Danmark 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 12 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 13 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 14 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 15 21/03/17 13:17 → A few years after Finn Juhl’s debut at the Ca- ”One should not despair over the fact that some binetmaker’s Guild Exhibition he became increa- of the developments one has hoped for were never singly interested in applying wood as the dom- produced but only became a beginning. Perhaps inant shaping material, rather than ‘hiding’ it they will be revived some day in the future if ne- 45 CHAIR 1945 under a cover of upholstery. When he designed cessary or reasonable, when the time is ripe.” BY FINN JUHL the 45 Chair it had become his objective to create – Finn Juhl a chair that was almost self-explanatory in its construction and he became the fi st to clearly dis- In Japan, we met skilled craftsmen and experi- connect the upholstered areas from the wooden enced the most sophisticated technology. At the frame. The result was an elegant and tantalizing workshop they are able to run complicated pro- expression that came to characterize Finn Juhl and ductions in small series, working with di erent made him world famous. types of wood and deliver a sublime quality. They have an advanced technology in terms of CNC Today the production of the wooden pieces is split machines that allow for uniform milling as well as between the Danish workshop in Ringkøbing and a precise and durable joints, although the delicate Japanese workshop. details are finished by hand Finn Juhl’s dilemma was that many of his furniture designs called for technical solutions, which were not invented yet. Since he did not want to change or devaluate the characteristic design, he rather accepted this fact. That is the reason why some of his models are only produced in very limited quan- tities, while others never even saw the light of day. 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 16 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 17 21/03/17 13:17 BAKER SOFA 1951 BY FINN JUHL 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 18 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 19 21/03/17 13:17 PELICAN CHAIR 1940 BY FINN JUHL 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 20 21/03/17 13:17 106022_finn juhl_katalog_cc17_r1.indd 21 21/03/17 13:17 HOUSE OF FINN JUHL HAKUBA THE WORLD’S FIRST FINN JUHL HOTEL House of Finn Juhl Hakuba opened on December shared lounge areas and an accompanying bar.
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