jasper morrison: danish design I like it!

jasper morrison: danish design – I like it! design museum denmark, copenhagen april 8th to september 4th, 2011

‘folkestolen’ by børge mogensen, 1947 all images courtesy of the design museum denmark

drawing on his long time interest with danish design, london-based jasper morrison curates a historical exhibition of products created by designers from the nordic country, selected from the design museum denmark, home of the world’s largest collection and documentation of these pieces. the show marks the museum’s change of name from the danish museum of art & design to the design museum denmark.

‘kobenstyle pot’ by jens quistgaard for dansk international designs, 1954

‘danish design – I like it!’ is an presentation in which morrison curates and stages his perspective on danish design and its phenomenon in an international context, emphasizing the archetypal, humane and timeless qualities he has found in the institution’s archive.

BO beoli radio from danish electronics brand bang & olufson, ca. 1970

‘I am preoccupied by the beauty as well as the quality of danish design – this means both its physical and its aesthetic qualities. the shapes represent the humane and the generous, which to me symbolizes danish design.’ – jasper morrison

knives by kay bojesen

‘foldestol’ by poul kjërholm, 1963

‘lotus chair’ by jasper morrison for italian furniture manufacturer cappellini upholstered in ‘hallingdal’ textile produced by kvadrat

in collaboration with danish textile manufacturer kvadrat, the exhibition’s overall interior is constructed from morrison’s favorite textile produced by the company, ‘hallingdal’, developed by danish designer nana ditzel in 1965. the durable textile is known for its use in danish furniture classics produced by both local and international creatives.

‘hallingdal’ by nanna ditzel for kvadrat