Design Weekend in Copenhagen

Copenhagen - Nordic Capital is a known haven for design lovers. With pen, paper and camera in hand I went therefore to Copenhagen to watch, clip and sit in Scandinavian design classics as well as new furnishings.

I start by visiting Klassik Modern Møbelkunst on Bregade, which puts me in the right mood. There is furniture and furnishings of the Nordic mästardesignerna gathered on three levels.

Oxchair Wegner, Panton Cones, Kjaer Holm PK chairs, Henningsen's PH Lampo r, Jacobsen's Swan, is just a small taste of what Klassik Modern M ø belkunst has to offer. When you order, you can get the items that new productions but I prefer the originals. They are so perfect that gently worn, while exude poise and luxury. It almost feels like I'm in a museum. A very interesting one.

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

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

I move on to the HAY is a relatively new design company that has a store in the middle of the crowd on Strøget. HAY's ambition is to get Danish furniture design to return to 1950 - and 60-century greatness by encouraging new thinking and new ideas. I appreciate much of the design but I would not say that it is unique and very original. It's straight, simple lines and shapes. It looks good simply.

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

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

Normann Copenhagen is another design company whose concept is based on traditional materials used for anything other than what we expect. Normann's own product range consists mostly of small furniture items for the home. I visit their 1700 m ² large store, 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 store is presented neatly and carefully considered, and these range from cooking things in plastic from Normann's own brand of newly produced furniture classics.

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

Copenhagen boasts a wide 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 seems, however, as I have seen it all, not many surprises and 'wow' experiences but I have seen very nice design and perhaps I have been testing a future design classic.

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• Green design takes

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