I have been in love with Scandinavian furniture since 1967. I have collected pieces since then. The shapes, the craftsmanship, the comfort all are in one piece of furniture. I have flatware from Norway, glasses from orrefors glass, and danish furniture. All beautiful and timeless.
@sueandre71493 жыл бұрын
Wonderful film on Scandinavain furniture! It has been my great good fortune, was my first job after gradutation from universary as an interior designer was in a small store that imported fine scandinavian furniture. I still sit on my mother's Dux armless teak chairs everyday. I have passed on my orginial furniture to my children. My son has the coffee table, my daughter the chest of drawers, these pieces were from 1964. Now at 80 years old, and the first female in my architecure class at universary, and cannot tell you how much I appreciate the quality, the design, and the appreciation for the opportunity to fall in love with Scandinvaian design.
@johnblake40073 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful testimonial to the spirit and timelessness of Danish design! Thanks for sharing!
@paulazemeckis78352 жыл бұрын
Thank you for help breaking the barriers for for women working as educated professionals. I was born in 1959 and experienced the BS from the small males. I have always heard Denmark had rational people! Hello ftom dunny and warm St. Petersburg, Florida.
@jow6845Ай бұрын
Fabulous❤
@briancoleman78895 жыл бұрын
The story of danish furniture is such a great story to tell. Modernist furniture in general owes so much to Scandinavia, it's always great to recognize its role in the furniture we use today. I get most of my stuff from Manhattan Home Design and its all mid-century modern, many items with a distinctive Scandinavian vibe. I love this style so much.
@williamj.dovejr.86133 жыл бұрын
This design is timeless...it should never be scrapped. I consider it a crime personally. I have loved this since I was eight.
@bajoobiecuzican3 жыл бұрын
I love love love the clean lines and retro feel of danish furniture♥️.
@jayvaunlyons87433 жыл бұрын
I do as well ❤️
@jimpossidente50042 ай бұрын
I have always been interested in the pressed veneer furniture.
@jitty4293 Жыл бұрын
Learned much from it. Thank you.
@simonecrimella56266 жыл бұрын
beautiful, thank you for sharing!!!
@aguafria95655 жыл бұрын
Lovely documentary. My only negative comment surrounds the current educational environment and the handling of the Danish traditions. Louise Campbell said 'it is foreigners who understand Danish design'. She only says this because of how deficient her education was and it is the educators who have failed her, the Danish people and the world of such perfection.
@Theophilus3883 жыл бұрын
I have always loved Danish design. Hope I can afford it one day.
@snakefinger5 жыл бұрын
Danish furniture is practical and very sexy. Plus the accent reminds me their greatest export, King Diamond.
@zephxied.y25943 жыл бұрын
What an awesome documentary !
@ypure38593 жыл бұрын
Great..if u can afford it!! I fell in love with Danish craftsmanship at design College 1980s
@deezynar3 жыл бұрын
From the looks of the finished restaurant, MOMA didn't buy any furniture from either Wegner, or Jacobsen. That's too bad, because the restaurant looks shoddy.
@markpfeifer14023 жыл бұрын
Maybe if you put "mid century modern" in the title you would get more views. This documentary deserves them.
@paullenarts49253 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but I think you just missed one of the essentials of this documentairy or design. It's not about quantity (more more), it's about quality and style.
@markpfeifer14023 жыл бұрын
@@paullenarts4925 no, it about making sure people looking for information can find it.
@Thepourdeuxchanson2 жыл бұрын
@@markpfeifer1402 Precisely.
@anonymousonlineuser65433 жыл бұрын
That Florida home is furnished like a store. Few pieces that owners added to interior that are not MCM are hideous and random antiques that clash with the rest. The constant presence of folded Hermes blanket in the frame just adds to the vapid shallowness of it all. P.S. Swan and Egg chairs are wonderful to look at but they are the most uncomfortable pieces to sit on, not unlike Herman Miller benches (beautiful but unusable).
