Danish Design classics – Børge Mogensen (1914-1972) | Interior

Happy Birthday Børge Mogensen (1914-1972) !!!

I love Børge Mogensen classic and timeless design….

…and this year it’s his 100th year birthday 🙂

When J and I are one day buying our own house, then we will definitely haved save up for a black classic leather Sofa from Børge Mogensen and “The Spokeback Sofa” is one of my favorite.

The elegant Hunting chair I would place in front of our future fireplace with a nice and fluffy grey/white Icelandic sheepskin casually thrown over one of the armrests (Uhhh dream dream dream on …)

…And the Spanish Chair we just got to have because it is awesome and because J and I meet each other in Spain -Love ♥♥♥♥

Børge Mogensen, was a Danish furniture designer/ architect. He was one of the most important among a generation of furniture designers who made the concept of “Danish design” known throughout the world.

Functional is the word which best describes Børge Mogensen’s design. The majority of his furniture was designed with industrial production in mind and is characterized by strong and simple lines. His true genius is to be found in his almost scientific analysis of the functionality of a piece of furniture.

A smaller but essential part of Mogensen’s work was the cabinetmade pieces, one of them being “the Hunting chair” from 1950 made by Erhard Rasmussen. A simple low easy chair with an oak frame from where the strong natural leather seat and back is stretched.

Other important pieces include “The Spokeback Sofa” designed in 1945, which with its lightness and simple, open construction differed from most sofas at the time, and “The Spanish Chair” from 1959, a low, robust easy chair.

1/ “The Hunting chair”