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About by Lassen by Lassen owns the rights to the designs of two of Denmark’s greatest architects - Mogens Lassen (1901-1987) and Flemming Lassen (1902-1984). The Lassen brothers were extremely talented and were honoured with many awards and grants for their unique designs and iconic architecture. by Lassen is a family business whose simple mission is to carry the Lassen legacy forward - because good design lives on through new generations.
• • • by Lassen har rettighederne til to af Danmarks store arkitekter – Mogens Lassen (1901-1987) og Flemming Lassen (1902-1984). Lassen-brødrene havde et stort talent, og de har vundet flere priser og legater for deres unikke designs og ikoniske arkitektur. by Lassen er en familievirksomhed med den simple mission at føre Lassen- arven videre. For godt design lever videre hos nye generationer. 8
Mogens Lassen (1901-1987)
Architect Mogens Lassen (1901-1987) is among the greatest and most influential of Danish architects, a pioneer of Danish Functionalism, and is internationally renowned for his characteristic architecture. Mogens Lassen was inspired by the German design school Bauhaus, and its geometric shapes recur often in his iconic designs.
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Arkitekt Mogens Lassen (1901-1987) er blandt de store betydningsfulde danske arkitekter, en af pionererne indenfor dansk funktionalisme, og internationalt anerkendt for sin karakteristiske arkitektur. Mogens Lassen var inspireret af den tyske designskole Bauhaus, og de geometriske former gengives ofte i hans ikoniske designs. 9 10 11
Flemming Lassen (1902-1984)
Architect Flemming Lassen (1902-1984) was a Modernist and part of the movement that brought Functionalism to Denmark. Flemming Lassen is particularly well known for his work with Arne Jacobsen on the award-winning House of the Future and Søllerød Town Hall, and his furniture has also achieved international recognition.
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Arkitekt Flemming Lassen (1902-1984) var modernist, og han var med til at føre funktionalismen til Danmark. Flemming Lassen er specielt kendt for sine samarbejder med Arne Jacobsen på prisvindende Fremtidens hus og Søllerød Rådhus, men også for sine møbler har Flemming Lassen opnået stor international anerkendelse. 12 13 14
Frame • Design: Mogens Lassen 1943 / by Lassen 2013 15 16 17
About Frame
A Mogens Lassen sketch from 1943 forms the starting point for Frame, a flexible storage solution comprised of square boxes in cubic frames. Frame modules can be hung directly on the wall, connected together, stacked, or stand on their own on the floor. Combine Frame modules into a classic shelf, a unique sculpture or something entirely new. The individual combination options are endless. Frame is manufactured in Denmark and created with attention to detail. Frame unites functionality, quality and aesthetics. You decide the ultimate look.
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En skitse fra 1943 af Mogens Lassen danner udgangspunkt for Frame, som en fleksibel opbevaringsløsning af kvadratiske bokse i kubistiske rammer. Frame kan hænges direkte på væggen, kobles sammen, stables og stå frit på gulvet. Låget kan tages helt af eller sættes på som en låge. Kombiner Frame til en klassisk reol, en unik skulptur eller noget helt tredje. Mulighederne for individuelle kombinationer er uendelige. Frame er produceret i Danmark og skabt med sans for detaljerne. Frame forener funktion, kvalitet og æstetik. Du bestemmer udtrykket. 18
’Space should be just as changeable as the landscape.’ Mogens Lassen 19 20 21
About Frame
Stacked like small boxes atop one another or as simple, beautiful objects, Frame serves both a decorative and a practical purpose. Combine the wooden boxes with the colored boxes, or aim for the pure and simple look. The small Frame boxes can also be connected to the large Frame modules and used as a small display for your favorite objects.
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Stablet som små æsker ovenpå hinanden eller som enkle smukke objekter, pynter Frame og holder orden på dine sager. Kombiner træboksene med de farvede bokse eller gå efter det rene og simple look. De små Frame æsker kan ydermere tilkobles på de store Frame moduler, og herved bruges som et lille display til dine yndlingsgenstande. 22 23 24
Product: Frame
Design: Mogens Lassen 1943 / by Lassen 2013
Color:
Material: Light or dark grey melamine, black stained ash, oak veneer / MDF 25
Measurements:
10 cm 7 cm 10 cm 10 cm 14 cm 20 cm 10 cm 14 cm 20 cm
42 cm Product: Frame 35 cm 28 cm
Design: Mogens Lassen 1943 / by Lassen 2013 28 cm 35 cm 42 cm 28 cm 35 cm 21 cm Color:
Material: Light or dark grey melamine, black stained ash, oak veneer / MDF 26 27 28
Kubus • Design: Mogens Lassen 1962 29 30 31
About Kubus 4
With a sharp sense of contemporary Functionalist style, Mogens Lassen designed the iconic Kubus candleholder in 1962, a piece once reserved solely for family and close architect colleagues. The Kubus is still crafted in Denmark, and among architects and design connoisseurs it has acheived the status of a modern international design icon.
