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Danish design

Danish design

The most famous Danish designer is Jørn Utzon who designed the Sydney opera.

Classics are back in fashion
Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner, Kaare Klint and Poul Henningsen's iconic furniture are back in fashion.  the egg chair
Jacobsen's Egg, Ant and Swan chairs, and Henningsen's lamp shades are still to be seen in many of the coolest cafés in Copenhagen as well as in London and New York. 

Among the most famous Danish design icons are designers like Arne Jacobsen, Poul Henningsen, Verner Panton and Nanna Ditzel and companies like Royal Copenhagen, Georg Jensen, Bang & Olufsen, etc.

Read more:
Danish design Copenhagen
A design-led tour of Denmark
The PH Lamp

There are 16 museums with a particular focus on design in Denmark. Find them here

Also Danish jewellery is experiencing success in these years. Look for instance at the websites of Georg Jensen and Pilgrim and Pandora



More on Design




B&O Museum in Struer - read more about it here.

CPH Vision - a fashion fair. Read more about the visions behind this trade fair.

Great places to visit:



Lynfabrikken in Aarhus

DZoo in Copenhagen

Danish Design Center in Copenhagen

Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen

Trapholt Museum in Kolding
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Trendy Denmark
Denmark - and especially Copenhagen - is currently enjoying something of a metamorphosis from the quaint and cosy to a more cosmopolitan image.

Abundance and simplicity
Danish design is renowned for its simplicity, but is a source of both material and spiritual abundance.

Arts and crafts
Danish arts & crafts and Danish design are in a class of their own. Names such as Holmegaard, Kähler and Georg Jensen are familiar favourites in many places in the world.