History’s most dynamic furniture on view in Bangkok
A spacious showroom for the Tela Thonglor condominium under the management of Gaysorn Property has become an “art gallery” showing the furniture masterpieces of Danish brand Fritz Hansen.
On view until February 15, pieces from the Classic and Contemporary collections demonstrate how Fritz Hansen furniture blurs the line between design and art to achieve functional, sculptural timelessness.
The Classic Collection includes Arne Jacobsen’s Egg, Swan and Series 7 chairs and Poul Kjaerholm’s PK22 chair and PK80 daybed.
The Contemporary Collection features new furniture and accessories by designers like Jaime Hayon, Piero Lissoni, Kasper Salto and Cecilie Manz.
Also on display are lighting fixtures and interior decorative accessories from the Objects Collection. Beautiful contemporary lamps created with Danish and other designers such as Cecilie Mans, Gam Fratesi, Jo Hammerborg, KiBiSi, Jorn Utzon and Christian Dell offer an elegant approach to lighting for luxurious home living.
Drawing on nearly 150 years of Danish history and a heritage shaped by collaborations with some of the world’s most innovative designers, the philosophy at Fritz Hansen is that a single piece of furniture can beautify an entire room – or building – and improve the wellbeing of the inhabitants.
Even the furniture created more than half a century ago by Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjaerholm remains beloved around the globe. And new talents like Jaime Hayon, Piero Lissoni and Cecilie Manz are bringing this heritage into the future with fine new pieces.
The Egg is a chair Jacobsen designed in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen – “the world’s first design hotel”.
The Egg is a triumph of Jacobsen’s “total design” – a sculptural contrast to the building’s almost exclusively vertical and horizontal surfaces. The chair was technologically innovative, a simple organic form with no straight lines, only curves.
The China chair is Hans Wegner’s interpretation of Chinese chairs of the 17th and 18th centuries and reflects his talent as a wood craftsman. The China epitomises his lifelong quest to understand the nature of wood and explore its possibilities.
In an ongoing attempt to unite the sublime with the absolutely necessary, Poul Kjaerholm designed the PK80 daybed. It’s a clear illustration of his method of refining historical models and distilling them down to the essence.
Bauhaus provided the inspiration for the daybed, having been in turn inspired by ancient Roman couches. The PK80 is upholstered in leather or canvas and rests on a painted plywood bed-plate held to the steel construction beneath with a strong rubber band.