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Med skarp fornemmelse for nutidens funkisstil designede Mogens Lassen i 1962 de ikoniske Kubus lysestager, dengang forbeholdt familien og de nærmeste arkitektvenner. Kubus fremstilles fortsat i Danmark, og har blandt arkitekter og designelskere opnået status som et moderne internationalt designikon. 32
About Kubus 8
In 1962 the first Kubus 8 candleholders were completed. A well-known furrier family purchased one of them, and they were so pleased with the Kubus 8 that they invited friends over for dinner to showcase the piece. Architect and designer Finn Juhl was present that evening. The Kubus 8 was a highly anticipated work of art, and such was the case with Mogens Lassen’s designs. They were admired as true works of art.
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I 1962 blev de første Kubus 8-stager færdige. En kendt buntmagerfamilie havde købt én af dem, og de blev så glade for synet af Kubus8 stagen, at de inviterede venner til middag for at vise stagen frem, og bl.a. Finn Juhl sad med til bords. Kubus 8 var et kunstværk, som var ventet med spænding. Og sådan var det med Mogens Lassens designs. Man beundrede dem som ægte kunstværker. 33 34 35
About Kubus 1
Architect Mogens Lassen was commissioned to design the interior for a restaurant in North Zealand, and it was within the context of this assignment that the Kubus 1 was born. The square-shaped Kubus 1 gathered people around the table just as Mogens intended, and its characteristic shape and simple light created an atmosphere of coziness throughout the entire restaurant. The Kubus 1 still decorates tables in the very same restaurant, because good design lives on for generations.
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Arkitekt Mogens Lassen fik til opgave at designe indretningen til en restaurant i Nordsjælland, og i denne opgave blev Kubus 1 født. Den firkantede Kubus 1 samlede folk ved bordet præcist som Mogens ønskede, og skabte med sit karakteristiske udtryk og enkle lys hygge på hele restauranten. Kubus 1 pynter stadig på bordene på selv samme restaurant – for godt design levere videre i generationer. 36
Kubus • • • Made in Denmark 37 38
Product: Kubus
Design: Mogens Lassen 1962
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel, nickel-plated steel, copper-plated steel 39
Measurements:
6 cm
6 cm 23 cm
14 cm
7 cm
14 cm 7 cm 23 cm 7 cm 14 cm 23 cm Product: Kubus
Design: Mogens Lassen 1962
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel, nickel-plated steel, copper-plated steel 40 41 42
Line • Design: Mogens Lassen 1983 43 44 45
About Line
Mogens Lassen designed throughout his entire life, and he could never stop working on pieces he had already completed. In 1983 he reapproached his own geometric candleholders, and the result was Line, whose shape was conceived through a mathematical formula. The two candleholders form a single line, and the architectural look fits perfectly with contemporary minimalism.
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Mogens Lassen tegnede hele hans liv, og kunne ikke stoppe med at videreudvikle på det han havde designet. I 1983 legede han igen med sine geometriske lysestager, og fandt her frem til formen på Line, ud fra en matematisk formel. På Line former de to lyseholdere en enkelt linje, og det arkitektoniske udtryk passer perfekt til nutidens minimalisme. 46 47 48
Product: Line
Design: Mogens Lassen 1983
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel 49
Measurements:
6 cm
10 cm
10 cm Product: Line
Design: Mogens Lassen 1983
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel 50 51 52
Base • Design: Jacob Manz 2009 53 54 55
About Base
Base was designed in 2009 as an accessory for Kubus and Line to protect surfaces from dripping candle wax. Base beautifully frames the candleholders and emphasizes the simple design of both Kubus and Line. Base has been designed with the greatest respect for the architect Mogens Lassen – both as a person and as a designer.
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Base blev designet i 2009 som en accessories til Kubus og Line, for at beskytte mod dryppende stearin. Base rammer smukt stagerne ind og understreger det enkle design i Kubus og Line. Base er designet med stor respekt for Mogens Lassen, både som person og som designer. 56
Product: Base for Kubus 4, Base for Kubus 8, Base for Line
Design: Jacob Manz 2009
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel 57
Measurements:
16.8 cm 21 cm 16.8 cm 30 cm 21 cm 30 cm
Product: Base for Kubus 4, Base for Kubus 8, Base for Line
Design: Jacob Manz 2009
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel 58 59 60
Kubus Bowl • Design: Mogens Lassen 1962 / by Lassen 2009 61 62 63
About Kubus Bowl
The Kubus Bowl is based on original sketches by Mogens Lassen, and features elements evocative of the Bauhaus school, one of Mogens Lassen’s primary inspirations. The Kubus Bowl is produced in Denmark with a focus on high quality and solid craftsmanship. The Kubus Bowl is waterproof and can be used to hold flowers, herbs, fruit, or your favourite candy.
