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Especially famed for his Spanish Chair, Mogensen was once one of the vital important and influential representatives of Danish furniture design
Børge Mogensen was once one of the vital important and influential representatives of Danish furniture design. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he created a wealth of quality furniture, many pieces of which, such as his Spanish Chair, are still sold as design classics to at the present time. Influenced by traditional craftsmanship, Mogensen was once also regularly inspired by Shaker furniture and design philosophies. A restless thinker, he noted down all of his ideas straight away―whether on matchboxes, napkins or used envelopes.
This magnificent monograph examines Mogensen’s fascinating approach to design and presents his most well known and most well liked pieces of furniture. Workshop drawings, sketches and photographs of his furniture in addition to archival pictures from his on a regular basis life offer fascinating insight into the world of the Danish designer, whose furniture isn’t just attractive, but also all the time, above all, functional.