@brooke92973 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing - it seemed like a poor choice for inclusion in the film and served more as a “what happens when the space designer has lost all connection with the beauty and intention of the pieces.” That said, if they’re happy with it, power to them... it just feels like a very surface interpretation of the Danish design concepts that incorporates a lot of bizarre color choices and some other icky furniture/material clashing and status flashing. It’s too bad... I work in Operations management and I see this in poorly-designed offices allover the US.
@brooke92973 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Herman Miller... the office I began managing last year had four of those Eames Wire Chairs, which have become the lovely sculptural bane of my existence. Totally unusable and a pain to move around the space.
@Thepourdeuxchanson2 жыл бұрын
My mother bought two egg chairs - just beautiful to look at, but not comfortable to sit in, and forever breaking down in the ball race of bearings that supported the superstructure on an impossibly small and frail connection to the base. They were nothing but useless mixed media sculptures.
@EugeneBuvard3 ай бұрын
@@brooke9297 I find them quite comfortable tbh. I think it also depends on the body type, health and personal preferences.
@herbertgarrison65483 жыл бұрын
"we surround ourselves with beauty" lets watch this video in beautiful 360p
@Thechriskraft3 жыл бұрын
Hilarious
@mattbeale39953 жыл бұрын
It was posted in 2014.
@dubtownman95083 жыл бұрын
The entire budget was spent on the swan chair..true story
@jangravityhollyer532 Жыл бұрын
too too precious
@dubtownman95083 жыл бұрын
How dare you call me a coffee table... I identify as an occasional table...
@Thepourdeuxchanson2 жыл бұрын
But only occasionally.
@ahmadsupendiahmadsupendi26863 жыл бұрын
Ahmad supendi
@davidrichardson3067 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and appealing.
@rodschermerhorn69966 жыл бұрын
So great and im drawn to this furniture.i have a ball chair,egg,barcelona and getting a swan maybe next month.replicas of course.i want a ro or even pk20 replica.
@Kewonerdk5 жыл бұрын
Nice thanks for supporting the people who but their soul in to creating a piece of art.
@znentitan40323 жыл бұрын
@@Kewonerdk Really? Since when to people mass produce "art" in a factory?
@thehilaryglow3 жыл бұрын
Many schools in Israel as well as shopping centers and old apartments are designed in the Jacobsen style ♥
@williamj.dovejr.86133 жыл бұрын
The Royal Hotel was perfect as is..it upsets me that nearly all of it was pushed aside.
@sharksport014 жыл бұрын
Does the wood come from Denmark trees? No mention of Finn Juhl or Nanna Ditzel.??
@sharksport014 жыл бұрын
@Jacob Durcan Teak and rosewood grow there?
@baudolinov_gneve57342 жыл бұрын
Единственное направление в дизайне где автор не просто гениален(датчане)но ещё и скромный и не украшает мебель элементами "аристократическими"и пустыми.Сравнить можно только с Японией и хорошей "старой"итальянской школой.И даже понимая что пик "Датских принцев"пришелся на 60-е годы ,все равно это и сейчас уникальный подход и исполнение.А женские дизайнерские украшения от датчан(серебро)считаю лучшими ....
@dawnjulietflower3 жыл бұрын
Designers need workshop skills. Designers need to be making in materials, not always on computers!
@guyinsf7 жыл бұрын
Danish modern and/or Scandinavian design in general has its roots in Japanese minimalist aesthetics.
@romeobastianon99986 жыл бұрын
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@hoilst6 жыл бұрын
Yes, because the Danes and Japanese were exchanging culture for ages, right? /s
@Kewonerdk5 жыл бұрын
No it don’t.
@aguafria95655 жыл бұрын
I forgive you for such an ignorant comment.
@robbedontuesday3 жыл бұрын
Is Karen Kitzis the one that funded the video? What is the purpose of her appearance in the documentary?
