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Originally nicknamed the “Levi’s Chair,” Bakker conceived the design with the relaxed familiarity of a favourite pair of jeans - an informal alternative to the more rigid furniture of the generation before.

The design has since been updated with discreet feet, lifting it slightly from the floor to improve comfort. Available as a lounge chair with an optional pouf, GB Lounge can stand alone or be linked using connectors to create a flexible seating arrangement.

The 925 Scarpa lounge chair was developed alongside the 121 Scarpa dining chair, dating from 1965.

The pair embodies Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s approach to form and construction, with their recognisable double-trestle frames and rounded joints.

Both chairs are part of the Karakter collection.

Isamu Noguchi, 1959. The Kite, The Mirror and the Man Walking

She has been featured in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Magazine. She designed a desk for MIT which was dubbed ‘The most beautiful desk in the world’ and eventually immortalized in three early James Bond movies.

Danish architect, designer and professor Bodil Kjær (born 1932) is the female trail-blazer of Danish midcentury design. Kjær looked to America, inspired by Charles and Ray Eames, and indeed many of her most notable designs stems from her time in the U.S., where she briefly worked at Paul McCobb, before moving to Boston to further her career in corporate interior architecture.

“We believe great design builds on a legacy but has to bring something fresh, it has to have a clear identity or personality, it has to elicit an emotional response or a feeling, and it has to be well-built so it can last a long time.” Christian Elving, CEO and Co-founder, Karakter

The ‘CH66’ chair, designed by Zographos in 1966, offers a unique take on the Bauhaus cantilever. Its B-shaped seat, crafted from a single, smoothly curved piece of chromed tubular steel, presents an elegant alternative to the S-shaped form.

Captured by Christoffer Regild

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The brooch. Eva Mudocci, painted my Edward Munch in 1903.

Console table, designed by Aldo Bakker 2017.

Photo by: Anders Schonnemann

The iconic 1959 Office Desk, designed by Bodil Kjær.

Captured by Anders Schonnemann