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Design

Out of the past

For more than 150 years, Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has fostered the nation’s gifted designers. Now it is finally building an archive to celebrate its history.

  • Issue #161
  • 6 min read
Modern chair designs displayed on wooden platforms in Fritz Hansen's Design Hall exhibition space
Architecture

Banking on it

As Pictet opens its new Zürich office, we meet the team behind the historic building’s overhaul.

  • Issue #152
  • 9 min read
Banking on it
Affairs

Great Danes

Skill and style combine to show off the best of Danish values at the country’s mission in London.

  • Issue #151
  • 3 min read
Group photo of Danish embassy staff in London seated and standing in modern office interior
Design

Collecting the set

How a personal haul of modernist homeware became a premier prop source for the global film industry.

  • Issue #149
  • 6 min read
Collecting the set
Design

Finely chiselled

Change starts at home, so we select 20 pieces, people and studios creating products that will enhance your environment and improve with age. Sitting comfortably?

  • Issue #138
  • 16 min read
Finely chiselled
Product design

Interior elevation

Thinking big is all part of designing statement buildings but plenty of architects dabble in more domestically scaled pieces too.

  • Issue #128
  • 2 min read
Yellow desk lamp, brass candle holder with lit candles, and wooden decorative figure on white stepped surfaces
Design

Living with a legend

Aarhus city hall was built as a statement of faith in the future during Denmark’s darkest days. Today its stunningly preserved design is still inspiring civic pride.

  • Issue #109
  • 10 min read
Living with a legend
Design

Social climbers

Staircases can trigger conversations, provide a sense of arrival and dazzle with ingenuity. So why are they neglected in the design of so many new projects?

  • Issue #104
  • 6 min read
Social climbers
Design

Style envoy

If an embassy projects its character onto the world stage, Denmark’s London mission is a masterclass, combining modernity and an outward-looking philosophy with just the right amount of Danish home comfort.

  • Issue #87
  • 8 min read
Style envoy

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