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DENMARK ON IPANEMA The Danish Pavilion VIP AREA - DANISH PAVILION IPANEMA Danish Interior Design Denmark is one of the most exciting design environments in the world. The desire to improve, simplify and find new correlations between form and functionality has been the guiding principle of Danish design for generations. In Denmark, quality design graces airports, trains, buses and the entire infrastructure, not to mention the interior design of public and private spaces. The Danish Government supports the development and use of B2B AREA - DANISH PAVILION design through measures like funding schools of design, and the Danish Design Centre, whose tasks include promoting the use of design by Danish companies. The young generation of Danish designers have an international perspective, currently exemplified by a wealth of innovative, experimental design, whose keywords are energy efficiency, environmental sustainability an usability - frequently with a twist and a well-developed sense of humor. In the Danish Pavilion on Ipanema we present a small selection of Danish design icons as well as contemporary Danish design. The Poet Sofa was designed by Finn Juhl for his own home 75 years ago and is still being sold all over the world. Today, it is being produced by One Collection in Ringkøbing, on the West Coast of Denmark. Good Craftsmanship The rich tradition of craftsmanship survives in many Danish cabinetmaker workshops and small furniture factories, producing classic furniture designed by the pioneers of Danish furniture design like f.i. Finn Juhl, Poul Kjærholm, Hans. J. Wegner, Børge Mogensen, and Nanna Ditzel. The idea of making a chair based on the most simple and elegant shape of them all, the circle, remained a distant dream until Hans J. Wegner eventually completed the ‘Circle Chair’ design at the age of 72 in 1986. ‘The Round Chair’ from 1949 or ‘The Round One’ as Wegner himself referred to it with his usual provincial modesty, is one of the most famous Danish pieces of furniture - and the most important work of Hans J. Wegner. When John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon met in the first ever, televised election debate in 1960, they sat in the Round Chair. It was chosen mainly for its comfort and genuine quality - made in Denmark and shipped to the USA to play an important role in this historic event. Eventually the Americans came up with a new and more telling name for this chair. They called it simply ’The Chair’. It is produced by PP Furniture in Allerød, in Northern Zealand. Established Danish and international designers and craftsmen joined by new talents have boarded the DESIGNERSHIP, who has undertaken the captaincy in branding a number of unique designs. The aim is to introduce handmade art ware to the global market. The collection holds well-known, high quality textiles, glasses, ceramics, jewelry, lightings, art and indus- trial designs, but includes a line of products especially designed for DESIGNERSHIP as well. Tradition and renewal Royal Copenhagen represent the noble craft of porcelain manufacturing in all its phases – conceived, designed, and made on the basis of more than 240 years of craftsmanship and tradition. An enlargement of the more than 235 year old blue fluted tradition from Royal Copenhagen, Mega Mussel became the creative point of departure for a design update of the world known brand. Since then, young designers have added new elements, patterns and formats and the result of the crea- tive investment is that royal china has become more popular than ever. The success has spread to the other classic sets, which are mixed and matched with the new. Originality Eva Paarmann and Oluf Lund from LOPFURNITURE presents a wide range of unusual designs. Function, comfort and quality are the main focus points. LOPFURNITURE is fantasy and innovation, but they are quite “old-school” when it comes to prioritizing craftmanship, quality and service to the highest degree. All their designs are produced in Denmark - at Oluf ‘s old sawmill, Naarup Savværk on Funen. The Smart Desk in walnut can become twice as big and the Piano Chair can be adjusted to just the right height. LOPFURNITURE is part of the permanent collection at DESIGN WERCK in Copenhagen. To artisan Synnøve Vedel, the point of departure was the loom and the textile universe, and she elicited great enthusiasm for her textile sculptures in the 1970s. Simultaneously, she created a series of poetic lamps, where the sense of her fabric expression can be rediscovered. Regardless of material, her work was characterised by a compositional strictness and an organic design. Today, daughter Kjerstin Vedel has put the lamps named Vedelform, into production. Anour Desk lamp is the latest addition to the A series. It features a tilting lamp shade, integrated touch dimmer. Available in brushed, polished & browned brass. Lamp shells can be made to custom sizes on request. Both