@robbedontuesday3 жыл бұрын
Why is it that while I see the images of Room 606 and its sleek design furniture, I also think of the upper deck of the 747...????
@ypure38593 жыл бұрын
Hugo Boss on Arne chair!!?? HIW CRAS!!!
@opkberenns24445 жыл бұрын
If you looking for mid-century Danish design, don't hesitate to contact me. We will find what you searching for and are located in the middle of Denmark. Kind regards, Rasmus
@jangravityhollyer532 Жыл бұрын
Rrt! Good Rrt!
@simontaylor23193 жыл бұрын
I have some Danish furniture, good looking it certainly is, but not necessarily comfortable...form does not necessarily follow comfort
@JustMe-uc1lt5 жыл бұрын
💕
@ypure38593 жыл бұрын
it's a life choice..I can't afford
@aaron___60145 жыл бұрын
19:32 aren't they sitting in the same chair?
@tiatemjentzudir49983 ай бұрын
THANK YOU 🪐💫 🙏
@hotelalexandra58745 жыл бұрын
Dear Tom, Would it be possible to get permission to use this amazing documentary about danish design. We Hotel Alexandra is a small, unique boutique hotel in Copenhagen. We have dedicated all of our hotel to mid-century danish design. This video is the essence of the hotel and it's ambiance. We would be extremely happy, if we could be allowed to use this video and bits of it for both our website, SOME and app. Thank you very much. Best Regards Nicolai Hotel Alexandra
@Hugo-vl3jo4 жыл бұрын
ok
@robertdominicanrepublic4 жыл бұрын
The fella from GUBI sounds like he's not interested in preserving your Danish furniture making traditions... Globalization? Such a statement is ignorance at worst, shameful at best. Godbless the Danish Craftsmen.
@kimjessen7374 жыл бұрын
Gubi is cheap shit
@scudoenergo37623 жыл бұрын
🇩🇰 👏👏👏🇮🇹
@Laguna20133 жыл бұрын
What is the make and manufacturer of those gloves at 8:!9??
@annemettedue20703 жыл бұрын
The brand is OX-ON Working gloves.
@royking72983 жыл бұрын
What's the guys name at 9:37? Sounded like...."Paul Care Home?" I want to know more about him.
@RuneHolmann3 жыл бұрын
Poul Kjærholm
@kitetama137 жыл бұрын
if God will come HE will like to sit one of your chairs!!!!
@tranzco11734 жыл бұрын
He's more an Ettore Sotsass Memphis guy, Italian Modern Vatican style.
@josefk56593 жыл бұрын
I love the furniture but I think the moma restaurant looks awful
@katrussell68193 жыл бұрын
Japandi is a Thing, now.
@edmulterer59843 жыл бұрын
what is the name of the stools at 42:42?
@candy__.__candy2 жыл бұрын
Gallery Stool
@terryurquhart24134 жыл бұрын
What make of gas fire was that at the end ? I want one like that ..
@StaminatorBlader14 күн бұрын
im sorry but that jacobsen hotel i esthetically associate with the worst concrete jungle aspects of modernity and its not beautiful in any way. it makes me think of exhaust fumes, sun heated tarmac and depressed office workers. clearly his taste in chair design was far far superior.
@juliandodwell82134 жыл бұрын
Very interesting despite the awful music.
@oakjoiners7 жыл бұрын
There is an emergence of new craftsman in England that find it difficult to get exposure, there is a young man by the name of Joe Mcnamara The Lucent Crow, www.thelucentcrow.co.uk that makes beautiful fine furniture.
@shaquilleadams50623 жыл бұрын
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@JuanHernandez-be1do3 жыл бұрын
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@adrianrichards15483 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@gdwlaw55493 жыл бұрын
Danish design has been hijacked by many clever companies that produce in China , Philippines and don’t give a toss about their employees. Move on.