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Kubus Bowl er baseret på originale skitser af Mogens Lassen, og rummer elementer fra geometrien og Bauhaus, som Mogens Lassen var meget inspireret af. Kubus Bowl produceres i Danmark med fokus på høj kvalitet og solidt håndværk. Kubus Bowl tåler vand og kan bruges til både blomster, krydderurter, frugt eller dit yndlings slik. 64 65 66
Product: Kubus Bowl
Design: Mogens Lassen 1962 / by Lassen 2009
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel 67
Measurements:
23 cm 14 cm
Product: Kubus Bowl 14 cm 23 cm
Design: Mogens Lassen 1962 / by Lassen 2009 14 cm 23 cm
Color:
Material: Lacquered steel 68 69 70
Flow • Design: Mogens Lassen 1946 71 72 73
About Flow
In 1946, Mogens Lassen took part in a competition to design wallpaper with a contemporary pattern. The result was a series of graphic wallpapers including ‘Flow’. Today, the wallpaper continues to look modern and it adds character and atmosphere wherever it appears. No wonder he won the competition.
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Mogens Lassen deltog i 1946 i en konkurrence om at fremstille et mønstret, tidssvarende tapet. Resultatet var en række grafiske tapeter, herunder tapetet Flow. I dag er tapetet fortsat moderne og tilfører karakter og stemning hvor end det bruges. Ikke så overraskende at han vandt konkurrencen. 74
Product: Flow
Design: Mogens Lassen 1946
Color:
Material: Non-woven wallpaper quality 75
Measurements:
0.53 m
Product: Flow
Design: Mogens Lassen 1946 length10.05 m Color:
Material: Non-woven wallpaper quality 76
’To claim that color is only decoration is quite superficial.’ Mogens Lassen 77 78 79 80
House Cushion • Design: by Lassen 2013 Flow Cushion • Design: by Lassen 2013 81 82 83
About House and Flow Cushions
A collection of beautiful and exquisite cushions that clearly reference the Lassen brothers’ characteristic works. The Flow cushion collection is made from graphic-print material boasting the same pattern as Mogens Lassen’s Flow wallpaper. The Houses cushions feature a print of Mogens and Flemming Lassen’s architecture designs, as interpreted by artist Kristina Dam. All of the cushions are made in accordance with the finest craftsmanship traditions and are created from pure natural materials such as linen and wool.
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En serie af smukke og lækre puder med klar reference til brødrene Lassens karakteristiske værker. Pudeserien Flow er sammensat grafisk af stof, som danner samme mønster som Mogens Lassens tapet Flow. Puderne Houses har tryk af Mogens og Flemmings arkitekttegnede huse, fortolket af kunstner Kristina Dam. Fælles for alle puder er at de er lavet efter fineste håndværksmæssige traditioner og i rene naturmaterialer såsom hør og uld. 84 85 86
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Product: Flow Cushion, House Cushion 70 cm Design: by Lassen 2013
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Illustrate • Design: by Lassen 2013 House Graphics • Design: Kristina Dam / by Lassen 2013 91 92 93
About Illustrate
With clear reference to the iconic Kubus collection, the minimalist picture frame Illustrate floats out from the wall on which it hangs. For showcasing your favourite illustrations, your art, your loved ones. With its slender moulding, Illustrate places the motif in full focus – just as a picture frame should.
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Med klar reference til den ikoniske Kubus kollektion, hænger den minimalistiske billedramme Illustrate svævende ud fra væggen. Til dine yndlings illustrationer, din kunst, til dine kære. Illustrate sætter med sin tynde profil motivet i fokus, præcis som en billedramme bør. 94 95 96 97
About House Graphics
With their characteristic architecture, brothers Mogens and Flemming Lassen spearheaded the movement to bring Functionalism to Denmark. As a tribute to the brothers’ work, Danish artist Kristina Dam has created four beautiful illustrations. Because iconic architecture deserves to be seen.
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Arkitektbrødrene Mogens og Flemming Lassen var med deres karakteristiske arkitektur med til at bringe funktionalismen til Danmark. Den danske kunstner Kristina Dam har som en hyldest til brødrenes værker, skabt fire smukke illustrationer. Fordi ikonisk arkitektur fortjener at blive set. 98
Product: Illustrate
Design: by Lassen 2013
Color:
Material: Lacquered aluminum / glass 99
Measurements:
29.7 cm
29.7 cm
29.7 cm
21 cm
29.7 cm 42 cm
Product: Illustrate 42 cm Design: by Lassen 2013
42 cm Color:
Material: Lacquered aluminum / glass 100
Product: House Graphics
Design: Kristina Dam / by Lassen 2013
Color:
Measurements: A4, A3, 29,7 x 29,7 cm, 42 x 42 cm 101
Measurements:
42 cm
29.7 cm
29.7 cm 21 cm
29.7 cm 42 cm
29.7 cm
42 cm 102 103 104
View • Design: by Lassen 2013 105 106 107
About View
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Characteristic, simple and timeless design is the hallmark of the View mirror, which seems to float out from its place on the wall. Hang the mirror in your foyer, your bedroom or along with your artworks in your living room.