companies are represented at the DESIGN WERCK showroom in Copenhagen, Denmark. Light Makers and Folding Ladies Good craftsmanship and in-house production are two major cornerstones of LE KLINT. Their world renowned quality lighting is the result of techniques and tradition that has been handed down from generation to generation, which are still being carried out today by a broad team of highly skilled workers. LE KLINT is synonymous with lampshades. Their handfolded iconic shades take years of learning specific techniques, completing a qualifying process and mastering many different pleating forms, before one is inducted, as part of the skilled team of folding ladies. This, however, is only a fraction of LE KLINT’s product range procedure and the craftsmanship that lies behind each lamp. Specialist metal workers and wood workers play a big part in the magic, which has been going hand in hand with the folding process, since the beginning. Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system back in 1925-1926. The first lights using the system were designed by PH in cooperation with Louis Poulsen for an exhibition in Paris. This partnership continued up until his death in 1967. Throughout his life, PH sought to create glare-free light, direct light where it was most needed, and create soft shadows, using incandescent bulbs as a light source. PH 4½-3½ Glass Floor is a member of the three-shade family which numbers 18 lights today, including three for outdoor use. Thus PH did not just design a light, but an entire system – around a thousand different models have been produced over the years. PH 4½-3½ Glass Floor in its current form was introduced in 1990. Design Werck Copenhagen DESIGN WERCK is a Copenhagen based meeting point and showroom for selected contemporary Danish design. The permanent collection shows design from both the established design community and up-and-coming designers, architects and craftsmen. In addition to the permanent collection you can experience changing theme exhibitions and workshops, and many of the exhibited design items can be bought directly from the DESIGN SHOP. DESIGN WERCK also hosts a wine bar. Meet new Danish design talents, find out about new innovative products, design companies, architects and designers, defining the Scandinavian way of living. DESIGN WERCK - Living Showroom Copenhagen has chosen the interior design for the Danish Pavilion on Ipanema. Republic of Fritz Hansen are known for especially The Egg™, the Swan™ and the Series 7™. These iconic chairs were designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen and all date more than 50 years back, yet still they represent Danish design history more than any other pieces. Since 1872 Fritz Hansen has lived up to its ambition of crafting timeless design. This ambition has taken numerous shapes. From Arne Jacobsen’s architectural and organic furniture like the Egg™ or the Drop™ for the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel to Poul Kjærholm’s impeccable way with steel illustrated in the PK22™ lounge chair or PK80™ daybed. Butterfly is a combined hook and shelve coming from a young Danish design company called Makers With Agendas. In order to save space and reduce environmental footprint it comes in a flat package. Makers With Agendas develop and produce design products that reflect the world we are living in. How can design support this modern way of living? Makers With Agendas gives the answer through their products: f.i. a place saving and foldable bucks Accordion, a mobile book shelve and art holder Stilt or their dining table which can be unfolded and become a full size table tennis set, inviting for social gathering among friends and family. Owner and founder Julien De Smedt is the architect of the VM houses and ‘The Mountain’ in Copenhagen and the entrepreneur William Ravn is the man behind Vita Copenhagen, Denmark’s second fastest growing company in 2015. A SEAFARING NATION The hulls are made of glass – first shaped by hand and mouth and then ground by means of an ancient Italian technique called “Battuto”. These extraordinary patterns are reminiscent of how the Viking ship planks used to be crafted. The process requires masterful glasswork and implies that two hulls can never be the same. The hulls of the viking ships are created by glass artists Nanna Backhaus Brown and Andrew Jason Brown in their magnificent workshop in Hundested. The challenging “Battuto” technique is Andrew’s specialty. Egeværk has made the wood for the ships. The wood’s warm glow plays in harmony with the transparent clarity of the glass, like the water itself. Oak is as a basic material in maritime crafts because of its strong and dense properties. Egeværk and Backhaus & Brown are now on their way to an exciting adventure and by combining their traditional crafts and creative cooperation they are developing new projects and designs. The intention is clear, they will demonstrate their combined work all over the world.