Design Weekend in Copenhagen

Copenhagen - Nordic Capital is a known haven for design lovers. With pencil, paper and camera at the ready because I went to Copenhagen to watch, clip and sit in Nordic design classics as well as new interior.

I begin by visiting the Modern Klassik Møbelkunst of Breg, which puts me in the right mood. There are furniture and interior design of the master of Nordic combined at three levels.

Oxchair Wegner, Panton Cones, Kjaer PK Holm's chairs, Henningsen's PH lämpö r, Jacobsen's Swan, is just a small taste of what Klassik Modern M ø belkunst has to offer. On request it is possible to get items that recent works but I prefer the originals. They are so perfect that gently worn while the punch and exudes luxury. It almost feels like I am at a museum. A very interesting one.

Bredgade houses several other more or less exclusive vintage boutiques. It's nice to see that the Danes care about design in general and Danish design in particular. On the same street, I also find Art Industry Museum, which has a history back to 1890. The museum collections and documentation of contemporary developments in industrial design, decorative and applied arts. The focus is obviously on Denmark but there are also several international references.

Classic design in all its glory, but now I want to see new forms Danish - future classics.

I move on to the HAY is a relatively new design company which has a store in the midst of the crowd at Strøget. HAY has an ambition to get Danish furniture design to return to 1950 - and 60th century greatness by encouraging new thinking and new ideas. I greatly appreciate the design but I would not say that it is unique or particularly original. There are straight, simple lines and shapes. It is simply beautiful.

Sure, there are also irregular shapes represented in HAY. The new podium Plopp, designed by Oskar Zeit is anything but straight. The stool is made of two steel plates that are molded together and no Plopp are alike. Another example where straight lines are missing and the low round of the armchair Blow Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen. Here are also sold Louise Campbell's Prince chair famous.

My overall impression is good HAY. The store feels modern and offer not only traditional furniture but also other interesting interior design.

Normann Copenhagen is a design company whose concept is that traditional materials used for anything other than what we expect. Normann own product range made up mostly of smaller items to home decor. I visit their 1700 m ² large stores or so-called showroom that takes place in a former cinema in Østerbro and which has won several awards for 'coolest design store' in Copenhagen. Everything in the shop is presented and nicely thought out and offers everything from kitchen stuff in plastic Normann from private label to the newly produced furniture classics.

On the way to the hotel, I can not help but sneak in to the SAS Radisson, the first design hotel where Arne Jacobsen accounted for both architecture and interior design all.

Copenhagen was really a big range of design and furniture stores. It is part of the city's identity. I do not know how many stores I visited during my short stay. It feels, however, as I have seen just about everything, many surprises and wow experiences but I have seen very nice design, and perhaps I have been testing a future design classic.

Some useful links:

• Invests in high quality Danish design
• Danish design hotel can offer an overnight stay in addition to the usual
• Swedish design miracle behind
• Tough for young designers
• Tom Stepp gives shape to the chaos and harmony of the Elsinore
• Green design is delayed

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