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Lille spejl på væggen der, hvem er smukkest i landet her? Karakteristisk, enkelt og tidsløst design kendetegner spejlet View, som svæver ud fra væggen. Hæng spejlet i din entre, dit soveværelse eller med dine kunstværker i stuen. 108
Product: View
Design: by Lassen 2013
Color:
Material: Lacquered aluminum / mirror glass 109
Measurements:
70 cm 56 cm
56 cm Product: View 70 cm
Design: by Lassen 2013
Color:
Material: Lacquered aluminum / mirror glass 110 Nærum boarding school,1910. From left: Flemming Lassen, Mogens Lassen, Hans Bretton-Meyer, Gert Ditlev-Jørgensen, Arne Jacobsen.
The Lassen brothers always knew that they would become architects. Their enthusiasm spread to their good friend Arne Jacobsen, and they convinced him to become an architect. Later, the brothers received a letter of thanks from Jacobsen’s father for convincing his son also to become an architect. 111
’I was born to be an architect, and the thought of doing something else has never crossed my mind.’ Mogens Lassen 112 113 114
ML42 • Design: Mogens Lassen 1942 115 116 117
About ML42
In 1942 Mogens Lassen designed the Stool ML42 as a piece for a furniture exhibition held at the Danish Museum of Decorative Art. He took inspiration from the stools used by the shoemakers of the past, and transferred the light, elegant look to the creation of this sculptural three-legged stool. The Stool ML42 is still manufactured in Denmark to this day with a focus on quality and Danish craftsmanship, and is considered a collector’s item by international design connoisseurs.
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I 1942 designede arkitekt Mogens Lassen Taburetten i forbindelse med en møbeludstilling på Kunstindustrimuseet i København. Han lod sig inspirere af datidens skomagerstole, og overførte det lette og elegante udtryk til en skulpturel taburet. Taburetten produceres fortsat i Danmark med fokus på kvalitet og dansk håndværk, og er blandt internationale designelskere et samlerobjekt. 118 119 120
ML42 • • • Fine craftmanship 121 122
Product: ML42
Design: Mogens Lassen 1942
Color:
Material: Black stained beech, oak or beech / steel or brass 123
Measurements:
46.5 cm 46.5 cm
46.5 cm
48 cm 69 cm 77 cm
52 cm 73 cm 80 cm 55.5 cm 55.5 cm 55.5 cm
ML42 Product: Height 52 cm, Height 73 cm, Height 80 cm, Seat height 48 cm, Seat height 69 cm, Seat height 77 cm, Mogens Lassen 1942 Seat width 46.5 cm Seat width 46.5 cm Seat width 46.5 cm Design: Leg width 55.5 cm Leg width 55.5 cm Leg width 55.5 cm
Color:
Material: Black stained beech, oak or beech / steel or brass 124 125 126
ML33 • Design: Mogens Lassen 1933 127 128 129
About ML33
Unique craftsmanship not only makes the ML33 an inviting place to sit, it also showcases Mogens Lassen’s flawless sense of comfort and design. ML33 was originally designed for Fritz Hansen and one of the original chairs in cane from 1933 is on permanent exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen.
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Det unikke håndværk og de smukke detaljer gør ikke kun ML33 til et behageligt sted at side, det viser også Mogens Lassens sans for komfort og design. ML33 var oprindeligt designet for Fritz Hansen og en original ML33 fra 1933 står i dag permanent udstillet på Designmuseum Denmark i København. 130
Product: ML33
Design: Mogens Lassen 1933
Color: Colors on request
Material: Frame in chrome / upholstered with fabric or leather 131
Measurements:
43 cm 50 cm
79 cm 58 cm
Product: ML33
79 cm Design: Mogens Lassen 1933 45 cm
Color: Colors on request Height 79 cm, depth 79 cm, seat height 45 cm, seat width 46.5 cm, seat depth 50 cm, leg width 58 cm
Material: Frame in chrome / upholstered with fabric or leather 132 133 134
Kubus1 Kubus4
Kubus8 Line
Base
Kubus Bowl 135
Frame
ML42
ML33 136
Flow
Flow Cushion
House Cushion 137
Illustrate
Illustrate
House Graphics
View 138 139
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